Pamela Jane Barry is a chemist and former politician in New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

. She represented Saint John West and then Saint John Lancaster in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick is located in Fredericton. It was established de jure when the colony was created in 1784, but only came in to session in 1786 following the first elections in late 1785. Until 1891, it was the lower house in a bicameral legislature when its upper house...

 from 1987 to 1999 as a Liberal member.

Early years

She was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia

City of Halifax

Halifax is a city in Canada, which was the capital of the province of Nova Scotia and shire town of Halifax County. It was the largest city in Atlantic Canada until it was amalgamated into Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996...

 and was educated at Mount St. Vincent University and Saint Francis Xavier University, receiving a B.Sc.

Bachelor of Science

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Career

Barry worked as a chemist for Lantic Sugar Limited and as a research assistant at the University of Alberta

University of Alberta

The University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the best universities in Canada...

 Faculty of Pharmacy. She served in the province's Executive Council as Minister of State for Childhood Services, Minister of the Environment

Department of Environment (New Brunswick)

The Department of Environment is a part of the Government of New Brunswick. It is charged with planning land use, zoning development and waste management as well as the enforcement of environmental legislation and regulations....

 and Solicitor General. Barry was defeated in the 1999 general election.

Currently, and since 2000, Barry is the Executive Director of The Greater Saint John Community Foundation. www.saint-john-foundation.nb.ca