Bob Zimmer

Quick Facts

Full Name	Bob Zimmer
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Oct 20, 1968(1968-10-20)
Age	56
Birthplace	Dawson Creek
Country	Canada
Birth City	British Columbia
Horoscope	Libra

Bob Zimmer Biography

Bob Zimmer is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on October 20, 1968 in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada. Bob Zimmer MP (born October 20th 1968) is a Canadian politician and Member of the Parliamentary House of Commons of Canada. His seat was vacated to be represented by the Prince George-Peace River riding George-Peace River in the year 2011 election. He was re-elected in the election of 2015, and in the election of the 2019 Canadian federal election as an official participant in the Conservative Party of Canada. He was in the 41st Parliament as a member of the ruling party and the 42nd Parliament as a member of the opposition official. He has introduced a bill, his private members bill, Bill C-346, an Act that amends the Firearms Act (licences) which would have ended the expiration of licences to carry firearms, and the requirement that the holder of a licence must update their relevant information every ten years. However, the bill was rejected at the second reading. Zimmer is former carpenter, Fort St. John high school teacher, and sports enthusiast, began to get involved in politics at the federal level with his party, the Reform Party of Canada.

In the federal election of 2015, Zimmer opposed another study of missing and murdered Aboriginal women in an intense local debate in which he claimed that 42 studies had already been completed and that the primary issue that was identified in the RCMP report, was the economic condition or lack of job. Following the debate and the election, members of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs demanded Zimmer to quit as a presidential candidate. Zimmer has stated that “One of the major drivers of missing and murdered aboriginal women is the lack of economic activity, or simply put, the lack of a job. … Ultimately, when people have a job, they’re not in despair. They can stay on reserve, and that’s where we want them to be, we want them to be happy where they live.” The president of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs the Grand Chief Stewart Philip, characterized Zimmer’s remarks as “simplistic” and “unacceptable”. Zimmer has since clarified his remarks by stating that his remarks were in reference to the RCMP’s report about Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women that lists employment status as being one of the factors that increase the likelihood of murdering Aboriginal women. Zimmer added that “I absolutely care about missing and murdered Aboriginal women and want to see it stopped. I have a wife and a daughter and a mother and it is a tragedy that we need to fix.”

In October of 2019 he was re-elected again, this time with just shy of 70% of the vote. On November 29 Andrew Scheer named him to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister for Northern Affairs and Northern Economic Development Agency.

A federal vote took place in the month of May in 2011, where Zimmer took on former provincial legislator Lois Boone for the NDP, Prince George lawyer Ben Levine for the Liberal Party of Canada, and physiotherapist Hilary Crowley for the Green Party. During the campaign, Zimmer declared that he would push for a reduction in spending until the federal budget was in balance and also advocate for the use of federal funds to expand Highways 2 and the Alaska Highway to four lanes between the Alberta border and Fort St. John. Zimmer said he was of the opinion that the pensions of former politicians were excessive and that he would advocate for reforms to pensions. Zimmer was elected with 62.12 percent of the votes.

Bob Zimmer Net Worth

Bob Zimmer is one of the richest Politician from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Bob Zimmer 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Zimmer was born in Dawson Creek and grew up in Fort St. John. After graduation from North Peace Secondary School in 1986, he began working as a welding assistant in an oil company. In an experience at Northern Lights College he became a carpenter journeyman and ran an unprofessorable construction company between 1995 between 1995 and 1998. In the early 1990s, he relocated towards in the Fraser Valley to play in the British Columbia Rugby Union. In 1999-2003,, he was a student at Trinity Western University, where played varsity rugby. He received the degree of bachelor’s from the department of Human Kinetics. He earned a 12-month teaching certificate from the University of British Columbia and returned into Fort St. John where the position was a teacher in The North Peace Secondary School.

Zimmer was a member of his first political party, the Reform Party of Canada in 1988. Zimmer has often cited Ralph Klein and Preston Manning as political role models. While in Abbotsford he fought for Randy White who was elected as an Reform Party member of parliament. In Fort St. John he joined the Conservative Party Prince George Peace River Electoral District Association . He was the president until 2009, when he was appointed secretary and the CEO. After the long-time member of Parliament Jay Hill announced he would not run for re-election, a vote was held to elect the district’s Conservative Party nomination. In August of 2010 Zimmer quit his position as a member of the Electoral District Association and announced that he would be running in the election for nomination. Five other candidates participated in the race which included his fellow Fort St. John teacher Dan Davies and the former mayor of Prince George Colin Kinsley. With 1,350 votes taken in the preferential election, Zimmer won the nomination in the sixth election.

Zimmer was re-elected with over 50% of the vote, and his Conservative Party formed the Official Opposition for the 42nd Canadian Parliament. Zimmer was appointed to be the deputy critic of Families, Children and Social Development (to Karen Vecchio). In May 2016, Zimmer sponsored and brought forward in the House of Commons a petition with 25,000 signatures advocating for the derestriction of the AR-15 semi-automatic modern sporting rifle. A month later when that weapon was used in the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting, the petition and Zimmer’s advocacy were criticized. In the May 2017 Conservative Party leadership election Zimmer endorsed Andrew Scheer. Following Scheer’s victory, he moved Zimmer to deputy critic of the Treasury Board. On April 6, 2017, Zimmer introduced his first private member bill, Bill C-346 An Act to amend the Firearms Act (licences) which would eliminate the expiry of firearms licences, with a mandatory provision that the licence holder update his or her relevant information every 10 years. The bill was debated but defeated at the second reading stage in November 2017 with only the Conservative Party voting in favour.

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Who is Bob Zimmer Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Bob Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Bob Zimmer celebrates birthday on October 20 of every year.

Where does Bob Zimmer live?

Bob Zimmer MP
Spouse(s)| Val Zimmer
Children| 4
Residence(s)| Fort St. John, British Columbia
Alma mater| Northern Lights College Trinity Western University University of British Columbia

Who is rob Zimmer?

Outdoor author and radio host. Listen to Outdoors with Rob Zimmer Fridays 4-5pm and Saturdays 10-11am on WHBY.

What party is Bob Zimmer?

Conservative Party of Canada