Barbara Sullivan
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| Barbara Sullivan | |
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| Ontario MPP | |
| In office 1987–1995 |
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| Preceded by | Riding established |
| Succeeded by | Terence Young |
| Constituency | Halton Centre |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 24, 1943 Calgary, Alberta |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Residence | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Barbara Sullivan (born January 24, 1943) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1995.
Background
Sullivan was educated at the Carleton University School of Journalism, and worked as a journalist and later as a public affairs consultant.[citation needed] She lives in Hamilton, Ontario.[citation needed]
Politics
She was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1987 provincial election, defeating her Progressive Conservative opponent in Halton Centre by over 6,000 votes amid a landslide Liberal majority at the provincial level.[1] Sullivan served in the government of Premier David Peterson as the government caucus chair, parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Labour from 1988 to 1989, and chair of the Select Committee on Energy in the Ontario legislature. She also represented the elected members of the governing Liberal Party on the legislature's Board of Internal Economy.[citation needed]
The Liberals were defeated by the New Democratic Party in the provincial election of 1990. Sullivan retained her riding by 1,215 votes over a challenger from the Progressive Conservatives,[2] and served as her party's Environment Critic and Health Critic from 1990 to 1995.[citation needed]
Sullivan lost her constituency to PC candidate Terence Young in the provincial election of 1995.[3] Sullivan attempted to return to the legislature in the 2003 provincial election but lost to Progressive Conservative incumbent Ted Chudleigh in the newly redistributed riding of Halton.[4]
