Bob D'Eith
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Bob D'Eith MLA |
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| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Maple Ridge-Mission |
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Assumed office May 9, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Marc Dalton |
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September 24, 1964 Hong Kong, China |
| Political party | New Democratic |
| Residence | Maple Ridge, British Columbia |
| Occupation | Pianist, Author, Lawyer |
Robert "Bob" Jan D'Eith (born September 24, 1964) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2017 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Maple Ridge-Mission as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party caucus. D'Eith is also a pianist, author and part-time music lawyer.
D'Eith was born September 24, 1964 in Hong Kong, China. He immigrated with his father John D'Eathe and mother Vanessa Tancock (née Stelle-Perkins) to Canada in 1968 and was naturalized as a Canadian citizen in 1972. He has three siblings: Guy, Paul and Sara. D'Eith grew up in West Vancouver, British Columbia and attended West Bay Elementary, Cypress Park Elementary, Pauline Johnson Elementary, Irwin Park Elementary, Hillside Secondary, and Carson Graham Secondary graduating in 1982. After high school, he attended the University of Victoria earning degrees in History (B.A. Hons 1986) and in Law (J.D. 1989).
D'Eith was married to Nicolette Maxwell (née Langezaal) for 11 years and had three boys Sheldon (Feb 4, 1996), Braden (Oct 7, 1997) and Cameron (June 13, 2000). He married Kim D'Eith (née Kosaba) on July 31, 2010 (at the Kosaba Lake House, Stump Lake BC) and has two step-daughters, Amy and Aryn Golsteyn.
After articling at Swinton & Company and being called to the bar in 1990, D'Eith worked as in-house counsel for his father at Freehold Developments. He was project manager, building a strip mall in Calgary as part of Douglasdale Estates. After the real estate project, he started his own private practice primarily in real estate and entertainment law. At the same time, D'Eith was pursuing a career in music. In the late 1990s, he worked briefly for Sanguinetti, Braidwood Law in Squamish BC and then as counsel at Bardel Animation. In 2001, D'Eith became the executive director of the British Columbia music association Music BC. and restricted his practice to part-time. He now practices solely as a music lawyer. He also began a label and consulting company Adagio Music. As executive director, Bob has grown Music BC to a dominant force for the music industry in BC. D'Eith was the chair of the 2009 Vancouver JUNO Awards host committee and developed the very successful $5.2 million Peak Performance Project with the Pattison Broadcast Group.
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