Barry Barnet (born June 13, 1961) is a

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politician. He represented the electoral districts of

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and Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville in the

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from 1999 to 2009. He was a member of the

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. Barnet was elected a municipal councillor for

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in 1993, and served on

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following the formation of the

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in 1996. He entered provincial politics in the 1999 election, defeating New Democrat incumbent

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in the Sackville-Beaver Bank riding. He was re-elected in the 2003 election. In August 2003, Barnet was appointed to the

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as Minister of African Nova Scotian Affairs, and Minister of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations. When

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took over as premier in February 2006, Barnet remained Minister of African Nova Scotian Affairs, but was moved to Minister of Health Promotion and Protection, and Minister of Communications Nova Scotia. Barnet was re-elected in the 2006 election, and was given a new role in cabinet as Minister of Volunteerism, while retaining the positions he held prior to the election. In January 2009, Barnet was named Minister of Energy and Minister responsible for Conserve Nova Scotia, while continuing to serve as Minister of African Nova Scotian Affairs. Barnet was defeated by New Democrat

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when he ran for re-election in 2009. In January 2010, Barnet became the Executive Director of the All Terrain Vehicle Association of Nova Scotia.

Electoral record

2009 general election

2006 general election

2003 general election

1999 general election

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barnet, Barry 1961 births Canadian real estate agents Halifax Regional Municipality councillors Living people Members of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia Politicians from Halifax, Nova Scotia People from Sackville, Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs 20th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 21st-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly