Julie Dabrusin | |
|---|---|
Dabrusin in 2018 | |
| Minister of the Environment, Climate Change and Nature[a] | |
| Assumed office May 13, 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Mark Carney |
| Preceded by | Terry Duguid |
| Member of Parliament forToronto—Danforth | |
| Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Craig Scott |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1971-04-16)April 16, 1971 (age 54) |
| Party | Liberal |
| Residence(s) | Riverdale,Toronto |
| Alma mater | McGill University University of Toronto |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Julie Aviva DabrusinPC MP (French:[ʒylidabʁyzɛ̃]; born April 16, 1971)[1] is a Canadian lawyer and politician who has served asMinister of the Environment, Climate Change and Nature since 2025.[2] A member of theLiberal Party, she has been a member of Parliament (MP) since the2015 federal election, representing theriding ofToronto—Danforth in theHouse of Commons.
Raised in a Jewish household inMontreal,[3] Dabrusin pursued an undergraduate degree in Near and Middle Eastern Studies atMcGill University,[4] graduating with abachelor of arts in 1994.[5] She then attended theUniversity of Toronto for her law degree, graduating in 1997,[6] and moved to the Danforth area with her family in 1998.[7] She spent 13 years as a lawyer with Rogers Partners LLP, a Toronto law firm.[7] She practiced litigation, including serving as commission counsel for the Toronto External Contracts Inquiry, which examined municipal government procurement processes.[4]
In 2011, Dabrusin left her legal career to focus on raising her two daughters and participating in various community organizing and charitable activities aimed at promoting and preserving Toronto's public parks. In 2013, she was a recipient of theQueen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.[8]
Dabrusin decided to run in the2015 federal election primarily on concerns about income inequality and government neglect of Canada's urban areas.[9] Dabrusin won the election, unseatingNew Democratic Party (NDP) incumbentCraig Scott inToronto—Danforth. That riding was previously held by NDP leaderJack Layton and was considered to be a safe seat; it has long been one of the more left-leaning ridings in Toronto.[10] She was re-elected in2019 and2021, serving as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage from 2019 to 2021, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change and to the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources from 2021 to March 2025.[1]
Following her re-election in2025, she joined the30th Canadian Ministry that May as Minister of Environment and Climate Change.[11] She added the nature and parks role to her position in December 2025, absorbing it from former ministerSteven Guilbeault.[12]
| 2025 Canadian federal election:Toronto—Danforth | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Julie Dabrusin | 38,794 | 66.56 | +18.20 | ||||
| Conservative | Ashik Hussain | 11,060 | 18.98 | +6.42 | ||||
| New Democratic | Clare Hacksel | 7,554 | 12.96 | –20.71 | ||||
| Green | Silvia Stardust | 625 | 1.07 | –0.89 | ||||
| Animal Protection | Liz White | 250 | 0.43 | +0.05 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 58,283 | 71.16 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 81,901 | |||||||
| Liberalnotional hold | Swing | +5.89 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[13][14] | ||||||||
| 2021 Canadian federal election:Toronto—Danforth | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Julie Dabrusin | 23,038 | 48.41 | +0.58 | $77,319.65 | |||
| New Democratic | Clare Hacksel | 15,881 | 33.28 | +0.08 | $94,784.85 | |||
| Conservative | Michael Carey | 6,105 | 12.83 | +2.29 | $25,348.44 | |||
| People's | Wayne Simmons | 1,238 | 2.59 | +1.49 | $766.61 | |||
| Green | Maryem Tollar | 949 | 1.99 | -4.51 | $2,899.08 | |||
| Communist | Elizabeth Rowley | 204 | 0.43 | +0.13 | $0.00 | |||
| Animal Protection | Liz White | 179 | 0.38 | -0.02 | $3,315.07 | |||
| Independent | Habiba Desai | 125 | 0.26 | $510.82 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 47,719 | – | – | $110,583.29 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 47,719 | 59.84 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 79,749 | |||||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | +0.25 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[15] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election:Toronto—Danforth | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Julie Dabrusin | 27,681 | 47.68 | +5.34 | $75,766 | |||
| New Democratic | Min Sook Lee | 19,283 | 33.21 | -6.96 | $102,067 | |||
| Conservative | Zia Choudhary | 6,091 | 10.49 | +0.63 | $19,351 | |||
| Green | Chris Tolley | 3,761 | 6.48 | +1.77 | ||||
| People's | Tara Dos Remedios | 621 | 1.07 | - | $3,633 | |||
| Animal Protection | Elizabeth Abbott | 261 | 0.45 | -0.19 | $2,645 | |||
| Independent | John Kladitis | 210 | 0.36 | - | $2,953 | |||
| Communist | Ivan Byard | 151 | 0.26 | - | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 58,059 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 413 | |||||||
| Turnout | 58,472 | 71.9 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 81,283 | |||||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | +6.15 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[16][17] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Julie Dabrusin | 23,531 | 42.34 | +13.83 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Craig Scott | 22,325 | 40.17 | -19.27 | – | |||
| Conservative | Benjamin Dichter | 5,478 | 9.86 | +4.49 | – | |||
| Green | Chris Tolley | 2,618 | 4.71 | +0.02 | – | |||
| Progressive Canadian | John Richardson | 1,275 | 2.29 | +1.65 | – | |||
| Animal Alliance | Elizabeth Abbott | 354 | 0.64 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 55,581 | 100.0 | $209,972.56 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 269 | 0.48 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 55,850 | 72.38 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 77,158 | |||||||
| Liberalgain fromNew Democratic | Swing | – | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[18][19] | ||||||||