Juliana Roma "Julie" Dzerowicz MP (/ˈdzɛrəwɪts/[2]) (born December 29, 1979) is a Canadian politician. A member of the Liberal Party, she has represented the Toronto riding of Davenport in the House of Commons of Canada since her initial election in 2015, and was reelected in 2019 and in 2021. She is a member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and serves as one of its vice presidents.
Julie Dzerowicz | |
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| Member of Parliament for Davenport | |
| Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Andrew Cash |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 29, 1979 (age 44) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Residence(s) | Brockton Village,[1] Toronto, Ontario |
| Alma mater | McGill University (BCom) University of British Columbia (MBA) |
Education
editDzerowicz graduated from McGill University with a bachelor of commerce in 1994.[3] She completed her final term at Institut Commercial de Nancy in France. She was heavily involved in leadership roles at McGill, and served as the vice-president internal of the Students' Society of McGill University.
She received the Scarlet Key Award in 1994, which is awarded to "students who have demonstrated indubitable qualities of leadership, unselfishness and perseverance by their outstanding contributions to the McGill community."[4][5]
After completing a master of business administration at the University of British Columbia (UBC), where she served on the UBC Senate, Dzerowicz finished her degree at the London Business School.
Career
editPre-2015
editIn 2007, Dzerowicz co-founded an environment charity called Project Neutral.[6] She was also a founding board member of JUMP Math,[7] a non-profit numeracy program.[8]
Prior to her election, Dzerowicz worked as the director of strategic planning and communication at the Bank of Montreal,[9] as a senior political staffer to former provincial cabinet minister Gerry Phillips, as the vice-chair of the Platform Committee for the Ontario Liberal Party[7] and in biotechnology.[10]
As a Member of Parliament
editAfter a lengthy nomination process in 2015, Dzerowicz successfully secured the Liberal Party of Canada's nomination as the Liberal candidate in the riding of Davenport. In October 2015, she became the first female Member of Parliament for Davenport.[10]
In 2017, Dzerowicz was mocked for a copy-paste post about LGBTQ solidarity where she forgot to add the name of her riding.[11]
In February 2021, Dzerowicz introduced a private member's bill, Bill C-273, into the House of Commons of Canada calling upon the Minister of Finance to develop a national strategy for a guaranteed basic income.[12]
In June 2021, Dzerowicz invited constituents to ask her questions via the Reddit discussion website.[13] During the online conversation she was criticized for wrongly stating on Twitter that the 2020 Port of Montreal strike had lasted 2.5 years, and for another tweet in which The Hill Times stated she was mocking a constituent who asked about the Canadian government's legal fight with survivors of Canada's residential school system.[13] Dzerowicz's calls for more funding for affordable housing and universal basic income were better received.[13] Dzerowicz did not answer questions about the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission wholesale internet rates or the government's change of policy away from electoral reform.[13]
Following the 2021 Canadian Federal Election, Dzerowicz was re-elected to represent Davenport.[14] A recount was requested by NDP's Alejandra Bravo. Dzerowicz won by 76 votes.[15]
In December 2021, Dzerowicz, acting as the chair of the Liberal Immigration caucus, responded to criticism from within her own party about delays to processing immigration claims, stating that work needs to be done and committing to future improvements.[16]
In March 2024, Dzerowicz broke ranks with her party by calling for an arms embargo on Israel, citing calls from constituents and a February 23 statement from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, which warned that arms exports to Israel could violate international humanitarian law if used in Gaza. She stressed the need to protect innocent Palestinian civilians.[17]
In June 2024, Dzerowicz’s office in Davenport was vandalized with red paint, and the words “Rafah is burning, Toronto will too” were spray-painted on the building.[18]
Electoral record
edit| 2021 Canadian federal election: Davenport | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Julie Dzerowicz | 19,930 | 42.1 | -1.50 | $101,254.58 | |||
| New Democratic | Alejandra Bravo | 19,854 | 42.0 | 1.20 | $102,816.01 | |||
| Conservative | Jenny Kalimbet | 4,774 | 10.1 | 0.50 | $6,403.32 | |||
| People's | Tara Dos Remedios | 1,499 | 3.2 | 2.30 | $3,001.04 | |||
| Green | Adrian Currie | 1,087 | 2.3 | -2.20 | $14,660.32 | |||
| Independent | Troy Young | 86 | 0.2 | none listed | ||||
| Independent | Chai Kalevar | 77 | 0.2 | none listed | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 47,307 | – | – | $109,525.37 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 429 | |||||||
| Turnout | 47,736 | |||||||
| Eligible voters | 77,306 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[19][20] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Davenport | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Julie Dzerowicz | 22,813 | 43.6 | -0.66 | $92,294.42 | |||
| New Democratic | Andrew Cash | 21,341 | 40.8 | -0.56 | none listed | |||
| Conservative | Sanjay Bhatia | 5,014 | 9.6 | -0.95 | $35,793.71 | |||
| Green | Hannah Conover-Arthurs | 2,341 | 4.5 | 1.41 | none listed | |||
| People's | Francesco Ciardullo | 492 | 0.9 | - | none listed | |||
| Communist | Elizabeth Rowley | 137 | 0.3 | -0.23 | $626.70 | |||
| Independent | Troy Young | 85 | 0.2 | - | none listed | |||
| Independent | Chai Kalevar | 80 | 0.2 | -0.02 | $1,610.25 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 52,303 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | 79,822 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -0.05 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[21][22] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Davenport | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Julie Dzerowicz | 21,947 | 44.26 | 16.36 | $81,434.76 | |||
| New Democratic | Andrew Cash | 20,506 | 41.36 | -12.36 | $113,630.62 | |||
| Conservative | Carlos Oliveira | 5,233 | 10.55 | -3.67 | $8,821.20 | |||
| Green | Dan Stein | 1,530 | 3.09 | -0.33 | $8,434.06 | |||
| Communist | Miguel Figueroa | 261 | 0.53 | – | – | |||
| Independent | Chai Kalevar | 107 | 0.22 | – | $1,430.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 49,584 | 100.00 | $205,012.65 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 287 | 0.58 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 49,871 | 69.19 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 72,082 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | 14.36 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[23][24] | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Search For Contributions". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
- ^ "Happy Lunar New Year from Julie Dzerowicz". YouTube. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ^ Mcdevitt, Neale (2021-09-23). "Twenty-six McGillians elected to Canada's 44th Parliament". McGill Reporter. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
- ^ "Scarlet Key Recipients: 1922 – 2022" (PDF). Retrieved July 10, 2024.
- ^ "Constitution of The Scarlet Key Society of McGill University" (PDF). McGill Alumni. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
- ^ "Staff and Volunteers – Project Neutral". www.projectneutral.org. Archived from the original on 2017-12-08. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
- ^ a b "Davenport Liberal Candidate Julie Dzerowicz". www.mystclair.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-08. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
- ^ "JUMP Math :: Home". jumpmath.org. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
- ^ "Federal Election 2015: Davenport riding results". Global News. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
- ^ a b "Canada election results: Davenport | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
- ^ Daro, Ishmael N. "This Politician Forgot To Write In Her [Riding Name] In A Post About LGBTQ Solidarity". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
- ^ Parkinson, David (2021-06-17). "Opinion: Basic-income bill may not survive, but its a step in the right direction for Canada". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
- ^ a b c d "MP Dzerowicz's foray into Reddit hits a few snags". The Hill Times. 2021-06-16. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
- ^ "Liberal Julie Dzerowicz narrowly wins reelection in Davenport in tight race". CP24. 2021-09-22. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
- ^ "Election recount in Toronto riding stopped, Liberals confirmed as victors". CBC. Oct 15, 2021.
- ^ "'This is a screwed up system': frustrated Liberal MPs want to slash immigration processing times". The Hill Times. 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
- ^ "Two Liberal MPs Break Ranks, Call For Israel Arms Embargo". The Maple. 2024-03-12. Retrieved 2024-12-07.
- ^ Talbot, Michael (2024-06-03). "2 more MPs offices vandalized in Toronto". CityNews Toronto. Retrieved 2024-12-07.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ Elections Canada – Results Validated by the Returning Officer
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results -". Elections Canada. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Davenport, 30 September 2015
- ^ Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits