Rob Botterell is a Canadian politician who is a member of the

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representing the riding of

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in the

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. He was first elected in

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succeeding retiring Green MLA Adam Olsen. Botterell's victory marked the first time in Canadian history, on either the provincial or federal levels, that a

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politician held a seat left open by a Green predecessor at a general election. Botterell is a retired lawyer who has represented

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governments, and previously worked for the provincial Ministry of Finance.

Electoral history

References

Living people Green Party of British Columbia MLAs 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia Year of birth missing (living people) {{BritishColumbia-MLA-stub