Michela Barnett-Ellis

Michela Barnett-Ellis is a Bahamian politician from the Free National Movement who serves as a member of the House of Assembly. She previously served as a member of the Senate of the Bahamas.

Life Barnett-Ellis was born in about 1982. Her parents were Lady Camilla and Sir Michael Barnett.

Barnett-Ellis became a lawyer and she was admitted to the Bar of England and Wales. She practised in the Bahamas and she became a partner in a law firm. In 2017 she joined the National Insurance Board.

Vianna Gardiner had briefly been made a senator in the 14th Bahamian Parliament, she resigned so that she could take up a position in the private sector. She resigned at the end of 2021 and she was replaced by Barnett-Ellis in February 2022. She was nominated by the Free National Movement party.

In 2025 it was speculated that she would be put forward by her political party as a potential candidate for the Killarney constituency at the next election. In the 2026 Bahamian general election, she was elected MP.