The Honourable Barbara Adams was first elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as MLA for Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage in 2017 and was re-elected as the MLA for Eastern Passage in 2021 and 2024.

Barbara is a physiotherapist who graduated from Dalhousie University in 1984.  She also has a certificate in Business Management.

Barbara worked in the hospital system in Ontario and Nova Scotia before moving into private practice in 2007.  She was the Clinical Director of PhysioCare at Home and a private business owner through the Atlantic Balance and Dizziness Centre in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

Barbara started working with children with special needs when she was 12 years old.  She volunteered as a guest speaker with many organizations like the Nova Scotia Arthritis Socieity, Alzheimer Society and Care Givers Nova Scotia.

Barbara served on the Board of Directors for CARP, VON Halifax, Serving Seniors Alliance, Oceanview Continuing Care Centre and the Eastern Passage and Area Business Association.

She is the mother of two sons and two step sons.