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Sue Barnes

For other people named Susan Barnes, see Susan Barnes (disambiguation).

The Honourable
Sue Barnes
PC
Member of Parliament
for London West
In office
October 25, 1993 – October 14, 2008
Preceded byTom Hockin
Succeeded byEd Holder
Personal details
Born (1952-09-08) September 8, 1952 (age 72)
Rabat, Malta
Political partyLiberal
SpouseJohn Barnes
Children3
ResidenceLondon, Ontario
ProfessionLawyer

Susan Barnes PC (born September 8, 1952) is a former Canadian politician. Barnes represented the riding of London West from 1993 to 2008 as a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada. She was the first Maltese-born member of Parliament (MP).[1] She is the longest-serving MP to represent the riding of London West and was also the first woman to be elected as a federal MP in London, Ontario.

Early life

Barnes was born in Rabat, Malta, and immigrated to Canada with her family in 1957.[1] She received bachelor's degrees in literature and law from the University of Western Ontario in 1974 and 1977, respectively.[2] She was admitted to The Law Society of Upper Canada in 1979 and practiced law full-time until 1993.[2]

Political career

She was the Official Opposition critic for the Minister of Justice, and served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians, the Minister of National Revenue and the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada with special emphasis on Judicial Transparency and Aboriginal Justice.

Electoral record

2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ed Holder 22556 39.09%
Liberal Sue Barnes 20435 35.42%
New Democratic Peter Ferguson 8409 14.57%
Green Monica Jarabek 5601 9.71%
Progressive Canadian Steve Hunter 443 0.77%
Christian Heritage Leslie Bartley 253 0.44%
Total valid votes –
Total rejected ballots –
Turnout –  %
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sue Barnes 23,019 37.9%
Conservative Al Gretzky 21,690 35.7%
New Democratic Gina Barber 13,056 21.5%
Green Monica Jarabek 2,900 4.8%
Marxist–Leninist Margaret Villamizer 59 0.1%
Total valid votes 60,724
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Sue Barnes 25,061
Conservative Mike Menear 17,335
New Democratic Gina Barber 9,522
Green Rebecca Bromwich 2,611
Progressive Canadian Stan Winters 511
Marxist–Leninist Margaret Villamizar 67
2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Sue Barnes 23,794
Alliance Salim Mansur 10,162
Progressive Conservative Jeff Lang 9,788
New Democratic George Goodlet 3,596
Green Jeremy Price 614
Canadian Action Stan Winters 162
Marxist–Leninist Margaret Villamizar 80
1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Sue Barnes 24,710
Progressive Conservative Frank Mazzilli 10,958
Reform Terry Biggs 8,839
New Democratic Sandra McNee 5,291
Christian Heritage Stan Winters 515
Green Rachelle Small 497
Marxist–Leninist Margaret Villamizar 83
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Sue Barnes 31,084
Progressive Conservative Tom Hockin 15,169
Reform Todd Christensen 12,900
New Democratic Margaret Hoff 2,551
National Michael van Holst 1,219
Green Heidi Strasser 401
Natural Law Mark Hawkins 381
Christian Heritage Ken Devries 308
Canada Party Tom Ha 178
Independent Ivan W. Kasiurak 111
Abolitionist Judith Foster 33

References

  1. ^ a b "Sue Barnes Maiden Speech" (PDF). PARLINFO. Parliament of Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-26. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Susan Barnes". Members of Parliament. Liberal Party of Canada.


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