| Donna Barnett | |
| Birth Date: | [1] |
| Residence: | 100 Mile House, British Columbia |
| Office: | Minister of State for Rural Economic Development |
| Term Start: | October 21, 2016 |
| Term End: | July 18, 2017 |
| Predecessor: | Ministry Established |
| Successor: | Ministry Abolished |
| Constituency Am1: | Cariboo-Chilcotin |
| Assembly1: | British Columbia Legislative |
| Term Start1: | May 12, 2009 |
| Term End1: | September 21, 2020 |
| Predecessor1: | Riding Established |
| Successor1: | Lorne Doerkson |
Donna Barnett (born 1942 or 1943) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 election. She was elected as a BC Liberal member, representing the newly created riding of Cariboo-Chilcotin.
She was initially declared defeated on election night in 2009, but was subsequently declared elected over British Columbia New Democratic Party MLA Charlie Wyse after a recount.[2]
Prior to her election to the legislature, Barnett served for 16 years as mayor of 100 Mile House.[3]
In January 2020, Donna Barnett announced she would not run in the next provincial election.[4] In October 2022, she was elected to the municipal council for 100 Mile House.
|- |Liberal|Donna Barnett|align="right"|6,259|align="right"|47.85%!align="right"|!align="right"||-|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|13,080!align="right"|100.00%|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|66!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|13,146!align="right"|62.93%
|- |NDP| David Zirnhelt|align="right"|6,369|align="right"|45.37%|align="right"||align="right"|$44,267|-|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|14,037!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|316!align="right"|2.20%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|14,353!align="right"|72.94%