Campbell Nicholas Barry (born 1991) is a New Zealand local-body politician. He has served as

Mayor of Lower Hutt The city of Lower Hutt, New Zealand, was first proclaimed a borough on 1 February 1891. Prior to this it had been part of Hutt County, initially as a Roads Board and from 1881 as a Town Board. Since 2019, the mayor has been Campbell Barry. Li ...

since 2019.

Biography

Early life

Barry was educated at

Wainuiomata High School Wainuiomata High School, a state co-educational secondary school, operates in Wainuiomata, a suburb of Lower Hutt in New Zealand. The school was founded in January 2002 from the merger of Wainuiomata College and Parkway College. A total of stu ...

. He went on to study at

Victoria University of Wellington Victoria University of Wellington ( mi, Te Herenga Waka) is a university in Wellington, New Zealand. It was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament, and was a constituent college of the University of New Zealand. The university is well know ...

, graduating with a

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degree in 2018.

Political career

At the 2013 local body elections, Barry was elected a member of the Hutt City Council for the

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ward and was re-elected in 2016. He was the youngest person ever to be elected onto the city council. In October 2016, Barry contested the Labour Party nomination for the electorate of for the against

Ginny Andersen Virginia Ruby Andersen (born 1975) is a New Zealand politician and Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for the Labour Party. Personal life Andersen lives in Belmont, Lower Hutt. Bill Andersen, a noted activist and trade unio ...

and Sarah Packer after long-serving member of parliament

Trevor Mallard Trevor Colin Mallard (born 17 June 1954) is a New Zealand politician and member of the Labour Party. First elected to Parliament in 1984, he was Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 2017 until 2022. Mallard was a Cabinet m ...

signalled his intention to stand as a

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-only candidate at the election. Andersen won the selection. In June 2017, Barry raised a motion to abolish ratepayer-funded meals for city councillors at long meetings, as he believed elected members should pay for their own meals after the Council decided to introduce what he called "a sham Living Wage Policy". After a 7–6 vote, with mayor Ray Wallace voting in favour of retaining the meals, a public backlash engulfed the Council in controversy. At the 2019 local-body elections, Barry was elected mayor of Lower Hutt, beating the incumbent Ray Wallace by 15,453 votes to 13,034. At 28, he was the youngest person ever elected to the office of mayor of a city in New Zealand. In July 2020 his council secured funding from the government to rebuild the Naenae pool, fulfilling a campaign promise. The council co-funded the project. In September of the same year the council passed a change to the city's rubbish collection system. Campbell Barry

On 15 May 2021, Barry opened Lower Hutt's first Dog Park. Named after veteran animal control officer, Les Dalton. Barry said at the opening "It was a real privilege to open the park alongside Les’ wife Jill. As everyone said, Les would be extremely excited and proud to see the park open today," In May 2021, Barry was elected as the new chair of Wellington Water, replacing the outgoing Chair David Bassett who had held the role since the establishment of Wellington Water in 2014.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barry, Campbell 1991 births Living people People from Lower Hutt Victoria University of Wellington alumni Mayors of Lower Hutt Hutt City Councillors New Zealand Labour Party politicians 21st-century New Zealand politicians People educated at Wainuiomata High School