Rob Nijjar (born 1967) is a Canadian politician who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of British Columbia from 2001 to 2005, representing the riding of Vancouver-Kingsway as part of the British Columbia Liberal Party caucus.
A lifelong resident of Vancouver's East Side, he attended school in southeast Vancouver and went to Langara College before studying at Simon Fraser University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in General Studies in 1992.
[2] In the 2001 provincial election, Nijjar ran as a Liberal candidate in Vancouver-Kingsway, a riding previously held by former New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Glen Clark.
With the NDP struggling in the polls, Nijjar defeated that party's candidate Alicia Barsallo by 2,835 votes to become the riding's MLA.
[3] He has since worked as the executive director for the South Hill Business Improvement Association in Vancouver.