James Fulton
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James Ross (Jim) Fulton (born January 22, 1950) is a former New Democratic Party Member of the Parliament of Canada from British 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.[1]
Fulton has been working as executive director of the David Suzuki Foundation since leaving parliament.[2][3]
