- James Fulton
*For the 19th Century James "Judge" Fulton, see
Judge Fulton .
*For the American congressman, seeJames G. Fulton
*For the Canadian Parliamentarian, James R Fulton, see below
*For the neuroscientist and retired aerospace executive, seeJames T Fulton
*-James Ross (Jim) Fulton (born January 22, 1950) is a formerNew Democratic Party Member of theParliament of Canada fromBritish Columbia .Educated at
Simon Fraser University , Fulton worked for the province as a probation officer until he entered politics.He was first elected to the
Canadian House of Commons in the 1979 federal election in Skeena riding. He was re-elected in three subsequent elections before retiring prior to the 1993 federal election.In parliament, he served as the NDP's Small Business Critic (1979) and as the parties environmental critic from 1980 until he left office in 1993. He has also, at various times, served concurrently as forestry critic and as the party's spokesperson on aboriginal affairs. Fulton has been active with various environmental and wildlife agencies throughout his adult life. [http://mikan3.archives.ca/pam/public_mikan/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=fre&rec_nbr=178419&rec_nbr_list=183722&]
Fulton has been working as executive director of the
David Suzuki Foundation since leaving parliament. [http://www.cjob.com/news/index.aspx?dir=national&src=ext&rem=./n070823A.xml] [http://www.davidsuzuki.org/About_us/Board_of_Directors.asp]External links
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