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]
Lisa Marie Barron | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Nanaimo—Ladysmith | |
| Assumed office September 20, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Manly |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
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] | ||||||||
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