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style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Leo Bernier</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Provincial_Parliament_(Ontario)" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)">Ontario MPP</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1966–1987</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Gibson_(Ontario_politician)" title="Robert Gibson (Ontario politician)">Robert Gibson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Miclash" title="Frank Miclash">Frank Miclash</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kenora_(provincial_electoral_district)" title="Kenora (provincial electoral district)">Kenora</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1928-08-12</span>)</span>August 12, 1928<br /><a href="/wiki/Sioux_Lookout" title="Sioux Lookout">Sioux Lookout</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">June 28, 2010<span style="display:none">(2010-06-28)</span> (aged 81)<br />Sioux Lookout, Ontario</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ontario_Progressive_Conservative_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Ontario Progressive Conservative Party">Progressive Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Marjorie Bernier</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">4</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Businessman</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Leo Edward Bernier</b> (August 12, 1928 – June 28, 2010) was a politician in <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>, Canada. He served in the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Ontario" title="Legislative Assembly of Ontario">Legislative Assembly of Ontario</a> from 1966 to 1987, and was a <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet minister">cabinet minister</a> in the governments of <a href="/wiki/Bill_Davis" title="Bill Davis">Bill Davis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Frank_Miller_(Canadian_politician)" title="Frank Miller (Canadian politician)">Frank Miller</a>. Bernier was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Ontario" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario">Progressive Conservative Party</a>. Bernier presided over a time in Northern Ontario when the economy was booming. He was also a personable and well-liked MPP who looked out for his constituents. He was known by his nickname as "Emperor of the North". </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Bernier&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bernier was born in <a href="/wiki/Sioux_Lookout" title="Sioux Lookout">Sioux Lookout</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>, and educated in the area. He worked as a bush pilot and became the general manager of Bernier & Sons Contractors, and served as president of the local Chamber of Commerce.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was an honorary member of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Legion" title="Royal Canadian Legion">Royal Canadian Legion</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Knights_of_Columbus" title="Knights of Columbus">Knights of Columbus</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Bernier&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He ran for the Ontario legislature in the <a href="/wiki/1963_Ontario_general_election" title="1963 Ontario general election">1963 provincial election</a>, and lost to <a href="/wiki/Ontario_Liberal_Party" title="Ontario Liberal Party">Liberal-Labour</a> candidate <a href="/wiki/Robert_Gibson_(Ontario_politician)" title="Robert Gibson (Ontario politician)">Robert Gibson</a> by 840 votes in <a href="/wiki/Kenora_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Kenora (federal electoral district)">Kenora</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1963_Provincial_Results_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1963_Provincial_Results-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gibson died in 1966, and Bernier was elected in a <a href="/wiki/By-election" title="By-election">by-election</a> to replace him. He was returned by an increased margin in the <a href="/wiki/1967_Ontario_general_election" title="1967 Ontario general election">1967 provincial election</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1967_Election_Results_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1967_Election_Results-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and served as a backbench supporter of the <a href="/wiki/John_Robarts" title="John Robarts">John Robarts</a> administration. When Bill Davis succeeded Roberts as <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_Ontario" title="Premier of Ontario">premier</a> on March 1, 1971, he appointed Bernier as his <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Northern_Development_and_Mines" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Northern Development and Mines">Minister of Mines and Northern Affairs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1971DavisCabinet_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1971DavisCabinet-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bernier was easily re-elected in the <a href="/wiki/1971_Ontario_general_election" title="1971 Ontario general election">1971 provincial election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1971_results_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1971_results-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was given additional responsibilities as <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Natural_Resources_(Ontario)" title="Ministry of Natural Resources (Ontario)">Minister of Lands and Forests</a> on February 2, 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-1972DavisCab1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1972DavisCab1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 7 of the same year, his portfolios were restructured as the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Natural_Resources_(Ontario)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Natural Resources (Ontario)">Ministry of Natural Resources</a>. </p><p>Bernier was re-elected without serious opposition in the elections of <a href="/wiki/1975_Ontario_general_election" title="1975 Ontario general election">1975</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1975_results_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1975_results-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/1977_Ontario_general_election" title="1977 Ontario general election">1977</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1977_results_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1977_results-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/1981_Ontario_general_election" title="1981 Ontario general election">1981</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1981_Election_Results_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1981_Election_Results-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/1985_Ontario_general_election" title="1985 Ontario general election">1985</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1985_results_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1985_results-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was named <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Northern_Development_and_Mines" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Northern Development and Mines">Minister of Northern Affairs</a> on February 3, 1977, and held this position for more than eight years.<sup id="cite_ref-1977DavisCabinet_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1977DavisCabinet-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bernier was the most powerful minister for Northern Ontario in the Bill Davis government, and was sometimes called the "Emperor of the North". Like most Progressive Conservatives of his time, he supported government intervention in economic matters. </p><p>Bernier initially supported <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Timbrell" title="Dennis Timbrell">Dennis Timbrell</a> in the Progressive Conservative Party's January 1985 leadership convention, but crossed to Frank Miller after Timbrell was eliminated. Miller retained him in the Northern Affairs portfolio after becoming <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_Ontario" title="Premier of Ontario">Premier of Ontario</a> on February 8, 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-1985FebMillerCab_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1985FebMillerCab-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Progressive Conservatives under Miller were reduced to a tenuous <a href="/wiki/Minority_government" title="Minority government">minority government</a> in the 1985 election, and were defeated in the house in June 1985. In opposition, Bernier served as his party's critic for Natural Resources and Northern Affairs and Mines. He did not run for re-election in 1987. </p><p>In 1975, Bernier selected <a href="/wiki/Amethyst" title="Amethyst">amethyst</a> as Ontario's mineral emblem.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cabinet_positions">Cabinet positions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Bernier&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Cabinet positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center; border-top: 5px solid #9999FF" colspan="3"><b>Ontario provincial government of <a href="/wiki/Bill_Davis" title="Bill Davis">Bill Davis</a></b> </td></tr> <tr class="noprint"> <th colspan="3">Cabinet posts (2) </th></tr> <tr class="noprint"> <th scope="col" style="width:110px;text-align:center;">Predecessor </th> <th scope="col" style="width:290px;text-align:center;">Office </th> <th scope="col" style="width:110px;text-align:center;">Successor </th></tr> <tr class="noprint"> <td style="text-align:center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Brunelle" title="René Brunelle">René Brunelle</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Natural_Resources_(Ontario)" title="Ministry of Natural Resources (Ontario)">Minister of Natural Resources</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b><br />1972–1977 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Frank_Miller_(Canadian_politician)" title="Frank Miller (Canadian politician)">Frank Miller</a></b> </td></tr> <tr class="noprint"> <td style="text-align:center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Allan_Lawrence_(politician)" title="Allan Lawrence (politician)">Allan Lawrence</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Northern_Development_and_Mines" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Northern Development and Mines">Minister of Mines and Northern Affairs</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b><br />1971–1985 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Fontaine" title="René Fontaine">René Fontaine</a></b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_life">Later life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Bernier&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Later life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He served as chair of the Boreal West Round Table in the 1990s, and remained active in the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party until his death. In 2004, he supported <a href="/wiki/John_Tory" title="John Tory">John Tory</a>'s successful bid to become party leader. </p><p>Bernier died on June 28, 2010, in Sioux Lookout hospital at the age of 81.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, <a href="/wiki/List_of_secondary_highways_in_Kenora_District" title="List of secondary highways in Kenora District">Highway 664</a> was renamed in his honour.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Bernier&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Bernier&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output 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