Jody Toor
Jody Toor is a Canadian politician who has served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia representing the electoral district of Langley-Willowbrook since 2024. She is a member of the Conservative Party.
Early life and career
Toor was born and raised in Langley. She is a mother of two daughters, and wife to Dr. Charn Toor who runs an optometry clinic in Walnut Grove.Toor is a holistic health practitioner and runs her own integrative holistic clinic in Langley. According to ConsciousMind Labs, on whose executive board she sits, Toor holds a double PhD in Doctor of Integrative Medicine and Doctor of Humanitarian Services with the Board Of Integrative Medicine from Quantum University in Hawaii. Quantum University is unaccredited and online, and has a disclaimer that notes that its degrees are not equivalent to Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine degrees. On the Conservative Party of BC's biographical page for Toor, it is noted that she is non-prescribing and not registered with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC.
Toor is a breast cancer survivor, and cites this experience to motivate and deepen her commitment to advocating for healthcare policies that prioritize prevention, early detection, and a holistic approach to wellness.
She also volunteers as a community worker with her local food bank and charity groups.
Political career
In the 2022 British Columbia municipal elections, Toor unsuccessfully ran for a council seat in Surrey on Jinny Sims's Surrey Forward slate.On June 18, 2024, Toor was nominated by the Conservative Party of BC as their candidate for Langley-Willowbrook. She went on to win a seat in the Legislative Assembly of BC during the 2024 provincial election, defeating NDP incumbent Andrew Mercier by 867 votes
She currently serves as caucus chair for the Conservative Party of BC's caucus. She made history on March 11, 2025, when her Private Member's Bill, the Perinatal and Postnatal Mental Health Strategy Act, became for the first Private Member's Bill in 43 years to pass second reading with unanimous support in a recorded vote. This Bill was aimed to integrate perinatal and postnatal mental health care into the provincial healthcare system to ensure that critical resources during and post-pregnancy were accessible to mothers and their families. 91 of 93 MLAs were present in the house and it passed unanimously.