Editing Dave Barrett (section)

==Early life and career==
Barrett was born in [[Vancouver]], British Columbia, the son of Rose and Samuel Barrett, a peddler.<ref>{{cite news |title=First NDP premier of B.C., Dave Barrett, dead at 87 |url=https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/first-ndp-premier-of-bc-dave-barrett-dead-at-87-4658766 |work=Times Colonist |date=2 February 2018 |language=en}}</ref> His family was Jewish. His mother was from [[Odesa]], and his paternal grandparents were immigrants from Russia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=2c5ec4e1-ab01-4e9b-a501-e1c64ac8d5ad&sponsor= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208124233/http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=2c5ec4e1-ab01-4e9b-a501-e1c64ac8d5ad&sponsor= |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 8, 2016 |title=Barrett: Still cheeky as he turns 80 |newspaper=Times Colonist |date=October 1, 2010 |access-date=October 20, 2015 }}</ref><ref>[http://rbscarchives.library.ubc.ca/index.php/dave-barrett-fonds Fonds RBSC-ARC-1026 - Dave Barrett fonds] Retrieved October 20, 2015.</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thecjn.ca/news/canada/david-barrett-jewish-premier-shaped-b-c/|title=David Barrett – the Jewish premier who shaped B.C.|date=7 February 2018|newspaper=[[The Canadian Jewish News]]|access-date=22 October 2021}}</ref>

Barrett described his father as a [[Fabian socialist]] and his mother as a [[Communist]] who voted CCF.<ref name=globeobit>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/former-bc-premier-dave-barrett-dies-at-age-87/article37840738/|title=Dave Barrett, B.C.'s first NDP premier, was a lively figure|access-date=23 February 2018|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=2 February 2018 |last1=Bailey |first1=Ian }}</ref><ref name=sunobit/>

Barrett graduated from [[Seattle University]] with a degree in philosophy. He returned to [[Vancouver]] in 1953 after graduating and married  Shirley Hackman. The couple then moved to [[St. Louis, Missouri]], where Barrett attended [[St Louis University]] and earned a master's degree in social work.<ref name=globeobit/><ref name=sunobit/>

The couple and their two children (a third would be born in 1960) returned to British Columbia in 1957 where he found work at Haney Correctional Institute as a personnel and staff training officer. He was asked to run for the [[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Federation]] after giving a party member a tour of the facility.<ref name=globeobit/>