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MLA: Bob Simpson Cariboo North Elected: 2005 NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

E-mail: bob.simpson.mla@leg.bc.ca
Office: Room 201 Parliament Buildings Victoria, BC V8V 1X4 Phone: 250 387-3655 Fax: 250 387-4680	Quesnel Constituency: 401 - 410 Kinchant St Quesnel, BC V2J 7J5 Phone: 250 991-0296 Fax: 250 991-0281 Toll Free: 1 866 991-0296 Williams Lake Constituency: #2-487 Borland St. Williams Lake, BC V2G 1R9 Phone: 250 305-3800 Fax: 250 305-3808 Toll Free: 1 866 305-3804

Bob Simpson was elected as the MLA for Cariboo North on May 17, 2005.

Bob serves as Opposition Critic for Forests and Range.

A former small business owner and entrepreneur, Bob was most recently Corporate Manager, Organizational Effectiveness and Leadership Development for a major forest products company.

Born in Scotland, Bob's family immigrated to Winnipeg in 1967. He moved to British Columbia in 1973 when he joined the Canadian Navy. Bob obtained two undergraduate degrees and a Teaching Certificate from the University of Victoria and moved to Quesnel to teach High School in 1985.

Bob is also a public speaker and writer. He wrote a column for the Quesnel Cariboo Observer in the 1980s, and served as the associate editor for a national environmental magazine.

Bob and his wife Trish live in Quesnel. Trish teaches Grade Seven, and they have two teenaged children.