Sue Barnes

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

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.

The Honourable Sue Barnes PC
Member of Parliament for London West
In office October 25, 1993 – October 14, 2008
Preceded by	Tom Hockin
Succeeded by	Ed Holder
Personal details
Born	(1952-09-08) September 8, 1952 (age 73) Rabat, Malta
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	John Barnes
Children	3
Residence	London, Ontario
Profession	Lawyer

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