Sue Barnes

Susan Barnes
Member of Parliament for London West
In office 1993 election – 2008 election
Preceded by	Tom Hockin
Succeeded by	Ed Holder
Personal details
Born	September 8, 1952 (1952-09-08) Rabat, Malta
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	John Barnes
Residence	London, Ontario
Profession	Lawyer
Religion	United

Susan "Sue" Barnes, PC, MP (born September 8, 1952) is a Canadian politician. Barnes is currently a member of the Liberal Party of Canada and was in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of London West from 1993 to 2008.

Born in Rabat, Malta, Barnes is a former practicing lawyer. 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

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ed Holder	22556	39.09%
	Liberal	Sue Barnes	20435	35.42%
	New Democrat	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				%

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sue Barnes	23,019	37.9%
	Conservative	Al Gretzky	21,690	35.7%
	New Democrat	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

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Sue Barnes	25,061
	Conservative	Mike Menear	17,335
	New Democrat	Gina Barber	9,522
	Green	Rebecca Bromwich	2,611
	Progressive Canadian	Stan Winters	511
	Marxist–Leninist	Margaret Villamizar	67

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Sue Barnes	23,794
	Canadian Alliance	Salim Mansur	10,162
	Progressive Conservative	Jeff Lang	9,788
	New Democrat	George Goodlet	3,596
	Green	Jeremy Price	614
	Canadian Action	Stan Winters	162
	Marxist–Leninist	Margaret Villamizar	80

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Sue Barnes	24,710
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Mazzilli	10,958
	Reform	Terry Biggs	8,839
	New Democrat	Sandra McNee	5,291
	Christian Heritage	Stan Winters	515
	Green	Rachelle Small	497
	Marxist–Leninist	Margaret Villamizar	83

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Sue Barnes	31,084
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Hockin	15,169
	Reform	Todd Christensen	12,900
	New Democrat	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

External links

• Sue Barnes webpage
• How'd They Vote?: Sue Barnes' voting history and quotes
• Sue Barnes - Parliament of Canada biography