Judy Darcy

Judy Darcy was born in Denmark and immigrated to Canada as a young child. She was national president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees for twelve years and led the Hospital Employees’ Union after moving to BC in 2003. She served as MLA for New Westminster from 2013 to 2020 and as North America’s first minister of mental health and addictions, and since then has been a public speaker, media commentator and board member of the Canadian Mental Health Association. She lives in New Westminster, BC.