Emery Oakland Barnes (December 15, 1929 – June 1, 1998) was a Canadian professional football player and politician.

[1] Born in Louisiana and raised in Oregon, Barnes was a gifted athlete, and was an alternate high jumper for the 1952 US Olympic Track and Field team.

Barnes and fellow NDP MLA Rosemary Brown were the first black politicians elected to a legislative office in British Columbia in the 20th century.

Elected Speaker of the Legislature in 1994, Barnes was also the first black person to hold this position in any Canadian province.

Barnes is buried in Robinson Memorial Park Cemetery, in Coquitlam, British Columbia.