Pocahontas Building
900 East Main Street, Room W434
Richmond, VA 23219
1852 Mill Landing Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23457
Full Name:
Barry D. Knight
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Paula; 3 Children: Hunter, Kyle, Forrest
Birth Date:
09/26/1954
Birth Place:
Arlington, VA
Home City:
Virginia Beach, VA
Religion:
Baptist
Graduated, Kempsville High School
Delegate, Virginia House of Delegates, District 81, 2009-present
Candidate, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates, District 81, 2021
Member, Appropriations Committee
Member, Board of Trustees for the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
Member, Commission on Transportation Accountability
Member, Commission on Virginia Housing
Member, General Laws Committee
Member, Rules Committee
Member, School Readiness Committee
Member, Subcommittee on ABC/Gaming
Member, Subcommittee on Capital Outlay
Member, Subcommittee on Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources
Member, Subcommittee on Open Government/Procurement
Former Member, Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Commission of State Water, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Chair, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources #1, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources #4, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Chair, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Technology, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Elementary and Secondary Education, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on General Government and Capital Outlay, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on General Laws #1, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Chair, Subcommittee on General Laws #3, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on General Laws #4, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Higher Education, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Joint Rules, Virginia House of Delegates
Former Chair, Subcommittee on Public Safety, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Chair, Subcommittee on Rules #1, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Chair, Subcommittee on Studies, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Transportation #4, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Virginia Preschool Initiative, Virginia House of Delegates
Owner, Barry D. Knight Farms, present
Member, Virginia Pork Industry Board, 1995-present
Member, Back Bay/Pungo Civic League, present
Member, Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT) Fund Advisory Commission, Virginia, present
Chair, Grounds Committee, Oak Grove Baptist Church, present
Board Member, Military Aviation Museum, present
Member/Sunday School Teacher, Oak Grove Baptist Church, present
Vice President, Virginia Beach Farm Bureau, present
Board Member, Virginia Dare Soil and Water Conservation District, present
Former Secretary, Creeds Ruritans
Former Chair, Southern States Cooperative-Chesapeake Association
Former Chair/Member, Virginia Beach Planning Commission
President, Tidewater Pork Producers, 1984-1990
Awards:
American Farm Bureau, Virginia Young Farmer of the Year (1983)
Virginia Beach Jaycees, Outstanding Young Farmer (1984)
National Pork Producers Council, Pork All-American (1989)
City of Virginia Beach, Outstanding Agriculture Operation (1994), Man of the Year in Agriculture (1998)
Department of Conservation and Recreation, Clean Water Farm Award (1998), Grand Basin Clean Water Farm Award, Chowan River (1999)
Virginia Chamber of Commerce, Champion of Free Enterprise (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
Virginia FREE, No. 1 Pro Business Legislator
Favorite Movie:
I haven`t been in a while but I liked PURE COUNTRY with George Strait. I always wanted to be able to sing but never could.
Favorite Quote:
Thomas Jefferson. I am a very lucky person but I notice that the harder that I work the luckier I am.
Favorite TV Shows:
Deadliest Catch and Swamp Loggers on the Discovery channel.