Barbara Scott

{{Short description|Australian politician (born 1939)}}

{{About|| the Canadian ice skater and Olympic champion|Barbara Ann Scott}}

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| name = Barbara Scott

| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|OAM}}

| nationality = Australian

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| term_start = 22 May 1993

| term_end = 22 May 2009

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1939|7|21}}

| birth_place = Merredin, Western Australia

| office = Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council

| constituency = South Metropolitan Region

| party = Liberal Party

| spouse =

| profession = Teacher

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Barbara Mary Scott {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (née Barnett; born 21 July 1939) is a former Australian politician. She was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council representing the South Metropolitan Region from 1993 to 2009. Elected to Parliament in the 1993 state election and subsequently re-elected in the 1996, 2001 and 2005 state elections, she served as a member of the Liberal Party.{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/Parliament/Memblist.nsf/WAllMembersFlat/Scott,+Barbara+Mary?opendocument|title=Extract from the Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook

|year=2008|access-date=2008-08-01}}

Scott grew up in the wheatbelt town of Walgoolan and after completing her teaching qualification she returned to the country as a teacher.{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/Parliament/Memblist.nsf/(MemberPics)/489F5F74BC9069DF482565D0002B0094/$file/maidenbscott.pdf|title=Barbara Scott- Inaugural speech|year=1993|access-date=2008-08-01}}

After entering parliament Scott acted as the shadow minister for Culture and the Arts (March 2005 - April 2006), shadow minister for Censorship and Children (March 2005 to present) and shadow minister for the Arts (April 2006 to present).

In February 2008 Scott announced that she would retire from politics at the next state election and would not seek preselection.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/08/2157993.htm?site=wa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107202002/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/08/2157993.htm?site=wa|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 November 2012|title=ABC Online - Barbara Scott to retire from politics|website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |year=2008|access-date=2008-08-01}}