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MLA: Nicholas Simons Powell River-Sunshine Coast Elected: 2005 NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

E-mail: nicholas.simons.mla@leg.bc.ca
Office: Room 201 Parliament Buildings Victoria, BC V8V 1X4 Phone: 250 387-3655 Fax: 250 387-4680	Powell River Constituency Office: (Please send mail to this address) #109 4675 Marine Avenue Powell River, BC V8A 2L2 Phone: 604 485-1249 Fax: 604 485-2533 Toll Free: 1 866 373-0792 Sechelt Constituency Office: Pier 17 Davis Bay PO Box 673 Sechelt, BC V0N 3A0 Phone: 604 741-0792 Fax: 604 741-0795

Nicholas Simons was elected as the MLA for Powell River - Sunshine Coast on May 17, 2005.

Nicholas serves as Opposition Critic for Human Rights, Multiculturalism, and Immigration.

Nicholas spent over fifteen years working in the areas of health, justice, social services and child welfare. For the past eight years he served as the Director of Health and Social Development for the Sechelt Nation, where he was the Executive Director of Child and Family Services.

Prior to his employment with the Band, he worked as a child-protection social worker and as a consultant for private firms and various governments in areas including law reform, child welfare, legal education and crime prevention.

Nicholas lectured in Criminology, taught child-protection social work to those working in aboriginal communities, and is a proponent of First Nations autonomy in child welfare.

Nicholas is a cello teacher and performer, former-President of the Sunshine Coast Arts Council and has served as a coach with Sechelt Minor Softball.

Nicholas lives with his partner on the Sunshine Coast.