Joy MacPhail was born in Hamilton, Ontario. She graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a B.A. in Economics and then attended the London School of Economics in England. She graduated from the LSE in 1978 with a Diploma in Trade Union/Industrial Relations Studies. For the next 13 years, Joy worked as an economist and negotiator in the union movement in Ontario and British Columbia.
In 1991 Ms. MacPhail was successful in her first attempt at electoral politics when she was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Vancouver-Hastings in British Columbia. She was re-elected in 1996 and 2001, before retiring from politics in 2005. During her political career she held many significant portfolios: Deputy Premier, Minister of Finance, Minister of Health, Minister of Education, Government House Leader, and Leader of the Opposition, among others.
Joy MacPhail is an owner (with her husband) of OUTtv, the world’s longest airing and most successful Gay and Lesbian TV network.
She was appointed as Vice Chair of the Independent Commission on Mobility Pricing in May of 2017. She was appointed as Chair of the Insurance Corporation of BC in July of 2017.
MacPhail is Chair of the Grant Selection Committee of Face the World Charitable Foundation and is Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees of Adler University in Chicago. She completed her terms as director of Delta Hotels Ltd.and Silverbirch Hotels and Resorts Ltd. in September 2014.
Ms MacPhail is a public speaker, both nationally and internationally.
In 1991 Ms. MacPhail was successful in her first attempt at electoral politics when she was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Vancouver-Hastings in British Columbia. She was re-elected in 1996 and 2001, before retiring from politics in 2005. During her political career she held many significant portfolios: Deputy Premier, Minister of Finance, Minister of Health, Minister of Education, Government House Leader, and Leader of the Opposition, among others.
Joy MacPhail is an owner (with her husband) of OUTtv, the world’s longest airing and most successful Gay and Lesbian TV network.
She was appointed as Vice Chair of the Independent Commission on Mobility Pricing in May of 2017. She was appointed as Chair of the Insurance Corporation of BC in July of 2017.
MacPhail is Chair of the Grant Selection Committee of Face the World Charitable Foundation and is Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees of Adler University in Chicago. She completed her terms as director of Delta Hotels Ltd.and Silverbirch Hotels and Resorts Ltd. in September 2014.
Ms MacPhail is a public speaker, both nationally and internationally.