The Honourable Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointment under the judicial application process established in 2016. This process emphasizes transparency, merit, and the diversity of the Canadian population, and will continue to ensure the appointment of jurists who meet the highest standards of excellence and integrity.
Kerry Lee McVey, Crown Attorney at the Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario in Perth, is appointed a Judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario in Ottawa. Justice McVey replaces Justice R. Laliberté (L'Orignal), who resigned effective June 7, 2023, and whose vacancy was transferred to Ottawa.
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"I wish Justice McVey every success as she takes on her new role. I am confident she will serve Ontarians well as a member of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario."
-The Hon. Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
Biography
Justice Kerry Lee McVey was raised in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. After receiving the Lieutenant Governor's Medal and Governor General's Medal for academic excellence and community involvement, she obtained a Bachelor of Science in mathematics and computer science from Acadia University in 1999. After graduating, she moved to Ottawa, Ontario, where she began a career in software design. In 2007, just a few short months after welcoming her first child, she began law school at the University of Ottawa. While raising a young family, she worked as a criminal law tutor and research assistant and graduated as the silver medalist in 2010.
After obtaining her Bachelor of Laws, Justice McVey clerked for the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (East Region) and then the Honourable Justice Morris J. Fish at the Supreme Court of Canada. She was called to the Ontario bar in 2011 and became an Assistant Crown Attorney in Ottawa. In 2019, she joined the Office of the Director of Crown Operations as a member of the provincial internet child exploitation team. Justice McVey taught numerous courses at the Canadian Police College on internet child exploitation as well as search and seizure and served as a co-director for the Cybercrime crown summer school program. In 2022, she became the Crown Attorney for Lanark County and Smiths Falls.
In her spare time, Justice McVey can be found on the golf course or spending time with her wonderful partner of 17 years, Giuseppe, and their two beautiful children, Saro and Luca.
