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christy clark new democrat mla for vancouver-point grey 2013 david eby
 david eby
david eby

david eby -lrb- born 1977 in kitchener , ontario , canada -rrb- is a lawyer and member of the legislative assembly of british columbia .
he was elected the british columbia new democratic party mla for vancouver-point grey in the 2013 provincial election defeating premier christy clark by 1,063 votes .
two years earlier , eby came within almost 600 votes of defeating clark in the same riding in a by-election on may 11 , 2011 .
clark was attempting to enter the british columbia legislature after winning the leadership of the british columbia liberal party weeks earlier .
eby grew up in kitchener , ontario , the son of a lawyer .
he worked at pivot legal society from 2003 to 2008 in vancouver 's downtown eastside before becoming the executive director of the british columbia civil liberties association from 2008 until 2012 .
he is adjunct professor of law at the university of british columbia and also has served as president of the canadian hiv/aids legal network and as a research associate with the canadian centre for policy alternatives .
he was called to the bar in june 2005 and is the author of `` the arrest handbook : a guide to your rights '' .
