Lisa Marie Barron

Lisa Marie Barron
Member of Parliament
for Nanaimo—Ladysmith
Assumed office
September 20, 2021
Preceded byPaul Manly
Personal details
NationalityCanadian
Political partyNew Democratic Party

Lisa Marie Barron is a Canadian politician from British Columbia. She was elected to represent the riding of Nanaimo—Ladysmith in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2021 Canadian federal election.[1][2] She is a member of the New Democratic Party. Before she won election at the federal level, Barron was a School District 68 Nanaimo-Ladysmith board trustee and an employee of local public schools.[3]

She is out as bisexual,[4] and is a member of the Canadian Pride Caucus, a non-partisan committee of Canada's LGBTQ MPs and senators.[5]

  1. ^ "Winners declared for last 2 B.C. ridings, giving Liberals and NDP another seat each". CBC. September 24, 2021. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
  2. ^ "Barron elected Nanaimo-Ladysmith MP after mail-in ballots counted". Nanaimo Bulletin. September 24, 2021. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
  3. ^ "Mail-in ballots confirm NDP's Lisa Marie Barron as new Nanaimo-Ladysmith MP". NanaimoNewsNOW. September 24, 2021. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  4. ^ Dale Smith, "The NDP's Randall Garrison discusses being a gay politician on Parliament Hill for over a decade". Xtra!, August 22, 2022.
  5. ^ Dale Smith, "Queer MPs and senators across the political spectrum come together in Canadian Pride Caucus". Xtra!, January 5, 2023.