Campbell Nicholas Barry was born on 1991 and is a New Zealand politician.
12 Facts About Campbell Barry
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Campbell Barry has served as Mayor of Lower Hutt since 2019.
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Campbell Barry went on to study at Victoria University of Wellington, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2018.
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At the 2013 local body elections, Barry was elected a member of the Hutt City Council for the Wainuiomata ward and was re-elected in 2016.
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Campbell Barry was the youngest person ever to be elected onto the city council.
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In October 2016, Campbell Barry contested the Labour Party nomination for the electorate of Hutt South for the 2017 election against Ginny Andersen and Sarah Packer after long-serving member of parliament Trevor Mallard signalled his intention to stand as a list-only candidate at the election.
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In June 2017, Campbell 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".
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At the 2019 local-body elections, Campbell Barry was elected mayor of Lower Hutt, beating the incumbent Ray Wallace by 15,453 votes to 13,034.
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On 15 May 2021, Campbell Barry opened Lower Hutt's first Dog Park.
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In May 2021, Campbell 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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Campbell Barry was re-elected in 2022 with a 2,443 vote majority over Tony Stallinger of the United Hutt group.
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In 2025, Campbell Barry decided not to seek re-election as mayor in that year's local elections.