Adrian Dix

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After NDP leader Carole James announced her resignation, Dix was one of several candidates to run for the leadership. The last candidate to publicly launch his leadership bid, Dix campaigned on a platform of eliminating the HST, rolling back reductions in the corporate tax rate, supporting the redirection of carbon tax revenue to pay for public transit and infrastructure that reduces greenhouse gas emissions, supporting an increase in the minimum wage rate to $10 per hour, creating a provincial child care system, restoring grants to the post-secondary students, reducing interest on student loans, and restoring the corporation capital tax on financial institutions. [12] [13] [14]

His candidacy was endorsed by former interim BC NDP leader Joy MacPhail, amongst others. [15]

Dix led throughout the voting, narrowly defeating rival Mike Farnworth on the third and final ballot with 51.8% of the vote. [16]

Going into the 2013 election, nearly all polls showed the NDP well ahead of the BC Liberals, with at least one showing the NDP ahead by as much as 20 points. Two months prior to the election, The Province newspaper's front page featured a column by pundit Michael Smyth with the banner headline: "If This Man Kicked A Dog He Would Still Win The Election." [17] However, in a result that shocked the party and political pundits, the BC Liberals won a fourth majority government. [18] [19] [20] The BC NDP won 34 seats, one fewer than in 2009.

Dix announced on September 18, 2013 that he would resign as party leader once a new leader (John Horgan) would be chosen in 2014. He also announced his intention to run for re-election as an MLA in the next provincial election. [21]

Cabinet minister

After the NDP formed government as a result of the 2017 election, Dix was appointed Minister of Health. [22] After Horgan stepped down and was succeeded as Premier by David Eby in 2022, Dix retained the portfolio in the new Eby ministry. [23]

On August 30, 2021, Dix announced an initiative to bring 4000 housekeepers and food service workers in provincial hospitals back under government employment by March 2022. This was an effort to reverse the fallout of the British Columbia Liberal Party administration passing the Health and Social Services Delivery Improvement Act in January 2002. The act facilitated the contracting of hospital support jobs to private employers, leading to thousands of hospital support workers to be laid off from the public sector and rehired under private contractors for reduced wages and benefits. [24] One employee reported an hourly wage decline from $18.10 with benefits and a pension while under direct provincial employment to $10.15 with neither benefits nor pensions under the private sector. [25] The Hospital Employees' Union had also reported the halving of wages upon being contracted by the private sector. Additionally, Premier John Horgan noted that these wage declines disproportionately affected women. [26]

In 2022, a group of 26 medical specialists in British Columbia wrote an open letter to Health Minister Adrian Dix, expressing concern about the province's deteriorating healthcare system. They claimed that patients are suffering and dying while waiting for care due to increasing wait times. The specialists, including cardiologists, pediatricians, and transplant surgeons, called for urgent action to address the crisis and work collaboratively to find solutions to improve patient outcomes and reduce waitlists. [27]

Election results

The Honourable
Adrian Dix
MLA
Adrian Dix 2016.jpg
Minister of Health of British Columbia
Assumed office
July 18, 2017
2020 British Columbia general election : Vancouver-Kingsway
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Adrian Dix 12,29767.81+7.18$28,463.86
Liberal Cole Anderson3,91921.61−5.48$1,200.00
Green Scott Bernstein1,6629.16−0.15$1,539.01
Libertarian Karin Litzcke2571.42–$0.00
Total valid votes18,135100.00–
Total rejected ballots1750.96+0.09
Turnout18,31044.50−8.85
Registered voters41,144
New Democratic hold Swing +6.33
Source: Elections BC [28] [29]
2017 British Columbia general election : Vancouver-Kingsway
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Adrian Dix 12,03160.63+3.86$63,235
Liberal Trang Nguyen5,37727.09−8.32$49,362
Green Ellisa Calder1,8489.31+2.04$1,244
Conservative Charles Bae5042.54–$855
Your Political Party Brette Mullins850.43–$1,053
Total valid votes19,845100.00–
Total rejected ballots1740.87−0.44
Turnout20,01953.35+4.39
Registered voters37,521
Source: Elections BC [30] [31]
2013 British Columbia general election : Vancouver-Kingsway
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Adrian Dix 10,40956.77+1.60$139,024
Liberal Gurjit Dhillon6,60035.99−5.97$40,883
Green Gregory Dale Esau1,3277.24+3.06$250
Total valid votes18,336100.00
Total rejected ballots2441.31
Turnout18,58048.96
Source: Elections BC [32]
CandidateFirst ballotSecond ballotThird ballot
VotesPercentVotesPercentVotesPercent
Adrian Dix7,63838.2%7,74839.3%9,77251.8%
Mike Farnworth 6,97934.9%6,95135.2%9,09548.2%
John Horgan 4,84424.2%5,03425.5%
Dana Larsen 5312.7%
2009 British Columbia general election : Vancouver-Kingsway
PartyCandidateVotes%Expenditures
New Democratic Adrian Dix 9,22955.17$87,767
Liberal Bill Yuen6,51838.96$69,706
Green Rev Warkentin6994.18$353
Libertarian Matt Kadioglu1711.02$250
People's Front Charles Boylan1220.67$250
Total valid votes16,739100.00
Total rejected ballots2151.27
Turnout16,94446.99
2005 British Columbia general election : Vancouver-Kingsway
PartyCandidateVotes%Expenditures
New Democratic Adrian Dix 10,03851.44$84,411
Liberal Rob Nijjar 7,89440.46$115,864
Green Stuart Mackinnon1,2126.21$4,556
Marijuana Steven Mackenzie Lay2191.12$100
People's Front Donna Petersen770.39$103
Sex Yvonne Maylynne Tink730.37$100
Total valid votes19,513100
Total rejected ballots2391.22
Turnout19,75254.19

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