Peter Julian
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| Peter S. Julian | |
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| Member of Parliament for Burnaby—New Westminster |
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| Assumed office 2004 |
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| Preceded by | New district |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 16, 1962 New Westminster, British Columbia |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
| Residence | New Westminster |
| Profession | Community activist, executive director, financial administrator, worker |
| Portfolio | Shadow Cabinet Minister for Industry |
| Religion | United Church of Canada |
Peter S. Julian (born April 16, 1962 in New Westminster, British Columbia) is a Canadian Member of Parliament for the New Democratic Party, representing the riding of Burnaby—New Westminster.
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[edit] Personal life
Julian was born on April 16, 1962 in New Westminster, British Columbia to Terry and Ruth Julian. His father Terry is a school administrator, historian and author, and a 2002 recipient of the Queen's Jubilee Medal. He also has a sister named Randi and a brother named Patrick.
Julian is fluently bilingual and is also functional in American Sign Language. He lives in the 10th Avenue area of New Westminster. He graduated from New Westminster Secondary School and holds a bachelor's degree in political science from the Université du Québec à Montréal.
[edit] Political career
A community activist, Julian was Executive Director of the Council of Canadians and later the Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. He was a leader in an unsuccessful effort to prevent the arrival of big box retail in New Westminster without public consultation. Ultimately, the city allowed a big box store which turned out to be a Wal-Mart store.
In 2002, Julian ran for city council in New Westminster. He received 3,275 votes, losing a spot on the council by 74 votes.[1]
After losing his bid for city council, Julian ran for the New Democratic Party nomination in the riding of Burnaby—New Westminster, British Columbia. On March 7, 2004 Julian defeated Dave Mackinon to be the NDP's candidate in the 2004 federal election. Julian won the general election, defeating Mary Pynenburg of the Liberal Party of Canada by just 329 votes. In the federal election held on October 14, 2008, Julian won the riding of Burnaby—New Westminster by over 6900 votes. Julian won the riding again in 2011 with 49.67% of the votes.[2]
Julian served as the Provincial Secretary for the Quebec section of the NDP in the 1990s. He also has been the National Policy Coordinator and Assistant and Acting Federal Secretary of the NDP. He has been a member of the NDP since he was 14 years old.
He also co-founded the Save St. Mary's Hospital Community Coalition. He was a founding member of the B.C. Disability Employment Network and the Burnaby-New Westminster Council of Canadians. He has also volunteered for the local Emergency Social Services, for Royal City Soccer, East Burnaby Minor Baseball, the United Way, and the United Church of Canada.
In the New Democratic Party Shadow Cabinet, Julian is the Industry Shadow Cabinet Minister. Julian is also currently the Deputy and Interim NDP Caucus Chair. Julian previously Served as NDP Critic on International Trade, Transportation, Persons with Disabilities, Treasury Board, Western Fisheries Critic and the 2010 Vancouver-Whistler Olympics.[3]
Julian was vocal opponent to the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) that he believed threatened Canada's sovereignty through deep integration with the United States and Mexico. As NDP Transport Critic, Julian lead the successful fight in the House of Commons to stop the SMS transport safety bill, which he believed to be an attempt to turn safety over to air transport companies themselves. Julian termed this "self-serve safety". Recently, Julian initiated an NDP task force that will meet and consult with diverse Canadian immigrant communities across the country, and to learn more about the challenges they face.
Georgia Straight newspaper has called Julian "one of the region's hardest working politicians". Julian ranked 3rd of 308 MPs in the 39th Parliament on bills, votes, and speeches.[4]
[edit] Committees
[edit] Election results
| Canadian federal election, 2011 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| New Democrat | Peter Julian | 22,193 | 49.67 | +3.18 | ||
| Conservative | Paul Forseth | 16,009 | 35.83 | +5.48 | ||
| Liberal | Garth Evans | 4,496 | 10.06 | -5.36 | ||
| Green | Carrie-Ann McLaren | 1,731 | 3.87 | -3.20 | ||
| Libertarian | Tyler Pierce | 160 | 0.36 | -0.06 | ||
| Marxist–Leninist | Joseph Theriault | 94 | 0.21 | -0.01 | ||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 44,683 | 100.00 | - | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 194 | 0.43 | -0.06 | |||
| Turnout | 44,877 | 54.05 | -0.30 | |||
| Eligible voters | 83,029 | |||||
| Quebec general election, 1989 - Saint-François | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Liberal | Monique Gagnon-Tremblay | 14,961 | 51.97% | |||
| Parti Québécois | Réal Rancourt | 10,492 | 36.45% | |||
| Unity Party | Peter Evans | 1,881 | 6.53% | |||
| NDP-Q | Peter Julian | 884 | 3.07% | |||
| Parti 51 | France Bougie | 568 | 1.97% | |||
| Total valid votes | 28,786 | 96.32% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,099 | 3.68% | ||||
| Turnout | 29,885 | 74.98% | ||||
| New Westminster municipal election, 2002: City council Six to be elected |
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| Candidate | Votes | |
| Casey Cook | 4848 | |
| Jerry Dobrovolny | 4626 | |
| Chuck Puchmayr | 4430 | |
| Bob Osterman | 3875 | |
| Calvin Donnelly | 3646 | |
| Lorrie Williams | 3349 | |
| Peter Julian | 3275 | |
| Kimiko Karpoff | 2918 | |
| Betty McIntosh | 2723 | |
| Carol Cheremkora | 2634 | |
| Charmaine Murray | 1938 | |
| Shane Polak | 1588 | |
| Fil Apolinario | 1536 | |
| Hilda Bechler | 1298 | |
| Wally Walia | 1266 | |
| Rhoda Beka-Kaellis | 1257 | |
| Shea Campbell | 1250 | |
| Lori Underwood | 1021 | |
| Ted Edwards | 1015 | |
| Gordon Cooper | 872 | |
| Ron B. Gordon | 772 | |
| Canadian federal election, 2004 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| New Democratic Party | Peter Julian | 14,061 | 34.58% | +18.5 | $51,851 | |
| Liberal | Mary Pynenburg | 13,732 | 32.52% | -1.0 | $67,860 | |
| Conservative | Mike Redmond | 11,821 | 27.63% | -19.9 | $52,988 | |
| Green | Revel Kunz | 1,606 | 3.72% | $173 | ||
| Canadian Action | Dana Green | 312 | 0.64% | $100 | ||
| Communist | Péter Pál Horváth | 166 | 0.26% | $389 | ||
| Total valid votes | 41,698 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 217 | 0.52% | ||||
| Turnout | 41,915 | 58.95% | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| New Democratic Party | Peter Julian | 17,391 | 38.8% | +4.2% | $71,413.90 | |
| Liberal | Mary Pynenburg | 13,420 | 29.9% | -2.6% | $74,580.51 | |
| Conservative | Marc Dalton | 12,364 | 27.6% | 0.0 | $70,006.15 | |
| Green | Scott Janzen | 1,654 | 3.7% | 0.0 | $1,149.61 | |
| Total valid votes | 44,829 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 144 | 0.32% | ||||
| Turnout | 44,973 | 60.9% | ||||
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