Gregor Robertson (politician)
- Gregor Robertson (politician)
Gregor Robertson is the former MLA for Vancouver-Fairview in the Canadian province of British Columbia. He graduated from Colorado College with a BA in English and went on to pursue a medical fellowship at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2005 election as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party after defeating trade union leader Judy Darcy in a high profile battle for the party's nomination. He then defeated Liberal Virginia Greene in the general election.[Palmer, Vaughn, "NDP faces prospect of losing its 'catch' to civic politics ", "Vancouver Sun", January 9, 2008] Robertson is also a co-founder of the Happy Planet beverage company, a Vancouver based company. ]As an act of goodwill and to show his support of local amateur sports, Robertson donated the Gregor Robertson Cup to the local Vancouver Cycling Series. The club has made this the annual trophy and awards it to the leading local rider as determined through a point system of local races. [citation needed]
In February 2008, Robertson announced that he will be running for Mayor of Vancouver. In June 2008, Robertson secured the Vision Vancouver party's nomination as mayoral candidate[Loxam, Erin, "Gregor Robertson is Vision Vancouver's candidate for mayor", "News 1130", June 15, 2008] , and soon announced his resignation from the Legislative Assembly effective July 15, 2008.][CBC News, " [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/06/19/bc-robertson-resignation.html NDP MLA resigning seat to run for Vancouver mayor] ", "CBC", June 19, 2008] .] References
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