Patrice Barnes is a Canadian politician and former school trustee who served as a member of the

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(MPP) from 2022 to 2025. A member of the

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, she represented the riding of

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Political career

Barnes was first elected in the

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and was appointed

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in 2023. In the 2025 general election, Barnes lost reelection to Ontario Liberal candidate Rob Cerjanec by 0.8% of the vote.

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Living people Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs 21st-century Canadian women politicians Jamaican emigrants to Canada Black Canadian politicians Black Canadian women Women MPPs in Ontario Ontario school board trustees Year of birth missing (living people) Women legislative deputy speakers 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario {{ProgressiveConservative-Ontario-MPP-stub