Bernard Lord
| Bernard Lord | |
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| 30th Premier of New Brunswick | |
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In office June 21, 1999 – October 3, 2006 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Lieutenant Governor |
Marilyn T. Counsell Herménégilde Chiasson |
| Preceded by | Camille Theriault |
| Succeeded by | Shawn Graham |
| MLA for Moncton East | |
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In office October 19, 1998 – January 31, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Ray Frenette |
| Succeeded by | Chris Collins |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 27, 1965 Roberval, Quebec |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Diane Haché (m. 1990) |
Bernard Lord, ONB, QC, (born September 27, 1965) is a Canadian politician and business executive. Lord served as the 30th Premier of New Brunswick from 1999 to 2006. Lord was appointed chair of Ontario Power Generation in 2014.
Lord was born in Roberval, Quebec, the youngest of four children of Marie-Émilie (Morin), a former teacher, and Ralph Frank Lord, a pilot. His father was anglophone and his mother was francophone, and he was raised in a bilingual household in Moncton, New Brunswick, where he spent the rest of his early life. After graduating from high school, he earned a bachelor's degree in social science with a major in economics as well as a bachelor's degree in common law from the Université de Moncton. While Lord attended the Université de Moncton, he had some electoral success being elected the president of the Université de Moncton student union (FEECUM) and served for three terms. Lord married his wife Diane in 1990; they have two children. One of his brothers, Roger Lord, is an internationally acclaimed concert pianist.
In 1997, Lord was elected leader of the PC Party of New Brunswick and then became the MLA for the district of Moncton East in a 1998 by-election. Much of Lord's success came from the countless months he spent meeting party members across New Brunswick and in part because he was also flawlessly bilingual and being able to draw a strong concentration of support in the Moncton area, one of four cities in which members could vote. Lord defeated Norman Betts, who was the perceived frontrunner, as well as Margaret-Ann Blaney, who, with Betts, would go on to serve in Lord's cabinet and Cleveland Allaby.
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