Independent Auditors' Consent




The Plan Administrator
LaBarge, Inc. Employees Savings Plan:

We  consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement No.  33-
31330 on Form S-8 of LaBarge, Inc. of our report dated May 31, 2002, relating to
the  statements of net assets available for plan benefits of the  LaBarge,  Inc.
Employees  Savings  Plan  as  of December 31, 2001 and  2000,  and  the  related
statements of changes in net assets available for plan benefits for each of  the
years then ended, and the related schedule as of and for the year ended December
31, 2001, which report appears in the annual report on Form 11-K of the LaBarge,
Inc. Employees Savings Plan.


/s/KPMG LLP

St. Louis, Missouri
June 26, 2002