Julius Timothy

{{Short description|Dominican politician}}

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| office = Deputy Prime Minister of Dominica

| primeminister = Edison James

| termstart = June 1995

| termend = February 2000

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| party = United Workers' Party

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Julius Timothy is a politician from Dominica. He holds an MBA from the University of the West Indies and was president of the Dominica Association of Industry and Commerce. From June 1995 he has served as MP for the Roseau North Constituency and he served as Health Minister.[http://www.dominica.gov.dm/cms/index.php?q=node/268 "Key Government Officials"], Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica. He first became active in politics as a founding member of the United Workers' Party. He was Deputy Leader of the UWP from its inception until December 2005 and he was appointed Minister of Finance, Industry and Planning from June 1995 to February 2000 during the UWP-led administration. He was also Deputy Prime Minister in the UWP administration.{{cite book |last1=Turner |first1=B. |title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2000 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HE7ODQAAQBAJ |publisher=Springer |language=en |date=28 December 2016|isbn=978-0-230-27128-9 }} Following a leadership struggle after the May 5 2005 general elections, Timothy crossed the floor and became a member of the Dominica Labour Party.[http://www.newsdominica.com/new-index.cfm?Paper=1&StoryDate=%7Bd%20'2006-09-15'%7D "Hop, skip & jump"], The Chronicle, September 15, 2006.