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MLA: Nicholas Simons Powell River-Sunshine Coast Elected: 2005, 2009 NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

E-mail: nicholas.simons.mla@leg.bc.ca
Office: Room 201 Parliament Buildings Victoria, BC V8V 1X4		Powell River Constituency Office: (Please send mail to this address) 109 – 4675 Marine Avenue Powell River, BC V8A 2L2
Phone:	250 387-3655	Phone:	604 485-1249
Fax:	250 387-4680	Fax:	604 485-2533
		Toll free:	1 866 373-0792
		Sechelt Constituency Office: 5 – 4720 Sunshine Coast Highway PO Box 673 Sechelt, BC V0N 3A0
		Phone:	604 741-0792
		Fax:	604 741-0795

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

Nicholas serves as deputy opposition critic for Housing and Social Development.

Nicholas has spent over fifteen years working in the areas of health, justice, social services and child welfare.

He served as the Executive Director of Health and Social Development for the Sechelt Nation from 1997 until his election in 2005. In this role he oversaw Health, Child Welfare, Alcohol and Drugs, Financial Assistance, and Justice Programs.  He also negotiated funding for innovative preventative health and social services.

Prior to his employment with the Sechelt Nation, he worked as a child-protection social worker for the Ministry for Children and Family Development, as a Financial Assistance Worker, and as the Crime Prevention Coordinator for the Northwest Territories.  He has been a consultant for the Federal, Northwest Territories, and First Nations governments in areas including law reform, child welfare, and legal.  

He has lectured in Criminology at Simon Fraser University (SFU), in which he has a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Ottawa (1986) and a Master's degree from SFU (1993).  He has taught child-protection social work to social workers working in First Nations communities. 

Nicholas has been active in the arts community both as a cello teacher and performer.  He has performed and recorded with local, national and international artists and is the former President of the Sunshine Coast Arts Council.