1. Findlay was born in Ladysmith, British Columbia, and lived in Nanaimo and Victoria; her brother Greg Findlay was a linebacker for the BC Lions Canadian football team.
13 Facts About Kerry-Lynne Findlay
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Kerry-Lynne Findlay articled at Kowarsky and Company in Vancouver, then worked there as an associate for two years before briefly serving as in-house counsel for the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia.
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Kerry-Lynne Findlay established her own practice in 1981, then joined Connell Lightbody in 1987 before switching to Watson Goepel Maledy in 1996.
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Kerry-Lynne Findlay was appointed a Queen's Counsel in March 1999 by the Attorney General of British Columbia, and served a five-year term as a Member of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal by appointment of the Federal Minister of Justice.
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Kerry-Lynne Findlay has been recognized with the Vancouver YWCA Woman of Distinction Award in the category of Management, Professions and Trades and the national Cecilia I Johnstone Award that recognizes women who have achieved professional excellence in their field and influenced other women to pursue legal careers, supported other women in career advancement or opened doors for women lawyers in a variety of job settings that historically were closed to them.
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Formerly a supporter of the federal Liberal Party, Kerry-Lynne Findlay ran in the 2000 federal election as a Canadian Alliance candidate in the riding of Vancouver Quadra, but lost to Liberal candidate Stephen Owen.
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Kerry-Lynne Findlay was named Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice in May 2011, and as Associate Minister of National Defence on February 22,2013.
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Kerry-Lynne Findlay then served as the Minister of National Revenue from July 15,2013, until November 4,2015.
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Kerry-Lynne Findlay contested the reconstituted riding of Delta in the 2015 election, but lost to Liberal candidate Carla Qualtrough.
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Kerry-Lynne Findlay served as shadow minister for Environment and Climate Change from November 2019 to September 2020.
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Kerry-Lynne Findlay received backlash in August 2020 after retweeting another user's Twitter post trying to connect Chrystia Freeland with George Soros; she deleted the tweet and apologized shortly after.
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Kerry-Lynne Findlay was re-elected in 2021 by defeating Gordie Hogg again, and served as shadow minister for National Defence from November 2021 to October 2022.
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On September 13,2022 Kerry-Lynne Findlay was named Chief Opposition Whip by Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre, becoming the first woman to serve in this role for the Conservatives.