{{Short description|Canadian politician (born 1952)}} {{other people|Susan Barnes}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | name = Sue Barnes | honorific_suffix = {{postnom|PC|size=100%}} | image = | term_start = October 25, 1993 | term_end = October 14, 2008 | predecessor = Tom Hockin | birth_date = {{birth date and age |1952|9|8}} | birth_place = Rabat, Malta | successor = Ed Holder | death_date = | death_place = | profession = Lawyer | party = Liberal | riding = London West | footnotes = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | spouse = John Barnes | children = 3 }}

'''Susan Barnes''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|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).<ref name="Maiden speech">{{cite web|title=Sue Barnes Maiden Speech|url=http://www.lop.parl.gc.ca/ParlInfo/Documents/MaidenSpeech/English/Barnes_Susan(Sue)_HOC.pdf|website=PARLINFO|publisher=Parliament of Canada|accessdate=27 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326011502/http://www.lop.parl.gc.ca/ParlInfo/Documents/MaidenSpeech/English/Barnes_Susan(Sue)_HOC.pdf|archive-date=2017-03-26|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Maiden speech" /> She received bachelor's degrees in literature and law from the University of Western Ontario in 1974 and 1977, respectively.<ref name="liberal party 2006 profile">{{cite web|title=Susan Barnes|url=https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/eppp-archive/100/205/300/liberal-ef/06-10-26/www.liberal.ca/members_e.aspx@id=428 |website=Members of Parliament|publisher=Liberal Party of Canada}}</ref> She was admitted to The Law Society of Upper Canada in 1979 and practiced law full-time until 1993.<ref name="liberal party 2006 profile" />

==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==

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2008|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Ed Holder | 22556 |39.09% | }} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Sue Barnes | 20435 |35.42% | }} {{CANelec|CA|NDP|Peter Ferguson | 8409 |14.57% | }} {{CANelec|CA|Green|Monica Jarabek | 5601 | 9.71% | }} {{CANelec|CA|Progressive Canadian|Steve Hunter | 443 | 0.77% | }} {{CANelec|CA|Christian Heritage|Leslie Bartley | 253 | 0.44% | }} {{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|&ndash;| }} {{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|&ndash;| }} {{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|&ndash;| %}} {{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2006|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Sue Barnes| 23,019 |37.9% | }} {{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Al Gretzky | 21,690 |35.7% | }} {{CANelec|CA|NDP|Gina Barber | 13,056 | 21.5%| }} {{CANelec|CA|Green|Monica Jarabek| 2,900 | 4.8%| }} {{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Margaret Villamizer | 59 |0.1% | }} {{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|60,724 | }} {{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2004}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Sue Barnes|25,061}} {{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Mike Menear|17,335}} {{CANelec|CA|NDP|Gina Barber|9,522}} {{CANelec|CA|Green|Rebecca Bromwich|2,611}} {{CANelec|CA|Progressive Canadian|Stan Winters|511}} {{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Margaret Villamizar|67}} {{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2000}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Sue Barnes|23,794}} {{CANelec|CA|Canadian Alliance|Salim Mansur|10,162}} {{CANelec|CA|PC|Jeff Lang|9,788}} {{CANelec|CA|NDP|George Goodlet|3,596}} {{CANelec|CA|Green|Jeremy Price|614}} {{CANelec|CA|Canadian Action|Stan Winters|162}} {{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Margaret Villamizar|80}} {{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1997}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Sue Barnes|24,710}} {{CANelec|CA|PC|Frank Mazzilli|10,958}} {{CANelec|CA|Reform|Terry Biggs|8,839}} {{CANelec|CA|NDP|Sandra McNee|5,291}} {{CANelec|CA|Christian Heritage|Stan Winters|515}} {{CANelec|CA|Green|Rachelle Small|497}} {{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Margaret Villamizar|83}} {{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1993}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Sue Barnes|31,084}} {{CANelec|CA|PC|Tom Hockin|15,169}} {{CANelec|CA|Reform|Todd Christensen|12,900}} {{CANelec|CA|NDP|Margaret Hoff|2,551}} {{CANelec|CA|National|Michael van Holst|1,219}} {{CANelec|CA|Green|Heidi Strasser|401}} {{CANelec|CA|Natural Law|Mark Hawkins|381}} {{CANelec|CA|Christian Heritage|Ken Devries|308}} {{CANelec|CA|Canada Party|Tom Ha|178}} {{CANelec|CA|Independent|Ivan W. Kasiurak|111}} {{CANelec|CA|Abolitionist|Judith Foster|33}} {{end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20050323234234/http://suebarnes.on.ca/ Official website (archived)] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060215193547/http://www.howdtheyvote.ca/member.php?id=18 How'd They Vote?: Sue Barnes' voting history and quotes] * {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=13050}}

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