Judy Darcy | |
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Minister of Mental Health and Addictions of British Columbia | |
In office July 18, 2017 – November 26, 2020 | |
Premier | John Horgan |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Sheila Malcolmson |
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for New Westminster | |
In office May 14, 2013 – September 21, 2020 | |
Preceded by | Dawn Black |
Succeeded by | Jennifer Whiteside |
4th National President of the Canadian Union of Public Employees | |
In office 1991–2003 | |
Preceded by | Jeff Rose |
Succeeded by | Paul Moist |
National Secretary-Treasurer of the Canadian Union of Public Employees | |
In office 1989–1991 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Ida Maria Judith Borunsky 1950 (age 73–74) Denmark |
Political party | New Democratic Party (1985–present) |
Other political affiliations | Workers' Communist Party of Canada (before 1985) |
Alma mater | York University |
Judy Darcy (born 1950) is a Canadian health care advocate, trade unionist, and former politician.[1] Darcy was the first Minister of Mental Health and Addictions of British Columbia. She was the fourth National President of the Canadian Union of Public Employees from 1991 until 2003, making her the second woman and second Jewish-Canadian to hold the post,[2] and business manager of the Hospital Employees' Union from 2005 to 2011.
Darcy was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 election, as a BC NDP candidate for the provincial constituency of New Westminster.[3] She did not seek a third term in the 2020 provincial election.