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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]

Electoral record

2021 Canadian federal election: Nanaimo—Ladysmith
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Lisa Marie Barron 19,826 28.8 +5.2 $79,614.79
Conservative Tamara Kronis 18,627 27.1 +1.2 $134,837.55
Green Paul Manly 17,640 25.7 -8.9 $118,140.35
Liberal Michelle Corfield 9,314 13.5 -0.1 $33,839.39
People's Stephen Welton 3,358 4.9 +3.4 $8,293.38
Total valid votes/Expense limit 68,765 99.6 – $133,040.55
Total rejected ballots 277 0.4
Turnout 69,042 64.0
Eligible voters 107,926
New Democratic gain from Green Swing +2.0
Source: Elections Canada[6]

References

  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.
  6. ^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

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