Editing Peter Tabuns (section)

== Background ==
Tabuns was born in [[London, Ontario]], to Anton Tabuns ({{Langx|lv|Antons Tabūns}}), an auto mechanic, and his wife Sarah, who was born and raised in [[Liverpool]], England. Anton was born and raised in [[Latvia]], though he managed to leave his homeland after the [[Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940|Soviet occupation]] and immigrate to England. While working on a farm, fixing equipment, he met Sarah, and soon after marrying, the couple immigrated to [[Canada]]. Soon after, the family found residence with another recent immigrant. In addition to Peter, Anton and Sarah have two other children, Frank and Anna.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.meetpete.ca/about-pete.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226213046/http://www.meetpete.ca/about-pete.html |archive-date=February 26, 2009 |title=About Pete. Meet Pete Tabuns. Ontario NDP leadership biography |publisher=Peter Tabuns Leadership Campaign |date=December 24, 2008}}</ref>

Tabuns attended [[York University]], where he studied political science and was actively involved in York's student council. Tabuns was also president of ''Citizens for a Safe Environment'', a [[Riverdale, Toronto|Riverdale]] environmental group that lobbied the city to end garbage incineration at the Commissioners Street plant in the [[Port Lands]]. He became managing director of a housing co-op on Oak Street, and was also vice-chair of the Co-operative Housing Federation of Toronto.<ref name="Hurst">{{cite news |first=Lynda |last=Hurst |title=Toronto's chief tobacco fighter: Hero or crackpot? |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=April 20, 1997 |page=A2}}</ref>

He lives with Shawn Kerwin, who is a theatre designer and professor at York University. They have a son, Anton, from Tabuns' previous relationship.