Susan "Sue" Barnes, PC (born September 8, 1952) is a Canadian former politician. Barnes represented the riding of London West from 1994 (following her election in 1993) to 2008 as a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada. She was the first Maltese-born Member of Parliament.
Barnes was born in Rabat, Malta and immigrated to Canada with her family in 1957. A former lawyer, she was the Official Opposition critic for the Minister of Justice, and served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians, the Minister of National Revenue and the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada with special emphasis on Judicial Transparency and Aboriginal Justice.
Electoral record
| Canadian federal election, 2008 |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% |
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| Conservative | Ed Holder | 22556 | 39.09% | |
| Liberal | Sue Barnes | 20435 | 35.42% | |
| New Democratic | Peter Ferguson | 8409 | 14.57% | |
| Green | Monica Jarabek | 5601 | 9.71% | |
| Progressive Canadian | Steve Hunter | 443 | 0.77% | |
| Christian Heritage | Leslie Bartley | 253 | 0.44% | |
| Total valid votes | – |
| Total rejected ballots | – |
| Turnout | – | % |
| Canadian federal election, 2006 |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% |
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| Liberal | Sue Barnes | 23,019 | 37.9% | |
| Conservative | Al Gretzky | 21,690 | 35.7% | |
| New Democratic | Gina Barber | 13,056 | 21.5% | |
| Green | Monica Jarabek | 2,900 | 4.8% | |
| Marxist–Leninist | Margaret Villamizer | 59 | 0.1% | |
| Total valid votes | 60,724 |
| Canadian federal election, 2004 |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes |
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| Liberal | Sue Barnes | 25,061 |
| Conservative | Mike Menear | 17,335 |
| New Democratic | Gina Barber | 9,522 |
| Green | Rebecca Bromwich | 2,611 |
| Progressive Canadian | Stan Winters | 511 |
| Marxist–Leninist | Margaret Villamizar | 67 |
| Canadian federal election, 2000 |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes |
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| Liberal | Sue Barnes | 23,794 |
| Alliance | Salim Mansur | 10,162 |
| Progressive Conservative | Jeff Lang | 9,788 |
| New Democratic | George Goodlet | 3,596 |
| Green | Jeremy Price | 614 |
| Canadian Action | Stan Winters | 162 |
| Marxist–Leninist | Margaret Villamizar | 80 |
| Canadian federal election, 1997 |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes |
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| Liberal | Sue Barnes | 24,710 |
| Progressive Conservative | Frank Mazzilli | 10,958 |
| Reform | Terry Biggs | 8,839 |
| New Democratic | Sandra McNee | 5,291 |
| Christian Heritage | Stan Winters | 515 |
| Green | Rachelle Small | 497 |
| Marxist–Leninist | Margaret Villamizar | 83 |
| Canadian federal election, 1993 |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes |
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| Liberal | Sue Barnes | 31,084 |
| Progressive Conservative | Tom Hockin | 15,169 |
| Reform | Todd Christensen | 12,900 |
| New Democratic | Margaret Hoff | 2,551 |
| National | Michael Van Holst | 1,219 |
| Green | Heidi Strasser | 401 |
| Natural Law | Mark Hawkins | 381 |
| Christian Heritage | Ken Devries | 308 |
| Canada Party | Tom Ha | 178 |
| Independent | Ivan W. Kasiurak | 111 |
| Abolitionist | Judith Foster | 33 |
