Barry Barnet

{{short description|Canadian politician|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

| image =

| name = Barry Barnett

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|6|13}}

| birth_place = Halifax, Nova Scotia

| residence = Middle Sackville, Nova Scotia

| assembly1 = Nova Scotia House of

| constituency_AM1 = Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville
Sackville-Beaver Bank (1999-2003)

| term_start1 = July 27, 1999

| term_end1 = June 9, 2009

| predecessor1 = Rosemary Godin

| successor1 = Mat Whynott

| party = Progressive Conservative

| religion =

| occupation = real estate agent

}}

Barry Barnet (born June 13, 1961) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral districts of Sackville-Beaver Bank and Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1999 to 2009. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.{{cite web |title=Electoral History for Sackville-Beaver Bank |url=http://nslegislature.ca/pdfs/about/ConstituencyHistories/sackville-beaver%20bank%20(2013).pdf |publisher=Nova Scotia Legislative Library |accessdate=April 6, 2015 |archive-date=August 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823044837/http://nslegislature.ca/pdfs/about/ConstituencyHistories/sackville-beaver%20bank%20(2013).pdf |url-status=dead }}

Barnet was elected a municipal councillor for Halifax County, Nova Scotia in 1993, and served on Halifax Regional Council following the formation of the Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996.{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.ns.ca/legislature/MEMBERS/cabinet/barnet.html |title=Cabinet biography |publisher=Nova Scotia Legislature |archivedate=May 6, 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506100408/http://www.gov.ns.ca/legislature/MEMBERS/cabinet/barnet.html}} He entered provincial politics in the 1999 election, defeating New Democrat incumbent Rosemary Godin in the Sackville-Beaver Bank riding.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/99SACKBB.pdf|title=July 27, 1999 Nova Scotia provincial general election (Sackville-Beaver Bank)|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1999|accessdate=April 6, 2015}} He was re-elected in the 2003 election.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/nsvotes2003/riding/031/|title=Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville|publisher=CBC News|date=August 5, 2003|accessdate=2015-04-06}} In August 2003, Barnet was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of African Nova Scotian Affairs, and Minister of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations.{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?2003/08/19+168.raw+PE03Aug19+2|title=Barnet to look out for black N.S.|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=August 19, 2003|accessdate=2015-04-06|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050124070146/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?2003%2F08%2F19+168.raw+PE03Aug19+2|archivedate=January 24, 2005|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?2003/08/16+155.raw+PE03Aug16+2|title=New faces, new jobs among 15 in cabinet|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=August 16, 2003|accessdate=2015-04-06|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050124051242/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?2003%2F08%2F16+155.raw+PE03Aug16+2|archivedate=January 24, 2005|url-status=dead}}

When Rodney MacDonald 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/macdonald-mixes-cabinet-with-old-and-new-1.600676|title=MacDonald mixes cabinet with old and new|publisher=CBC News|date=February 23, 2006|accessdate=2015-04-06}} Barnet was re-elected in the 2006 election,{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/nsvotes2006/riding/031/|title=Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville|publisher=CBC News|date=June 13, 2006|accessdate=2015-04-06}} and was given a new role in cabinet as Minister of Volunteerism, while retaining the positions he held prior to the election.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/macdonald-s-expanded-cabinet-has-3-rookies-1.590233|title=MacDonald's expanded cabinet has 3 rookies|publisher=CBC News|date=June 26, 2006|accessdate=2015-04-06}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.capebretonpost.com/business/ns-premier-rodney-macdonald-shuffles-cabinet-one-new-face-18065/|title=N.S. Premier Rodney MacDonald shuffles cabinet; one new face|work=Cape Breton Post|date=January 7, 2009|accessdate=2018-05-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424135243/http://www.capebretonpost.com/business/ns-premier-rodney-macdonald-shuffles-cabinet-one-new-face-18065/|archive-date=April 24, 2018|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1099666.html|title=Time for a change|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=January 8, 2009|accessdate=2015-04-06|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122084439/http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1099666.html|archivedate=January 22, 2009}} Barnet was defeated by New Democrat Mat Whynott when he ran for re-election in 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nsvotes2009/ridings/031/|title=Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville|publisher=CBC News|date=June 9, 2009|accessdate=2015-04-06}}{{cite web|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/Election/1126468.html|title=Nine Tory cabinet ministers bounced|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=June 10, 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090613061400/http://thechronicleherald.ca/Election/1126468.html|archivedate=June 13, 2009}}

In January 2010, Barnet became the Executive Director of the All Terrain Vehicle Association of Nova Scotia.{{cite news|title=Ex-Tory minister Barnet lands job with ATV group|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=January 4, 2010}}