Delta-Richmond East Electoral District Association

Kerry-Lynne Findlay, Q.C. MP


  Kerry-Lynne is a distinguished lawyer and community leader. She has practiced law in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland most of her life, representing clients at every level of court including the Supreme Court of Canada.  
  Her public service includes working with John Cummins, M.P., on fisheries and native land management issues. She served on the Vancouver City Planning Commission, and was elected as its Chair in 1987. She has appeared before both the House of Commons and Senate Committees on Aboriginal Affairs.  
  Kerry-Lynne has also been very active in the Canadian Bar Association. She was founding Chair of the BC Women Lawyers Forum and the National Women Lawyers Forum, Chair of the Constitutional Law Section and a member of the National Task Force on Court Reform. In 1997-98, she served as President for BC of the Canadian Bar Association.  
  Her work has been recognized with an appointment as a Queen’s Counsel and awards such as being named a YWCA Woman of Distinction.  
  Other community involvement includes co-hosting, with Alice Wong, Chinese Lunar Dinners in Richmond for many years. She is the Honorary Legal Counsel for the Chinese Benevolent Association, and has served on the board of Science World and the Federation of Junior Leagues of Canada.  
  She was born in British Columbia and has lived there all her life. Kerry-Lynne is married to Brent Chapman, and has four children.  

2007 - 2009   Immediate Past Chair, Canadian Bar Association (CBA), National Women Lawyers Forum
2005 - 2007   Chair, CBA National Women Lawyers Forum
2006 -2011   Canadian Human Rights Tribunal - Appointed by Vic Toews, Federal Minister of Justice
2002 - 2004   Founding Chair, Canadian Bar Association British Columbia Women Lawyers Forum
2001   YWCA Woman of Distinction Award in the category of Management, the Professions & Trades
1999   Queens Counsel Appointment, by Ujjal Dosanjh, B.C. Attorney General
1997 - 1998   President, B.C. Branch, Canadian Bar Association




Member of
Parliament

Kerry-Lynne Findlay Q.C.
Kerry-Lynne Findlay
604-940-8040
President
Norm Kilarski
604-789-6739
Secretary
Dan Tate
604-943-9743
Treasurer &
Financial Agent
Ray Christopherson
604-948-1066

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