Barry Mather (20 February 1909 – 30 March 1982) was a Canadian journalist,columnist,and politician.
Born in Condor,Alberta,he was a journalist for the Vancouver News Herald and a columnist with The Vancouver Sun before being elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1962 federal election for the British Columbia riding of New Westminster. A member of the New Democratic Party,he was re-elected in the 1963,1965,1968,and 1972 elections in the ridings of New Westminster,Surrey,and Surrey—White Rock.
In 1965,he was the first Member of Parliament to introduce a freedom of information bill as a private member's bill. Although it didn't pass,he would re-introduce the same legislation in every parliamentary session between 1968 and 1974. In 1983,an Access to Information Act would finally be passed. [1] Mather was also one of the first parliamentarians to call for restrictions on the sale of cigarettes;in 1969,he called for a ban on all cigarette advertising. [2]
He was the co-author of the 1958 book,New Westminster,The Royal City. He was married to Camille Mather,a former Co-operative Commonwealth Federation member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the riding of Delta. They had two daughters:Mary and Jane.
He died of a heart attack during a vacation in Nerja in 1982.
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