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conference announcing the importation charge while he was in the
Calgary Remand Centre, where he was held without bail for almost six months. He was previously charged with assault. She expressed pride for his guilty plea online. Kaz Tyabji is a student at UBC's Allard School of Law and following these incidents was on the Dean's list at Vancouver Island University in Powell River.
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culture, and chair of the
Waterfront Development Committee, which oversaw the revitalization of the Westview Harbour and many other downtown amenities. She was a co-founder and CEO of a software company from 2004 to 2012 and has been a management consultant in multimedia and business development since 1996.
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In 2018, Tyabji's son Kaz pleaded guilty to intention to possess a controlled substance, a reduced charge from the original high-profile charge of importation of fentanyl made against him in 2015. He had been refused bail, despite having no prior record, on 'tertiary grounds' and the RCMP held a news
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until suing CHEK for breach of contract in 1998. Tyabji ran for municipal council for Powell River in 1999 and topped the polls, then served as councillor for two years and as director of the regional district. On
Council, she was chair of the planning committee, chair of parks, recreation and
235:. Tyabji was the only Liberal elected in the province's Interior region that year and in the Okanagan since before World War II. 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.
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and who later lost his attempt at re-election. This multiparty litigation continued until a 56-day trial began in 2015, ending in 2016, and resulting in a complete dismissal of all allegations against both Tyabji and
Tugboat in 2017 by Madame Justice Dardi.
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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
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163:(born 2 January 1965) is a former British Columbia politician, who was the youngest elected Member of the Legislative Assembly and the ex-wife of former provincial Leader of the Opposition
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became the federal
Liberal leader, she briefly switched to the NDP then returned to the provincial Liberals when they disconnected from the federal party in 1991.
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191:, where she attended Catholic elementary and high schools. Her father, Alan Tyabji, was an executive for Calona Wines, which owned Okanagan Vineyards Winery in
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When she was 26 years old and pregnant with her third child, Tyabji earned what was described as a "surprise victory" in her first
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as minister of finance and minister of employment, investment and international trade. He subsequently folded his party, the PDA.
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by defeating a Social Credit cabinet minister and a prominent NDP activist to become the MLA for the newly created riding of
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from 1991 until 1993, when Wilson's leadership of the
Liberals was challenged after it came to light that he was having an
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She served as an MLA for
Okanagan East from 1991 to 1996, including sitting with the
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After leaving politics she hosted a daily talk show on
Victoria-based
183:, India. Her family immigrated in the mid-1970s to Canada, first to
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Official Report of
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
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Scandal!!: 130 years of damnable deeds in Canada's Lotus Land
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Daggers Unsheathed: The Political Assassination of Glen Clark
971:"Reviewing lessons at the school for scandal's B.C. campus"
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with Tyabji, whom he had recently named as the party's
842:"Women Members of the Legislature of British Columbia"
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Rayner, William (2001). "3. The Gord and Judi Show".
1019:"Son of former MLA Judi Tyabji charged with assault"
290:In 2008, Tyabji, her firm Tugboat Enterprises, and
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306:West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
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794:. Heritage House Publishing. pp. 132–136.
331:(2002), about the fall of former BC NDP leader
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216:. She lost her first election to the NDP's
1183:People from Powell River, British Columbia
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945:"More 'Desi' Connections in BC Election"
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37:Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
1168:Canadian women television personalities
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608:1988 By-Election: Boundary-Similkameen
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341:(2016), a biography of then-BC-Premier
1153:British Columbia municipal councillors
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816:"Afternoon Sitting, Volume 2 Number 8"
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358:1996 British Columbia general election
1198:Women municipal councillors in Canada
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268:British Columbia New Democratic Party
1188:Progressive Democratic Alliance MLAs
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916:"The Okanagan, a Liberal Stronghold"
1163:Canadian television talk show hosts
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1084:"B.C. Provincial Elections (1991)"
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195:. In 1986, she graduated from the
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1158:Canadian people of Indian descent
755:Hunter, Jennifer (1 March 1999).
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943:Kamath, A P (18 November 1999).
886:"Judi Tyabji: A Star Is Elected"
768:The Historica Dominion Institute
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969:Bitonti, Daniel (24 May 2013).
914:McMartin, Will (4 April 2005).
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257:Progressive Democratic Alliance
105:Progressive Democratic Alliance
1193:Women MLAs in British Columbia
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245:British Columbia Liberal Party
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1203:University of Victoria alumni
884:McNeil, Holly (Spring 1992).
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229:election win in October 1991
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296:newspaper were sued for
264:1996 provincial election
193:Oliver, British Columbia
161:Judeline Kim Mary Tyabji
118:Kim Sandana (ex-husband)
75:Judeline Kim Mary Tyabji
757:"Wilson Joins BC's NDP"
719:Total rejected ballots
596:Total rejected ballots
488:Total rejected ballots
197:University of Victoria
146:University of Victoria
431:Janet Elizabeth Gooch
126:Kasimir, Kiri, Tanita
407:Progressive Democrat
214:Boundary-Similkameen
854:on 20 February 2011
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249:extramarital affair
16:Canadian politician
1066:Maclean's Magazine
975:The Globe and Mail
761:Maclean's Magazine
708:Total Valid Votes
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585:Total Valid Votes
574:Eileen M. Robinson
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412:Judi Tyabji
218:Bill Barlee
25:Judi Tyabji
1137:Categories
949:Rediff.com
858:7 November
826:7 November
731:References
616:Candidate
511:Candidate
373:Candidate
333:Glen Clark
298:defamation
272:Glen Clark
171:Early life
142:Alma mater
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954:23 August
697:Rus Domer
131:Relatives
111:Spouse(s)
49:1991–1996
45:In office
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659:Russ Fox
207:Politics
187:then to
181:Calcutta
123:Children
1045:18 June
1024:18 June
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711:29,868
673:Liberal
591:100.00
588:22,299
530:Liberal
482:24,453
455:12.74%
437:21.17%
419:26.30%
399:38.37%
387:Liberal
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189:Kelowna
185:Toronto
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376:Votes
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