Charlie Juliette

Charlie Juliette was a Canadian country-pop singer-songwriter, actress, author, community activist and candidate for Parliament as a member of the Reform Party.

Childhood
Charlie Juliette was born on February 29, 1988, in Sudbury, Ontario to Marjorie Jacques (née Robitaille) and Reverend Donald Juliette of the Reform Baptist Church of Canada. Marjorie passed away when Juliette was two years old and was mainly raised by her father and members of Juliette’s congregation. Juliette attended French public schools throughout her childhood.

Music Career
Charlie Juliette started singing for her congregation at the age of 3. Her singing performance and talent were so noticed by many members of her Church and students of her school. At the age of 12, Juliette was signed to start in multiple television and radio commercials across Canada and the United States. Juliette began working songwriting at the age of 15 for local summer camps and was signed by Universal Music Group. At the age of 17, she recorded her first album which saw success in her native country. Her second albums gained worldwide success and fame and won the Juno Awards’ Best Album of the Year and Artist of the Year. Her later albums received the same level of success as her previous ones and was nicknamed the “Canadian Taylor Swift” due to her physical resemblance and similar music style.

Community Activist
Charlie Juliette was active within her community since childhood due to her participation with the Reform Baptist Church. She mainly campaigned for women’s rights, LGBTQ rights, criminal reform, youth activism, disabilities rights, and participated at many local political events.

Juliette volunteered for the New Democratic Party at both provincial and federal level.

2020 Parliamentary Candidacy
Charlie Juliette has announced her candidacy for the the August 3, 2020 YAPi Parliamentary elections as a member of Parliament of the International constituency. Her candidacy received media coverage due to her message for gender equality, paid family leave, youth opportunities, etc. She was also gained attention for her flamboyant combative style in defending former President Madeline Meadows and criticizing her opponents’ attitudes. Her campaign raised $1,000,000 in donations in the first 24 hours of the campaign.

As of July 30, 2020, Juliette was the only female candidate in running for office after President Meadows resignation.

Books
Charlie Juliette wrote a personal narrative book in 2017, focusing on her life as a child and the challenges of living without a mother in her life.

Personal Life
Charlie Juliette was the half-sister of the late Secretary of Elections Mackenzie Jacques. Juliette was unmarried and did not have any children. Juliette was in a relationship with guitarist Juan Duenez. Juliette was also openly bisexual and trilingual as spoke English, French and Spanish fluently.

Death
Charlie Juliette died on August 12, 2020 after being shot 18 times in the committee lobby by Jacques Wang with a 60-round M4 carbine. CCTV footage shows that she was shot by a gatling gun from the Secretary of Elections DeutschesHeer, who then succeeded her as Member of Parliament.