Barbara Warner
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Barbara Warner is a Canadian lawyer and politician. She is the daughter of former Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario David William Warner.
Barbara Warner ran for the NDP in Scarborough Southwest in the 2003 provincial election, finishing in third place behind defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative candidate Dan Newman and the victorious Liberal candidate Lorenzo Berardinetti.
In 2006, Warner sought the NDP nomination to succeed Marilyn Churley in the provincial riding of Toronto—Danforth. Churley's had resigned as MPP and unsuccessful attempted to enter federal politics as a candidate for the NDP in the 2006 Canadian federal election. Warner was defeated for the provincial NDP nomination by Peter Tabuns on February 15, 2006. Tabuns then won the ensuing byelection on March 30, 2006.