Peter Julian

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Personal lifeEdit

Julian was born on April 16, 1962, in New Westminster, British Columbia, to Terry and Ruth Julian. His father Terry was a school administrator, historian and author, and a 2002 recipient of the Queen's Jubilee Medal. He has a sister, Randi, and a brother, Patrick.Template:Citation needed

Julian played basketball for Douglas College and was a sports reporter for The Other Press in the 1980's.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Prior to his political career, Julian worked in a variety of settings, including as a financial administrator, and as a manual labourer at an oil refinery, factories and various small businesses.<ref>Template:Cite news{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Julian is fluently bilingual in English and French 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 with a specialization in International Relations.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Political careerEdit

In 2002, Julian ran for the city council in New Westminster, British Columbia. He received 3,275 votes, losing a spot on the council by 74 votes.<ref>New West City Template:Webarchive</ref>

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. He was re-elected by 3,971 votes over Pynenburg in 2006. In the federal election held on October 14, 2008, Julian won the riding of Burnaby—New Westminster by over 6,900 votes. Julian won the riding again in 2011 with 49.67% of the votes.<ref>Burnaby—New Westminster</ref>

In the New Democratic Party Shadow Cabinet, Julian was the Energy and Natural Resources Critic.<ref name="critic role">Template:Cite news</ref> Julian previously served as the NDP critic for International Trade, Transportation, Persons with Disabilities, Treasury Board, Western Fisheries Critic, Industry, and the 2010 Vancouver-Whistler Olympics.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Julian also served as the Deputy NDP Caucus Chair. During the 2011–12 NDP leadership race, Julian took over from candidate Peggy Nash to serve as the NDP's Finance Critic until the race was over, at which point Nash retook her spot and Julian was shifted to the lower-profile position of Energy Critic.<ref name="critic role" />

Julian vocally opposed 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 led 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, something Julian termed "self-serve safety". Julian also initiated an NDP task force to meet and consult with diverse Canadian immigrant communities across the country, and to learn more about the challenges they face.Template:Citation needed

The Georgia Straight newspaper has called Julian "one of the region's hardest working politicians". Julian ranked third of 308 MPs in the 39th Parliament on bills, votes, and speeches.<ref>www.howdtheyvote.ca</ref>

Amid the NDP's third-place performance in the 2015 federal election, Julian was re-elected. Party leader Tom Mulcair appointed him to continue serving as NDP House Leader.<ref name="HouseLeader2015">Template:Cite news</ref>

On December 21, 2016, Julian registered to run in the NDP leadership race to succeed Tom Mulcair.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He withdrew on July 5, 2017, after trailing fellow candidates Charlie Angus, Niki Ashton, Guy Caron, and Jagmeet Singh in fundraising.<ref name="peterout">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref> He subsequently endorsed Singh for leader.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

On January 31, 2018, Julian was named finance critic in the NDP shadow cabinet by party leader Jagmeet Singh.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In addition, Julian was made House Leader of the NDP and energy critic on March 14, 2019.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In the 2025 Canadian federal election, Julian was unseated by Liberal candidate Jake Sawatzky.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Volunteer workEdit

He also co-founded the Save St. Mary's Hospital Community Coalition. He was a founding member of the BC 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.Template:Citation needed

CommitteesEdit

Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade

Electoral recordEdit

SummaryEdit

Electoral history of Peter Julian – Constituency elections
Year	Type	Riding	Party		Votes for Julian				Result	Swing
Year	Type	Riding	Party		Total	%	Template:Abbr.	Template:Tooltip	Result	Swing
1989	Quebec general	Saint-François	style="background-color:Template:Canadian party colour;" \|	Parti de la démocratie socialiste	884	3.07%	4th	-1.15	Template:No2	style="background-color:Template:Canadian party colour;" \|	Hold
2002	Municipal general	New Westminster City Council	style="background-color:Template:Canadian party colour;" \|	Template:Canadian party colour	3,275	–	7th	–	Template:No2	style="background-color:Template:Canadian party colour;" \|	n/a
2004	Federal general	Burnaby—New Westminster	rowspan="8" style="background-color:Template:Canadian party colour;" \|	New Democratic	14,061	34.58%	1st	+18.44	Template:Yes2	style="background-color:Template:Canadian party colour;" \|	Gain
2006			17,391		38.79%	1st	+4.21	Template:Yes2	style="background-color:Template:Canadian party colour;" \|	Hold
2008			20,145		46.49%	1st	+7.71	Template:Yes2	style="background-color:Template:Canadian party colour;" \|	Hold
2011			22,193		49.67%	1st	+3.18	Template:Yes2	style="background-color:Template:Canadian party colour;" \|	Hold
2015		New Westminster—Burnaby	22,876		43.46%	1st	-8.32	Template:Yes2	style="background-color:Template:Canadian party colour;" \|	Hold
2019			23,437		44.20%	1st	+0.74	Template:Yes2	style="background-color:Template:Canadian party colour;" \|	Hold
2021			24,054		48.77%	1st	+4.57	Template:Yes2	style="background-color:Template:Canadian party colour;" \|	Hold
2025		New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville	17,574		31.55%	2nd	-16.43	Template:No2	style="background-color:Template:Canadian party colour;" \|	Gain

Full resultsEdit

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2002 New Westminster municipal election: City Council Six to be elected
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

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External linksEdit

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