1. Judy Darcy 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, and business manager of the Hospital Employees' Union from 2005 to 2011.
Judy 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.
Judy Darcy did not seek a third term in the 2020 provincial election.
Judy Darcy was born Ida Maria Judith Borunsky in Denmark and came to Canada with her parents when she was 18 months old.
Judy Darcy's father was a research chemist who was a shipping clerk for years until he could re-establish his credentials in Canada and resume work in his profession.
Judy Darcy's father, Jules Simonovich Borunsky, was a Russian Jew whose family had moved to France following the Russian Revolution.
Borunsky and Rich married and moved to Denmark where Judy Darcy was born in 1950.
Judy Darcy did manage to retain a spot on the union's executive board topping the slate of "member at large" positions.
Judy Darcy moved to British Columbia subsequently and ran for the provincial British Columbia New Democratic Party nomination in Vancouver-Fairview but was upset by a businessman Gregor Robertson by a margin of 76 votes on the second ballot.
In February 2005, Judy Darcy returned to work in the trade union movement acquiring a position as secretary-business manager and chief negotiator with British Columbia's Hospital Employees' Union.
Judy Darcy was known as being on the left of the union and an advocate of issues such as employment equity and childcare.
Judy Darcy resigned from this position in September 2011 in preparation for her candidacy in the 2013 BC provincial election in New Westminster.
Judy Darcy celebrated her election as New Westminster's Member of the Legislative Assembly at the Heritage Grill.