| Barbara Stone | |
| Office: | Member for Springwood |
| Term Start: | 17 February 2001 |
| Term End: | 24 March 2012 |
| Predecessor1: | Grant Musgrove |
| Successor1: | John Grant |
| Birth Date: | 1962 1, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Party: | Labor |
| Occupation: | Australia Post, Electorate Officer |
Barbara Gwendoline Stone (born 28 January 1962) is an Australian politician. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Springwood and is a member of the Labor Party.
Stone graduated with an Associate Diploma in Business Management and a Bachelor of Business (HRM) at Queensland University of Technology. She then worked at Australia Post for a number of years before becoming an Electorate Officer for Judy Spence, State Member for Mount Gravatt.[1]
Stone entered Parliament after the 2001 state election, having been selected after the sitting member, Labor's Grant Musgrove, resigned in the wake of an electoral rorting scandal.[2] She subsequently won the 2004, 2006 and 2009 elections, making her the longest-serving Member in the Springwood electorate.[3] She lost the seat at the 2012 state election.
Stone served in a number of positions in the government, including as the Chair of the Law, Justice and Safety Committee. She was also a member of a number of Ministerial Legislative Committees including Police and Corrective Services, Transport and Main Roads, Emergency Services and Sports, and was elected Chair of Caucus for the Labor Party.[4]