Editing Rob Fleming (section)

==Background==
Born in [[Windsor, Ontario]], Fleming and his family moved to BC when he was three years old, settling on [[Greater Vancouver]]'s [[North Shore (Greater Vancouver)|North Shore]].<ref name="GM050520">{{Cite news|date=2005-05-20|title=At 33, MLA offers new brand of NDP cool|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/at-33-mla-offers-new-brand-of-ndp-cool/article980523/|access-date=2023-02-11|publisher=[[The Globe and Mail]]|language=en-CA|first=Tom|last=Hawthorn}}</ref><ref name="UVic201127">{{Cite web|date=2020-11-27|title=Building bridges: Why Rob runs|url=https://www.uvic.ca/news/topics/2020+torch-rob-fleming+news|access-date=2023-02-11|publisher=[[University of Victoria|UVic News]]|language=en-CA|first=Jenny|last=Manzer}}</ref> In the [[1988 Canadian federal election|1988 federal election]], he assisted in the [[New Democratic Party]]'s campaign in the riding of [[Capilano—Howe Sound]].<ref name="GM050520"/> From 1993 to 1995 he attended the university transfer program at [[Camosun College]] in [[Saanich, British Columbia|Saanich]], which later awarded him the 2008 Distinguished Alumni Award.<ref>{{cite news |title= Camosun grads to be feted tonight |newspaper=[[Times-Colonist]] |location=[[Victoria, British Columbia]] |date= June 13, 2008 |page= A5}}</ref> While at Camosun, Fleming served as communications coordinator for the student society.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-07-11|title=2008 alumni awards recognize extraordinary contribution|url=https://camosun.ca/news/2008-alumni-awards-recognize-extraordinary-contribution|access-date=2023-02-11|publisher=[[Camosun College]]|language=en-CA}}</ref>

He then enrolled in the [[University of Victoria]] (UVic), where he majored in history.<ref name="UVic201127"/> As president of the [[University of Victoria Students' Society|UVic Students' Society]], he was active in acquiring universal access to [[BC Transit]] for students through a [[Universal transit pass|U-Pass]] system.<ref>{{cite news |title= U-Pass early birds get free two weeks from Transit |newspaper=[[Times-Colonist]] |location=[[Victoria, British Columbia]] |date= August 17, 1999 |page= D6}}</ref> After graduating with a bachelor of arts degree in 2002, he started work with a communication consulting business.<ref name="UVic201127"/>

He met his wife Maura Parte while attending UVic; they have two children together.<ref name="UVic201127"/><ref name="BCLeg42">{{cite web |title=MLA: Hon. Rob Fleming |url=https://www.leg.bc.ca/learn-about-us/members/42nd-Parliament/Fleming-Rob |website=Legislative Assembly of British Columbia |access-date=2023-02-11}}</ref>