Lisa Marie Barron

Lisa Marie Barron
Member of Parliament
for Nanaimo—Ladysmith
In office
September 20, 2021  March 23, 2025
Preceded byPaul Manly
Succeeded byTamara Kronis
Personal details
NationalityCanadian
Political partyNew Democratic Party

Lisa Marie Barron is a Canadian politician from British Columbia. She was elected to represent the riding of Nanaimo—Ladysmith in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2021 Canadian federal election. She is a member of the New Democratic Party. Before she won election at the federal level, Barron was a School District 68 Nanaimo-Ladysmith board trustee and an employee of local public schools.

Prior to her election, Barron worked in a variety of community and social work settings including as a community school coordinator, School District 68 Nanaimo-Ladysmith board trustee, women's centre coordinator, and youth mental health and supportive recovery navigator. In 2023, she ran uncontested and successfully secured the nomination for the NDP representative in the next federal election.

In the 44th Canadian Parliament, Barron served as the NDP Caucus Vice Chair, Critic for Fisheries and Oceans Canada and member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, Critic for Democratic Reform as well as Deputy Critic for Mental Health and Substance Use.

In the 2025 Canadian federal election, she was unseated by Conservative candidate Tamara Kronis.