Preceded by Neil Batt Succeeded by Max Bingham | Name Michael Barnard | |
Premier Doug Lowe (1980–81)
Harry Holgate (1981–82) Full Name Michael Thomas Claude Barnard Born 27 September 1942
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia ( 1942-09-27 ) Died 11 December 1999(1999-12-11) (aged 57)
Queensland, Australia Relations Claude Barnard (grandfather)
Lance Barnard (uncle) | ||
Political party Australian Labor Party | ||
Michael Thomas Claude Barnard (27 September 1942 – 11 December 1999) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1969 to 1984, representing Bass for the Australian Labor Party. He was Deputy Premier under two Labor Premiers, Doug Lowe and Harry Holgate from 1980 to 1982, and a long-standing Minister for Tourism (1975–82) and Health (1977–80).
Barnard had numerous family political connections. He was the grandson of Claude Barnard and the nephew of Lance Barnard, who both served in the Australian House of Representatives as federal members for Bass. Claude Barnard had also held the state seat of Bass in the 1950s. Michael Barnard's retirement in 1984 ended the Barnard family's representation in Tasmanian and Australian politics.