Leo Barry was a Canadian politician and judge from Newfoundland and Labrador. Elected as a Progressive Conservative in 1972, he served as a cabinet minister under premiers Frank Moores and Brian Peckford, then crossed the floor in 1984 and led the Liberal Party into the 1985 election. He became a judge in 1989, later sat on the province’s Court of Appeal, and led the inquiry into the police shooting of Donald Dunphy. His death at 83 was announced on 26 October 2026.

Born in Red Island, Newfoundland, on 7 August 1943, he studied at Memorial University, Dalhousie Law School and Yale Law School.