Peter Julian
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| Born | April 16, 1962 New Westminster<tr><th>Residence</th><td>New Westminster</td></tr><tr><th>Political party</th> <td> New Democratic Party </td></tr><tr><th>Profession(s)</th><td>Community activist, executive director, financial administrator, worker</td></tr><tr><th>Religion</th><td>United Church of Canada</td></tr><tr><th>Spouse</th><td>Micheline Julian</td></tr> |
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Peter S. Julian, B.A. (born April 16 1962 in New Westminster, British Columbia) is a Canadian politician.
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 opening of a Wal-Mart store in New Westminster. After running unsuccessfully for city council in New Westminster, he was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 2004 election as the New Democratic Party Member of Parliament for Burnaby—New Westminster, British Columbia. He was re-elected in the 2006 election.
Julian has also been the National Policy Coordinator and Assistant and Acting Federal Secretary of the NDP. 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, he is critic for Persons with Disabilities, International Trade, Pacific Gateway, 2010 Vancouver-Whistler Olympics and Transport. During the 38th Parliament, Julian was the NDP's, critic of Persons with Disabilities, Globalization and the Treasury Board. Julian recently went to Eagleridge bluffs in West Vancouver, where he supported the actions of the protesters who oppose the overland route for part of the Sea-to-Sky Highway.
Julian is fluently bilingual and is also functional in American Sign Language. He lives with his wife Micheline and his son Stefan in the 10th Avenue area of New Westminster. He holds a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Quebec at Montreal. His father is a lifelong Liberal party member who supported Stéphane Dion during the 2006 Liberal Leadership Convention, when he became leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.
Julian's legislative assistant is Henri Sader.
[edit] Committees
- Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade
- Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities
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| Preceded by: District created. See New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby and Vancouver South—Burnaby | Member of Parliament for Burnaby—New Westminster 2004 – present | Incumbent |
Categories: Members of the Canadian House of Commons from British Columbia | New Democratic Party of Canada MPs | 1962 births | Living people | People from New Westminster | Members of the United Church of Canada | Canadian activists | Current Members of the Canadian House of Commons | British Columbia politician stubs
