Judi Tyabji

Judeline Kim Mary Tyabji (born 2 January 1965) is a former British Columbia politician, who was the youngest elected Member of the Legislative Assembly

Politics After Gordon Wilson became leader of the provincial Liberal party in 1987, Tyabji became their regional representative. Shortly after her giving birth to her first child, she was their nominee for a by-election in Boundary-Similkameen. She lost her first election to the NDP's Bill Barlee, but raised the Liberal share of vote in the riding from 2 to 11 percent. She was the youngest MLA on record at the time and the first to give birth while in office. She was also appointed her party's environment critic. Wilson and Tyabji then married in 1994, the same year she lost custody of her three children to her ex-husband. He was previously charged with assault. She expressed pride for his guilty plea online.

Publications Political Affairs (1994), her first book on BC politics, which includes a chapter on public policy by Gordon Wilson. Daggers Unsheathed: The Political Assassination of Glen Clark (2002), about the fall of former BC NDP leader Glen Clark. Behind The Smile (2016), a biography of then-BC-Premier Christy Clark. That's Rich: The Rise and Fall of the BC Liberals (2024), follows former Deputy Premier and Solicitor General Rich Coleman from the 1980s as a Social Credit volunteer, through the governing years of the BC Liberals to their disappearance in 2023 Rich Coleman. Sgaana Jaad: April White, Killer Whale Woman (2008), is a coffee table art book of renowned Haida artist April White. Haida Gwaii.

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