Harold Matthew Barrett (September 4, 1935 – December 4, 2018) was a Canadian marine insurance executive and politician in Newfoundland.
He represented St. John's West in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1979 to 1989.
[1] He was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1979, defeating Liberal Hubert Kitchen.
[2] He ran unsuccessfully for the Progressive Conservative party leadership in 1989.
He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1989,[1] losing to Rex Gibbons.