Barry Hicken (born August 8, 1946) is a Canadian politician and farmer. He represented

5th Kings 5th Kings was an electoral district in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, which elected two members to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1873 to 1993. The district comprised the eastern central portion of Kings Coun ...

in the

Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island The Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island (french: Assemblée législative de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard) is the sole chamber of the General Assembly of Prince Edward Island. The Legislative Assembly meets at Province House, which is locat ...

from 1986 to 1996 as a

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. Hicken was born in 1946 in Pembroke, Prince Edward Island. He was educated at

Montague Regional High School Montague Regional High School (MRHS), is a Canadian secondary school in Montague, Prince Edward Island for students from the southern part of Kings County and the south eastern part of Queens County, including the towns of Montague and Georget ...

and

Holland College Holland College is the provincial community college for the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island (PEI). It is named after the British Army engineer and surveyor Captain Samuel Holland. History It was formed by the Government of Prince E ...

, and was a mechanic by career. He married Louise Alice McHerron in 1972. Hicken first attempted to enter provincial politics in the 1982 election, but was defeated by Progressive Conservative Lowell Johnston. Hicken ran again in

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, and was elected councillor for the electoral district of 5th Kings. He was re-elected in

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. On June 6, 1989, Hicken was appointed to the

Executive Council of Prince Edward Island The Executive Council of Prince Edward Island (informally and more commonly, the Cabinet of Prince Edward Island) is the cabinet of that Canadian province. Almost always made up of members of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, th ...

as Minister of Energy and Forestry. In November 1991, he was moved to Minister of Community and Cultural Affairs and Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture. In January 1993, he was given an additional role as Minister responsible for Francophone Affairs. Hicken was re-elected in the 1993 election, and was appointed Minister of Environmental Resources on April 15. In the 1996 election, Hicken was defeated by Progressive Conservative leader

Pat Binns Patrick George Binns (born October 8, 1948), is a Canadian diplomat, the 30th premier of Prince Edward Island from 1996 to 2007 and Canadian Ambassador to Ireland from 2007 to 2010. Binns has a long history of public service, most notably being ...

in the new Murray River-Gaspereaux riding.

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