# David Eby

David Eby, Q.C., M.L.A. (born July 21, 1977 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada) is a lawyer and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, serving as Minister of Justice and Attorney General. 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 derailing Clark's bid to enter the legislature via a by-election in the same riding in a by-election on May 11, 2011. Clark had succeeded Gordon Campbell as leader of the British Columbia Liberal Party, and hence as Premier, weeks earlier.Eby grew up in Kitchener, Ontario, the son of a lawyer.