Brenda J. Barton
General Information
- Female
- Safford, Graham Co., AZ, USA
Biographical Information
The following is from ALIS for the 50th Arizona State Legislature, 1st Regular Session (2011):
Brenda Barton
Republican District 5
House of Representatives
1700 W. Washington
Room 124
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Phone Number: (602) 926-4129
Fax Number: (602) 417-3010
Email Address: [email protected]
Home City: Safford
Occupation:
Member Since: 2011
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Born in Safford, Arizona, Representative Barton is a fifth generation native of rural eastern Arizona and Legislative District 5. In 1871, her great-great grandfather established the first crossing on the Colorado River. In 1880, the family settled in Lee Valley near Greer in the White Mountains. Allen F. Smithson, her maternal great-great grandfather rests in the Lebanon cemetery just west of the family’s historic homestead in Artesia where Representative Barton spent her early years.
In the late 1980s, she began her career in public service with the City of Safford. During the end of her tenure with the City of Safford, Rep. Barton led a group of employees in writing the City of Safford’s Vision Statement. It was subsequently adopted by the City Council.
By the mid-1990s, public events drew her into political activism and she became an elected officer of People for the West, a land rights group. Representative Barton is a veteran of the Sage-Brush Rebellion that swept the Western Lands States from the 1970s into the 1990s.
Rep. Barton is a two-term past president of the Graham County Republican Women, and a two term Region III Director on the State Board of the Arizona Republican Women. She is also a graduate of the second class of the Dodie Londen Excellence in Public Service Series.
Representative Barton resides with her husband Bruce in Safford. They have two grown children and six grandchildren.
Employment
| Occupation | Title | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Government | municipal accounting & materials management, City of Safford |
Arizona Legislative Service
| Session | Chamber | Party | District | City | County | Office | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50th Legislature, 1st Regular | House | Republican | 5 - Apache, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Navajo, Pinal (2003-12) | Safford | Graham | ||
| 50th Legislature, 2nd Regular | House | Republican | 5 - Apache, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Navajo, Pinal (2003-12) | Safford | Graham | ||
| 51st Legislature, 1st Regular | House | Republican | 6 - Coconino, Gila, Navajo, Yavapai (2013-2021) | Payson | Gila | ||
| 51st Legislature, 2nd Regular | House | Republican | 6 - Coconino, Gila, Navajo, Yavapai (2013-2021) | Payson | Gila | ||
| 52nd Legislature, 1st Regular | House | Republican | 6 - Coconino, Gila, Navajo, Yavapai (2013-2021) | Payson | Gila | ||
| 52nd Legislature, 1st Special | House | Republican | 6 - Coconino, Gila, Navajo, Yavapai (2013-2021) | Payson | Gila | ||
| 53rd Legislature, 1st Regular | House | Republican | 6 - Coconino, Gila, Navajo, Yavapai (2013-2021) | Payson | Gila | ||
| 53rd Legislature, 2nd Regular | House | Republican | 6 - Coconino, Gila, Navajo, Yavapai (2013-2021) | Payson | Gila | ||
| 55th Legislature, 1st Regular | House | Republican | 6 - Coconino, Gila, Navajo, Yavapai (2013-2021) | Payson | Gila | ||
| 55th Legislature, 2nd Regular | House | Republican | 6 - Coconino, Gila, Navajo, Yavapai (2013-2021) | Payson | Gila |