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♀ Joyce Catherine Murray
aliasJoyce Murray
Record
45484 · 704

South African-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
Canada
Government
 Performance: 78%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 6 1 7
British Columbia 1 1 2
Total 7 2 9
Birth 11 July 1954
Age 69 years + 9 months
First mandate 16 May 2001 → 22 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 10 months
 
 
Special notes
None
 
Joyce Catherine Murray (1954– )
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Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 16 1 5
British Columbia 4 0 0 Z
TOTAL 20 1 5

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 42–43
LIB
 1 Minister 64–67 05 Mar 2019 — 25 Oct 2021 2 7 20
2. CA 42
LIB
 1 Minister 64–65 18 Mar 2019 — 19 Nov 2019 0 8 1
3. CA 44
LIB
 1 Minister 67–69 26 Oct 2021 — 2 6 1
 1. Digital Government [Treasury Board]
 2. President [Treasury Board]
 3. Fisheries and Oceans

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 10  
4 documented challengers
⊕ Dawn Black  f 
⊕ Paul E. Forseth  m 
 		 ⊕ Graeme T. Bowbrick  m 
⊕ Charles Puchmayr  m 
 
Eligible: 31,784 Votes: 22,588 Participation: 71.07% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
37		 British Columbia
16 May 2001
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8036(F) — 28 Jul 2023 17:30 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
46
LIB
 1/5 11,059 49.21% +4,088 Loser:
NDP
 6,971 31.02% Graeme T. Bowbrick

Service: 4 years (Gov't)
Eligible: 40,591 Votes: 25,940 Participation: 63.91% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
38		 British Columbia
17 May 2005
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8120(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
50
LIB
 2/6 9,645 37.42% -3,581 Winner:
NDP
 13,226 51.32% Charles Puchmayr
Eligible: 77,916 Votes: 50,870 Participation: 65.29% Candidacies: 7
Federal
39		 British Columbia
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 933(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
51
LIB
 3/7 11,931 23.53% -7,496 Winner:
NDP
 19,427 38.32% Dawn Black
Eligible: 83,602 Votes: 28,243 Participation: 33.78% Candidacies: 6
Federal
39		 British Columbia
17 March 2008
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 10813(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
53
LIB
 1/6 10,155 36.05% +151 Loser:
CPC
 10,004 35.52% Deborah Meredith

Service: 6 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 88,146 Votes: 55,854 Participation: 63.37% Candidacies: 5
Federal
40		 British Columbia
14 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 5748(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LIB
 1/5 25,393 45.59% +4,832 Loser:
CPC
 20,561 36.92% Deborah Meredith

Service: 2 years 6 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 87,224 Votes: 54,452 Participation: 62.43% Candidacies: 4
Federal
41		 British Columbia
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6288(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
LIB
 1/4 22,903 42.17% +1,919 Loser:
CPC
 20,984 38.64% Deborah Meredith

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 76,038 Votes: 53,116 Participation: 69.85% Candidacies: 7
Federal
42		 British Columbia
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7373(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
LIB
 1/7 31,102 58.71% +17,419 Loser:
CPC
 13,683 25.83% Blair Lockhart

Service: 4 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 75,967 Votes: 51,005 Participation: 67.14% Candidacies: 6
Federal
43		 British Columbia
21 October 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 26852(F) — 22 Sep 2021 20:47 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
LIB
 1/6 22,093 43.53% +8,011 Loser:
CPC
 14,082 27.75% Kathleen Dixon

Service: 1 year 10 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 76,613 Votes: 47,996 Participation: 62.65% Candidacies: 5
Federal
44		 British Columbia
20 September 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 36203(F) — 20 May 2022 10:11 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
67
LIB
 1/5 20,814 43.63% +7,028 Loser:
CPC
 13,786 28.90% Brad Armstrong

Service: 2 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Vancouver Quadra
Post-dated race
Federal
45		 British Columbia
20 October 2025
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 39392(P) — 2 Mar 2024 10:29 ET
—
 Incumbent will not run in this election →
Age
71		     Successor:
CPC

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Joyce Murray, P.C., M.P.		 14 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Joyce Murray, C.P., députée		 14 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Joyce Murray		 14 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Joyce Murray		 14 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 Apr 2024 23:52 (but data presented dynamically)

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