Bill Siksay
| William Livingstone Siksay | |
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| Member of Parliament for Burnaby—Douglas |
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In office 2004–2011 |
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| Preceded by | Svend Robinson |
| Succeeded by | Kennedy Stewart |
| NDP Critic on LGBTT Issues | |
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In office 2004–2011 |
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| Preceded by | newly created |
| Succeeded by | Randall Garrison |
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March 11, 1955 Oshawa, Ontario |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Brian Burke |
| Residence | Burnaby |
| Religion | United Church of Canada |
William Livingstone (Bill) Siksay, former MP (born March 11, 1955, in Oshawa, Ontario to parents Patricia and William Siksay) is a Canadian politician, and was the Member of Parliament (MP) who represented the British Columbia riding of Burnaby—Douglas for the New Democratic Party from 2004 to 2011.
Receiving his high school diploma from McLaughlin Collegiate and Vocational Institute in Oshawa, Ontario, Siksay attended Victoria College at the University of Toronto, graduating with a B.A. in 1978. He then enrolled in the M.Div. programme at the Vancouver School of Theology at the University of British Columbia, studying as a candidate to be a congregational minister in the United Church of Canada. He was one of the first people to come out as gay or lesbian in the process of his ordination and helped start the debate in the church on the ordination and commissioning of openly gay or lesbian candidates. He did not complete the programme and was not ordained.
Prior to running for elected office, he was constituency assistant to Svend Robinson for over 18 years. He also ran in the 1997 election in the riding of Vancouver Centre, but lost to incumbent Hedy Fry.
When Robinson resigned the Burnaby—Douglas seat in April 2004 due to a controversy around his theft of a piece of jewellery, Siksay won the nomination to replace Robinson as the NDP candidate in the upcoming election, and won the riding in the 2004 federal election on June 28.
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