Joyce Murray

Quick Facts

Full Name	Joyce Murray
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jul 11, 1954(1954-07-11)
Age	70
Birthplace	Schweizer-Reneke
Country	South Africa
Birth City	North West
Horoscope	Cancer

Joyce Murray Biography

Joyce Murray is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on July 11, 1954 in Schweizer-Reneke, North West, South Africa. Joyce Murray PC MP (born July 11 1954) is a Canadian politician, businesswoman , and environmentalist. As a participant in the Liberal Party of Canada, she has been a member of the riding in the Vancouver Quadra in the House of Commons since 2008. She was elected again in the 42nd, 41st and 43rd elections in the federal election. Murray was elected as President of the Treasury Board and Minister of Digital Government on March 18 in 2019. Murray was reappointed the Minister for Digital Government following the 2019 election.

In the year 1976, Nick Kendall of Orca Productions recorded the planting of millions of trees within the heavy debris of slash logs in a one-hour NFB document Do it with Joy. It was released in 1977 and is widely regarded as a tree planting iconic film today. In 1979 the CBC created Do it with Joy into an hour-long documentary.

Murray and Brinkman grew the company across Canada (1978 Alberta; 1983 Ontario, 1987 Saskatchewan 1989 Quebec, 1992 Manitoba, 1993 Yukon) and diversified beyond reforestation into ecosystem restoration, urban restoration, forest management services for First Nation communities, rights of way clearing and fully integrated harvest to reforestation services and sustainability initiatives. In 1994, the company’s long-term strategic international division, BARCA, was formed to develop forestry initiatives and plantations in Central America. In 2007, Brinkman co-founded the Earth Partners LP which is undertaking the largest private soil and ecosystem restoration projects in the United States. The company operates in six countries and is developing projects in several others. It employs approximately 600 full-time and 800 seasonal positions. Joyce was integral to developing management systems, organizational re-engineering, strategic development, restructuring, training and business planning and for a period beginning 1979 she was the chair of the board of directors and from this role proposed a global warming strategy for Canada based on her thesis.

From 1996 to 1999, Murray sat on the BC Forest Resources Advisory Board and the GVRD Waste Management Committee. As a result of her public interventions, the leader of the BC Liberals attempted to persuade her to run for nomination as a BC Liberal candidate, but she challenged him to lead more strongly on sustainability commitments. When she declared herself a candidate in May 2000, the headline “From the Greens to the Liberals” ran over an article that opens with predictions Murray had made in 1997 about forest renewal, her background and wish “to create a sustainable community”.

After finishing her studies at Lord Byng Secondary School in West Point Grey, Murray went to Simon Fraser University in the 1970s. There she studied archaeology and languages, and later completed pre-med. In 1989, she earned an Executive Master’s within Business Administration and in 1992 she was awarded the Faculty of Business’ “Dean’s Convocation Medal” as the best MBA graduate. The thesis she wrote was a policy review of one Canada’s choices to tackle the problem to climate-related change.

Joyce Murray Net Worth

Joyce Murray is one of the richest Politician from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Joyce Murray 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Murray is a native of the city of Schweizer-Reneke, South Africa, and moved from South Africa to Canada along with her family in the year 1961. They were settled in Vancouver located in the Point Grey area, where she currently lives. Murray’s mother Charlotte Coe Murray was the first female assistant professor at the University of British Columbia School of Architecture. The year 1968 saw Murray’s dad Gordon Murray, founded Murray & Associates Surveying.

Murray and a few friends were awarded among the very first contracts for tree plantation within British Columbia in 1970, which would lead to the creation of Brinkman and Associates Reforestation. It began as a tiny tree-planting company located in British Columbia, the business expanded after Joyce and Dirk began working together in the year. The year 1979 was the time that Murray was incorporated as Brinkman and Associates Reforestation Ltd. together with her partner Dirk Brinkman. In the years since, the business has expanded and diversified its operations and also the billionth tree was planted in the year 2012.

In 1977, Murray married Dirk Brinkman, with whom she co-founded a group of reforestation companies and raised three children: a daughter and two sons, including Baba Brinkman.

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She was defeated by Chuck Puchmayr in the 2005 provincial election before moving on to federal politics.

Facts & Trivia

Joyce Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Joyce Murray celebrates birthday on July 11 of every year.

During her first term in the House of Commons she sat on the House’s Standing Committee on International Trade and was vice-chair of the Liberal Caucus Committee on Environmental Sustainability. Murray also visited Colombia and Panama to review proposed free trade agreements. She attended the climate negotiations at the Bali Conference in 2007 and the Copenhagen Summit in 2009. After the latter, Murray wrote, while applauding positive actions on Canada’s municipal governments, “a patchwork of climate initiatives is far from effective – a coordinated approach across this vast and diverse country is required”.

Is Joyce Murray married?

Starting as a small tree-planting proprietorship in British Columbia, the business began to expand when Murray and Brinkman started working together in

1975. In 1979, Murray incorporated Brinkman and Associates Reforestation Ltd. with her husband Dirk Brinkman.

Who is the head of Fisheries and Oceans Canada?

Joyce Murray , a member of Canada’s House of Commons since 2008 representing a riding in Vancouver, British Columbia, has been named Canada’s new minister of fisheries and oceans.

Who is BC's MP?

NamePartyElectoral district
Kennedy Stewart (until September 14, 2018)| New Democratic| Burnaby South
Jagmeet Singh (from February 25, 2019)| New Democratic
Todd Doherty| Conservative| Cariboo—Prince George
Dan Albas| Conservative| Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola

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