Councillor Kathryn M. Barnes
Kathryn (Ogilvie) Barnes graduated from Petitcodiac Regional High School, attended Robinson Business College and worked as a former federal civil servant.
An active volunteer within the community, she served thirty years at all levels of Home and School, including Eastern Vice-President of CHSPTF. She has served as Chair and a charter member of Codiac Transit Commission; charter President of the Moncton Block Parent Association; and Chair, Moncton Lions Senior Citizens Centre. She was a member of the Board of School Trustees; the Regional Board and Provincial Board of Governors, NBCC; and served as vice-chair of the Westmorland-Albert Solid Waste Provisional Committee. She spent two terms as president of the New Brunswick Council on Smoking and Health; member of the CCSH Board, and served several years on the Minister of Education's Curriculum Advisory Committee.
Councillor Barnes has been involved in politics at the local, provincial, and national levels where she earned the MacDonald-Cartier Award for Volunteer Service. In 1977, she was among the first 12 recipients in Canada to be awarded the Lifestyle Award by the Government of Canada.
She first ran for office in 1986, and became the first woman in 24 years elected to Moncton City Council. She is currently in her fifth term of office. Having previously served as Deputy Mayor for two terms, she again holds this position until May 2012.
Current responsibilities include Chair, Administrative & Legal Committee; Liaison Councillor for DMCI, School District 2, Crandall University, and the Moncton Market. She serves as a member of several other Boards and Council committees including Codiac Regional Policing Authority, Moncton Lions Community Centre, Transportation Discovery Centre; and Transportation and Accessibility Committees.
She has been an advocate for beautification, greenways and trails, and has been actively involved in the construction of the Settlers Landing Site and Boardwalk on the riverfront; as well as restoration of heritage buildings--the Treitz Haus and the Free Meeting House. She now heads the Active Transportation Committee, a committee seeking safe, alternative transportation routes in our city; and is an avid promoter of Communities in Bloom.
She currently serves as 1st V.P. of the Cities of New Brunswick Association, and is a member of Standing Committees of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. Community organizations include:, NB Scottish Cultural Assn, Women’s Probus Club; Concerned Citizens for The Moncton Hospital and the Westmorland Horticultural Society.
Kathryn is the mother of five children (one deceased) and grandmother of eight.
