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Joel Bernard (born December 8, 1963) is a
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Political career


Provincial

He was elected to the
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, representing Nepisiguit, in the general election of 1999 and became
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of the Legislature. He was defeated in his bid for a second term in the 2003 election by former
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(MLA) Frank Branch. Branch had represented the area from
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, when he retired and did not seek re-election. Bernard was one of several defeated Progressive Conservative MLAs who were appointed to government positions by
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following their defeat in the 2003 election. Bernard had been appointed to oversee and economic development fund for the Restigouche-
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region. He took a leave of absence from his position in March 2004 to be a
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candidate in the 2004 federal election.


Federal

In late April 2005, Bernard announced he would be a candidate for the
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nomination for the riding of Ottawa—Orléans for the next federal election. On May 16, he was defeated by Royal Galipeau, a former member of the
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, for the nomination by a margin of 174 to 126, who went on to win the seat in the election. From 2006 to 2008, Bernard held the position of Senior Policy Advisor in the office of
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in the new Conservative government. In the 2008 federal election, the Conservative Party brought Bernard to Nova Scotia to run against Conservative-turned-Independent Bill Casey in the riding of Cumberland–Colchester–Musquodoboit Valley. On election night, Casey was re-elected by over 22,000 votes, with Bernard finishing third, polling just under 9%."Cumberland–Colchester–Musquodoboit Valley riding results"
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, retrieved April 2, 2010. Bernard was the Senior Policy Advisor for aerospace, procurements, industrial regional benefits and the auto file to
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, Minister of Industry Canada, until he left the position in 2010. Since then, he has held several positions of Senior Policy Advisor for Fisheries & Oceans Canada, International Development and La francophonie. He later was employed as a Parliamentary Affairs Advisor for Pierre Paul-Hus, the Shadow minister for Public Safety, Border Security and Emergency Preparedness and the Member of Parliament for Charlesbourg – Haute – Saint-Charles. In March 2019, Bernard won the Ottawa—Vanier Conservative nomination contest, becoming their candidate for the 2019 federal election.


Personal life

He lives in Ottawa, Ontario with his wife Catherine and his two children, Lilianne and Samuel. Joel retired in December 2023 and is the co-founder of the Hill Advisory Network (THAN). THAN is a mentoring service made available free of charge to Parliament Hill Staffers (All political stripes).


Electoral record


Federal


Provincial


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bernard, Joel 1963 births Living people 21st-century Canadian civil servants Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick MLAs People from Restigouche County, New Brunswick 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Conservative Party of Canada candidates for the Canadian House of Commons Ontario candidates for Member of Parliament Candidates in the 2019 Canadian federal election