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Gregor Angus Bethune Robertson (born September 18, 1964) is a Canadian politician who has been the 39th Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, since 2008. He was elected as part of the Vision Vancouver party slate. He served as an MLA for Vancouver-Fairview, as a member of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia, from 2005 until his resignation in 2008 to run for the mayoral position. ==Background== Gregor Robertson was born in North Vancouver in 1964.〔(Robertson to lead Vancouver into 2010 Games ), CTV News, November 15, 2008.〕 His father was an attorney with Russell Dumoulin, a prominent Vancouver law firm, and his mother was a teacher.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Profile: Gregor Robertson's toughest race so far )〕 Gregor grew up in Portola Valley, near San Francisco, after his parents divorced and he later lived with his father.〔 In 1982 he graduated from Carson Graham Secondary School and enrolled at the University of British Columbia, but later transferred to Colorado College,〔("Pursuit of Happiness" ), ''BC Business'', December 1, 2006.〕 where he earned a BA in English and Biology. After graduating, he intended to become a physician, but the University of British Columbia School of Medicine rejected his application.〔〔("Gregor Robertson, Sustainability's Superman" ), ''Today's Vancouver Woman,'' July 30, 2007.〕 Robertson has said he didn't like medicine because he would have to work in end-of-life situations.〔 His ancestors include grandfather Dr. Emile Therrien, a pioneering doctor, and Dr. Norman Bethune, his grandmother’s cousin, a noted anti-fascist and Communist famous for battlefield medicine in the Spanish Civil War and the Second Sino-Japanese War.〔 He is not related to Gordon Bethune. After some soul-searching, he cowboyed in the Cariboo〔 and sailed the Pacific for 18 months, accompanied by his wife, Amy, whom he had met in Colorado.〔 They settled in New Zealand, where he was attracted to, and began, farming as a trade.〔 After turning 25, he returned to Canada, where he purchased land in Glen Valley near Fort Langley, and made his living as a farmer there.〔 Robertson went on to co-found Happy Planet, a Vancouver-based company that produces and markets organic fruit beverages.〔 He was named one of Canada's "Top 40 under 40" by ''The Globe and Mail''.〔("City Profile" ), ''City Award'',〕 He was also a Tides Canada director from 2002 until 2004, when he entered politics with the provincial New Democratic Party. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2005 election as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party having defeated the trade union leader Judy Darcy in a high-profile battle for the party's nomination. He then beat British Columbia Liberal Party's Virginia Greene in the general election. During his time as the MLA for Vancouver-Fairview, Robertson served as the Opposition Critic for Small Business and as the Co-Chair of the Caucus Climate Change Taskforce.〔Palmer, Vaughn, "NDP faces prospect of losing its 'catch' to civic politics," ''Vancouver Sun'', January 9, 2008〕 ''The Vancouver Sun'' listed his mentors as Joel Solomon, Mike Magee, Bob Penner, and Bob Rennie, the condo mega-salesman. Solomon is a millionaire expat Tennessean who, with Rubbermaid heiress Carol Newell, built Renewal Partners, a foundation and charity-backed company that invests in socially responsible business 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gregor Robertson (politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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