Michael Barnard (politician)

Michael Thomas Claude Barnard (27 September 1942 – 11 December 1999) was an Australian politician.

He was a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1969 to 1984, representing Bass for the Labor Party.

Barnard had numerous family political connections.

He was the grandson of Claude Barnard and the nephew of Lance Barnard, who both served in the Australian House of Representatives as federal members for Bass.

Claude Barnard had also held the state seat of Bass in the 1950s.