BarryMadsen.ca
Title
New Democrat Candidate - West Yellowhead - Barry Madsen
Description
Barry was born and raised in British Columbia and came to Alberta in 1979 seeking employment. He settled in Hinton after finding a job at the local pulpmill and has called it home ever since. Barry has 2 children, a daughter 10 and a son 20 who attends college in Kelowna, B.C.
Barry has been an active member of the Alberta New Democrats since 1988, starting as a volunteer for ND candidate Phil Oakes in 1986 when the party came within approximately 200 votes of defeating PC Ian Reid.
After attending the leadership convention in Winnipeg that elected Yukon M.P. Audrey McLaughlin he managed the NDP federal election campaign later in the year for candidate Muriel Stanley-Venne, collecting 15% of the popular vote and later volunteering as the federal riding president.
