Peter Julian

Peter S. Julian MP
Peter Julian in 2011
House Leader of the NDP
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2015
Leader	Thomas Mulcair
Preceded by	Nathan Cullen
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons
In office April 14, 2013 – October 19, 2015
Leader	Thomas Mulcair
Preceded by	Nathan Cullen
Succeeded by	Andrew Scheer
Shadow Minister for Natural Resources
In office April 19, 2012 – March 19, 2014
Leader	Thomas Mulcair
Preceded by	Claude Gravelle
Succeeded by	Chris Charlton
Shadow Minister for Industry
In office May 26, 2011 – October 31, 2011
Leader	Jack Layton Nycole Turmel
Preceded by	Marc Garneau
Succeeded by	Guy Caron
Member of the Canadian Parliament for New Westminster—Burnaby Burnaby—New Westminster (2004-2015)
Incumbent
Assumed office June 28, 2004
Preceded by	Riding Established
Personal details
Born	April 16, 1962 New Westminster, British Columbia
Political party	New Democratic Party
Spouse(s)	Limei Tian
Residence	New Westminster
Profession	Community activist, executive director, financial administrator, politician
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 New Westminster—Burnaby.

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 with a specialization in International Relations.^[1]

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.

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.

In 2002, Julian ran for city council in New Westminster. He received 3,275 votes, losing a spot on the council by 74 votes.^[2]

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.^[3]

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 Energy and Natural Resources Critic.^[4] 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.^[5] 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.^[4]

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, something Julian termed "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.

The 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.^[6]

After the NDP's third place performance in the 2015 federal election, Julian was re-elected and would continue to serve as NDP House Leader.^[7]

Committees

• Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade

Election results

Quebec general election, 1989: Saint-François
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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
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: Burnaby—New Westminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Peter Julian	14,061	34.58	+18.44	$51,851
	Liberal	Mary Pynenburg	13,732	32.52	-0.94	$67,860
	Conservative	Mike Redmond	11,821	27.63	-19.84	$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	100.0
Total rejected ballots			217	0.52
Turnout			41,915	58.95
	New Democratic notional gain from Conservative		Swing		+9.69
This riding was created from parts of New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby, Vancouver South—Burnaby and Burnaby—Douglas, which elected a Canadian Alliance, Liberal and New Democrat, respectively, in the last election. Changes are based on redistributed results. Conservative change based on the total of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative votes in the 2000 election.

Canadian federal election, 2006: Burnaby—New Westminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Peter Julian	17,391	38.79	+4.21	$71,414
	Liberal	Mary Pynenburg	13,420	29.93	-2.59	$74,580
	Conservative	Marc Dalton	12,364	27.58	-0.05	$70,006
	Green	Scott Janzen	1,654	3.68	-0.04	$1,149
Total valid votes			44,829	100.0
Total rejected ballots			144	0.32	-0.20
Turnout			44,973	60.09	+1.14
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+3.40

Canadian federal election, 2008: Burnaby—New Westminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Peter Julian	20,145	46.49	+7.71	$72,161
	Conservative	Sam Rakhra	13,150	30.35	+2.82	$77,974
	Liberal	Gerry Lenoski	6,681	15.42	-14.53	$45,125
	Green	Carrie-Ann McLaren	3,067	7.07	+3.42	$7,637
	Libertarian	Ismet Yetisen	186	0.42	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Joseph Theriault	96	0.22	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			43,325	100.0		$85,024
Total rejected ballots			214	0.49	+0.17
Turnout			43,539	54.35	-5.74
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+2.44

Canadian federal election, 2011: Burnaby—New Westminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	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			44,683	100.0
Total rejected ballots			194	0.43	-0.06
Turnout			44,877	54.05	-0.30
Eligible voters			83,029
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-1.15

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Peter Julian	22,876	43.5	-8.28	–
	Liberal	Sasha Ramnarine	15,253	29.0	+20.30	–
	Conservative	Chloé Ellis	10,512	20.0	-14.75	–
	Green	Kyle Routledge	2,487	4.7	+0.37	–
	Libertarian	Rex Brocki	1,368	2.6	–	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Joseph Theriault	146	0.3	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			52,642	99.32%		$211,691.98
Total rejected ballots			363	0.68%	–
Turnout			53,005	68.27	–
Eligible voters			77,639
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-14.29
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]

References

1. "About Peter Julian". Official Peter Julian Web Page. NDP Web Site. 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2012.
2. New West City Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
3. Burnaby—New Westminster
4. "Burnaby-New Westminster MP to be NDP energy critic". Burnaby NewsLeader. April 19, 2012. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
6. www.howdtheyvote.ca
7. "Peter Julian to continue as NDP House Leader in next Parliament". CBC News. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
8. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for New Westminster—Burnaby, 30 September 2015
9. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

External links

• Peter Julian
• Peter Julian – Parliament of Canada biography