Peter Julian

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Personal life

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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Julian played basketball for Douglas College and was a sports reporter for The Other Press in the 1980's.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3]

Political career

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.[4]

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.[5]

In the New Democratic Party Shadow Cabinet, Julian was the Energy and Natural Resources Critic.[6] 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.[7] 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.[6]

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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

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.[8]

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.[9]

On December 21, 2016, Julian registered to run in the NDP leadership race to succeed Tom Mulcair.[10] He withdrew on July 5, 2017, after trailing fellow candidates Charlie Angus, Niki Ashton, Guy Caron, and Jagmeet Singh in fundraising.[11][12] He subsequently endorsed Singh for leader.[13]

On January 31, 2018, Julian was named finance critic in the NDP shadow cabinet by party leader Jagmeet Singh.[14] In addition, Julian was made House Leader of the NDP and energy critic on March 14, 2019.[15]

In the 2025 Canadian federal election, Julian was unseated by Liberal candidate Jake Sawatzky.[16]

Volunteer work

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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Committees

Electoral record

Summary

Electoral history of Peter Julian – Constituency elections
Year Type Riding Party Votes for Julian Result Swing
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1989 Quebec general Saint-François style="background-color:Template:Canadian party colour;" | Parti de la démocratie socialiste 884 3.07% 4th -1.15 Lost 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 – Lost 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 Won style="background-color:Template:Canadian party colour;" | Gain
2006 17,391 38.79% 1st +4.21 Won style="background-color:Template:Canadian party colour;" | Hold
2008 20,145 46.49% 1st +7.71 Won style="background-color:Template:Canadian party colour;" | Hold
2011 22,193 49.67% 1st +3.18 Won style="background-color:Template:Canadian party colour;" | Hold
2015 New Westminster—Burnaby 22,876 43.46% 1st -8.32 Won style="background-color:Template:Canadian party colour;" | Hold
2019 23,437 44.20% 1st +0.74 Won style="background-color:Template:Canadian party colour;" | Hold
2021 24,054 48.77% 1st +4.57 Won style="background-color:Template:Canadian party colour;" | Hold
2025 New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville 17,574 31.55% 2nd -16.43 Lost style="background-color:Template:Canadian party colour;" | Gain

Full results

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2002 New Westminster municipal election: City Council
Six to be elected
Candidate Votes Elected
Casey Cook 4848 Green tickY
Jerry Dobrovolny 4626 Green tickY
Chuck Puchmayr 4430 Green tickY
Bob Osterman 3875 Green tickY
Calvin Donnelly 3646 Green tickY
Lorrie Williams 3349 Green tickY
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

References

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