Leo Barry

Judge

1943 –

21

Who is Leo Barry?

Leo Barry is a Canadian jurist and current Justice of the Court of Appeal of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Barry graduated from Memorial University, Dalhousie Law School in 1967 and received a Masters from Yale Law School in 1968.

Prior to his judicial career, Barry was a Newfoundland MHA and Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leader and Leader of the Opposition from 1984 until 1987 when he was forced to resign as party leader due to opposition by his caucus.

Barry was initially elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly as a Progressive Conservative in 1972. He served as Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly before being appointed to the Cabinet of Frank Moores as Minister of Mines and Energy during which time he took a leading role in developmeing Newfoundland's oil and gas regulations. He was defeated in the 1975 provincial election and served as chairman of the Newfoundland Labor Relations Board for until 1977 when he became a lecturer at Dalhousie University's law school in Halifax. In 1979, Barry returned to Newfoundland and contested the leadership of the Progressive Conservative party placing third, losing to Brian Peckford.

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Born
1943
Education
  • Memorial University of Newfoundland

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on July 23, 2013

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