Pamela Jane Barry (born July 10, 1944) is a chemist and former politician in New Brunswick. She represented Saint John West and then Saint John Lancaster in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1987 to 1999 as a Liberal member.

Biography

Early years

She was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia and was educated at Mount St. Vincent University and Saint Francis Xavier University, receiving a B.Sc.

Jane Barry

Career

Barry worked as a chemist for Lantic Sugar Limited and as a research assistant at the University of Alberta Faculty of Pharmacy. She served in the province's Executive Council as Minister of State for Childhood Services, Minister of the Environment and Solicitor General. Barry was defeated in the 1999 general election.

Jane Barry

From 2000 to 2011, Barry was the executive director of The Greater Saint John Community Foundation.

Jane Barry

References

List of Women MLAs, New Brunswick Legislative Library

1944 births

Living people

New Brunswick Liberal Association MLAs

Members of the Executive Council of New Brunswick

Women MLAs in New Brunswick

Women government ministers of Canada

20th-century Canadian chemists

Mount Saint Vincent University alumni

St. Francis Xavier University alumni

Politicians from Halifax, Nova Scotia

20th-century Canadian women scientists

Canadian women chemists