Toby Barker

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2014}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Toby Barker

| image = Toby Barker Mississippi legislator.jpg

| office = Mayor of Hattiesburg

| term_start = July 3, 2017{{Cite web|url=http://www.wdam.com/story/35734964/toby-barker-sworn-in-as-35th-mayor-of-hattiesburg|title=Toby Barker sworn in as 35th mayor of Hattiesburg|date=June 23, 2017 }}

| predecessor = Johnny DuPree

| state_house1 = Mississippi

| district1 = 102nd

| term_start1 = 2008

| term_end1 = 2017

| predecessor1 = Lee Jarrell Davis

| successor1 = Missy McGee

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|12|31}}

| birth_place = Meridian, Mississippi, U.S.

| party = Independent (since 2017)

| otherparty = Republican (before 2017)

| spouse = Kate Northrop

| children = 2

| alma_mater = University of Southern Mississippi (B.A., 2004; M.A., 2006) Brown University (Master of Healthcare Leadership, 2015)

| website = http://www.tobybarker.com/

}}

Toby Barker (born December 31, 1981) is an American politician and the current Mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. In 2007, he was elected a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 102nd District. At the age of 25, Barker became the then-youngest legislator elected in Mississippi's history.{{Cite web|title=Toby Barker for Hattiesburg Mayor - Meet Toby|url=https://www.tobybarker.com/meet-toby|access-date=2020-08-17|website=Toby Barker for Hattiesburg Mayor}} He is a former member of the Republican Party.{{cite web|title=Toby Barker|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/69930/toby-barker|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=April 23, 2015}} In 2017, Barker ran as an independent and defeated four-term incumbent Johnny DuPree to become Hattiesburg's 35th mayor.{{Cite news|url=http://www.wdam.com/story/35605942/new-era-dupree-concedes-barker-hattiesburg-mayor|title=New Era: DuPree concedes, Barker Hattiesburg mayor|author=WDAM Staff|date=June 6, 2017|access-date=2017-06-07|language=en}}

Barker is a graduate of The University of Southern Mississippi with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications (2004) and a Master of Science degree in Economic Development (2006). He also holds a Master of Healthcare Leadership degree from Brown University (2015).