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♂ Barry Barnet
aliasBarry Barnet
Record
2764 · 4256

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 3 1 4
Birth 13 June 1961
Age 62 years + 10 months
First mandate 27 July 1999 → 24 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 1 month
 
Mandate ended 14 years + 10 months ago (8 June 2009)
Special notes
None
 
Barry Barnet (1961– )
© Photo 2019 CTV News Atlantic — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 9 10 10 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Rosemary Godin  f 
⊕ Mathew Whynott  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊕ William MacDonald  m 
 
Eligible: 14,771 Votes: 8,858 Participation: 59.97% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1413(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
PC
 1/3 3,573 40.60% +622 Loser:
NDP
 2,951 33.53% Rosemary Godin

Service: 4 years 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,867 Votes: 8,104 Participation: 58.44% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
59		 Nova Scotia
5 August 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 1294(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
PC
 1/4 3,322 41.14% +903 Loser:
LIB
 2,419 29.96% Pam Streeter

Service: 2 years 10 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,209 Votes: 8,827 Participation: 54.46% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
60		 Nova Scotia
13 June 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 514(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
PC
 1/4 3,704 42.02% +526 Loser:
NDP
 3,178 36.05% Mathew Whynott

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 17,937 Votes: 9,644 Participation: 53.77% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
9 June 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 6151(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
47
PC
 3/4 2,218 23.05% -2,597 Winner:
NDP
 4,815 50.03% Mathew Whynott

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Barnet, Barry (p. 19)		 05 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Barry Barnet		 05 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  5 Mar 2024 05:43 (but data presented dynamically)

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