Councillor Kathryn M. Barnes
Kathryn (Ogilvie) Barnes graduated from Petitcodiac Regional High School, attended Robinson Business College and is a former federal civil servant.
An active volunteer within the community of Moncton, she served 30 years at all levels of Home and School, including eastern vice-president of Canadian Home and School Parent-Teacher Federation. She has also served as chair of the Codiac Transit Commission, the Moncton Lions Senior Citizens Centre, as well as charter president of the Moncton Block Parent Association. She was a member of the Board of School Trustees; the Regional Board and Provincial Board of Governors, New Brunswick Community College; 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 National Board, CCSH; and served four 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 ran for office in 1986, and became the first woman in 24 years to serve on Moncton City Council. After three terms on Council, Councillor Barnes was again re-elected as councillor-at-large during the May 2004 municipal election. Her colleagues on Council elected her deputy mayor for a second time to serve during 2004-2005.
Her current responsibilities include chair of the Environment Committee, past-chair of the Moncton Lions Community Centre, liaison councillor for both Tourism and Marché Moncton Market, as well as a member of several other boards and Council committees including Finance, Economic Affairs, Administration and Legal, and Cultural Affairs. Recent appointments include the Public Art Advisory Committee and Transportation Discovery Centre.
She has been an advocate for beautification, greenways and trails, and has been actively involved in the construction of the Settlers Landing and Boardwalk on the riverfront, as well as restoration of 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 on the executive of the Cities of New Brunswick Association, and Standing Committees of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. Community organizations include: Moncton Business and Professional Women, NB Scottish Cultural Assn, Women’s Probus; Concerned Citizens for The Moncton Hospital and the Westmorland Horticultural Society.
Kathryn is the mother of five children and resides in Moncton with her husband Jim, a retired air traffic controller.
