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MP Peter Julian romps to his sixth win in a row Theresa McManus tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca
It’s six in a row for Peter Julian. Having won five consecutive federal elections, the New Westminster-Burnaby NDP candidate made it six in a row on election day. And he did it in spades. “They have given me the largest majority I’ve gotten since I start-
ed running,” said Julian, who has served as New Westminster’s MP since 2004. “I work hard every day on their behalf because they are my bosses, and I never forget that.” Preliminary results show Julian topped the polls with 23,022 (44.2 per cent) of the votes.That’s up from the 43.5 per cent of the vote he had in the 2015 election.
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Trailing behind in this year’s election were: Liberal candidate Will Davis – 12,240 votes (23.5 per cent); Conservative candidate Megan Veck – 11, 278 votes (21.6 per cent); Green candidate Suzanne de Montigny – 4,280 votes (8.2 per cent); People’s Party candidate Hansen Ginn – 845 votes (1.6 per cent); Libertarian candidate Neeraj Murarka – 304 votes
(0.6 per cent); independent candidate Ahmad Passyar – 82 votes (0.2 per cent); and Marxist-Leninist candidate Joseph Theriault – 57 votes (0.1 per cent). “I find it is easier over the years because I meet so many people that we have helped,” Julian told the Record at the NDP election night party at the Hilton Vancouver Metrotown. “We have helped
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15,000 families, so I do find it easier – when you have knocked on a door and helped a family, you’ve got their votes for life.What I find interesting is this is the largest majority we have had. In fact it is the largest majority the NDP has ever had in New Westminster.The results are still coming in, so I won’t take that to the bank.” Continued on page 3
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