Career
He was Deputy Premier under two Labor Premiers, Doug Lowe and Harry Holgate from 1980 to 1982, and a long-standing Minister for Tourism (1975-1982) and Health (1977-1980). Barnard had numerous family political connections. Claude Barnard had also held the state seat of Bass in the 1950s.
Michael Barnard"s retirement in 1984 ended the Barnard family"s representation in Tasmanian and Australian politics.
