Bernard Lord

honourable the Bernard Lord (born the September 27th 1965 with Roberval with the Quebec) is a Canadian Politician of origin Acadie. It was Prime Minister of the Canadian province of the New Brunswick. September 18th, 2006, its government east demolishes by the Liberal party of Shawn Graham in the provincial election of 2006.

Beginnings

Lord was high in a bilingual family with Moncton, with the New Brunswick. At its exit of the secondary school, it obtained a baccalaureat in social sciences with major in economy, as well as a diploma in law of the Université of Moncton. Young person, it was highly interested by the policy; he made initially countryside for the New Democratic party of New Brunswick when he was student academic but was to later join the Parti progressist-conservative of New Brunswick. In 1995, it tried to be made elect with the legislative Assemblée of New Brunswick, but it was demolishes by a margin of six votes against one in the district of Dieppe-Memramcook.

Chief of the party

In spite of this first defeat, it succeeds in being made elect chief of the Party progressist-conservative of New Brunswick in 1997; it was made elect appointed with the legislative Parliament in the district of Moncton East during a by-election in 1998. Its victory in the race with the direction of the party was due to the fact that he was the only bilingual candidate, as well as a concentration of supports in the area of Moncton, one of the four cities in which the members could vote. Lord succeeds in demolishing the favorite candidate had a presentiment of Norm Betts, as Margaret-Anarchist Blaney (both siègerent later within the cabinet of Lord) and Cleveland Allaby, a lawyer of Fredericton.

Prime Minister

The June 7th 1999, the progressist-conservatives of Bernard Lord caught up with a significant retreat in the surveys and took down a victory crushing with the provincial general elections, gaining 44 of the 55 seats to the legislative Parliament. At the 33 years age, Lord became the youngest provincial Prime Minister in the history of Canada.

Bernard Lord was elected thanks to his platforme electoral " 200 days of changement" , which consisted of 20 promises that it would achieve in the first 200 days of its mandate if it were elected; it took as a starting point the gaining tactics of the election of the republican American Newt Gingrich in 1994. Although it succeeds in achieving each one of its 20 promises, its opponents disputed the way that it was caught there, and showed it to neglect other important issues in the province in favor of its electoral promises.

In 2002, the government of Bernard Lord makes adopt a news Loi on the official languages , in order to update the original law and to modernize it to take into account all the constitutional obligations of New Brunswick as regards institutional bilingualism.

The same year, Lord delivered a speech which the media described as electrifying with the national congress of the Parti progressist-conservative Canada to Edmonton, in Alberta. This speech launched any kind of rumors and speculations that Lord planned to launch out in federal policy to replace Joe Clark with the head of Party PC. A very strong movement of influential conservatives made eruption after Edmonton to push Lord to enter in federal policy; an Internet site, an organization of sea at sea were installation to convince the young Prime Minister néo-brunswickois to leave Fredericton for Ottawa. But, a little later Lord put an end to the hopes that this could arrive in the near future, choosing rather to concentrate on the provincial policy with the election of 2003.

The election was hard for Lord; he neglected to mention the question of the rising rates of auto insurance until late in the countryside; he retained accuracy a parliamentary majority of only one seat vis-a-vis the Liberal party directed by Shawn Graham.

Lord was courted again for the federal policy in 2003 when the Parti progressist-conservative Canada and the Canadian Alliance amalgamated to form new the Conservative party of Canada. Finally, Lord decided to remain in New Brunswick for his young family, and also because its departure would make rock its party in situation of minority government.

In 2004, the government of Lord was the target of dissatisfaction due to several unpopular policies, in particular as regards health care. This included/understood the closing of beds in hospitals of Miramichi and Dalhousie, and the consolidation of four hospitals in Upper St John River Valley in only one. The liberals of the opposition, under the direction of Shawn Graham, are at present at the head in the surveys since the summer of 2004; on the other hand, Bernard Lord remained always the most popular political leader in New Brunswick.

In 2005, the popularity of Lord continued to drop, although there are renewed calls so that it launches out in federal policy.

Thursday August 10th 2006, Bernard Lord announces that it starts a general election and that the date of the poll would be fixed on September 18th. This election occurs following the loss of a member of the caucus, Peter Mescheau, who had announced his resignation to go to work in the private sector. The resignation puts the Party progressist-conservative in situation of Minority government and a partial subsequent election could have given the balance of power to the liberal . September 18th, 2006, him and its party its demolished by the liberals of Shawn Graham. The progressist-conservatives of Bernard Lord all the same succeeded in collecting more votes by the vote for all.

After this defeat, Lord made it clear, in an interview with Acadie Nouvelle , which it could make the jump on the federal political scene. December 13rd, 2006, Bernard Lord announces his intention to resign as a chief of the Party progressist-conservative and deputy of Moncton-Is, at the latest on January 31st, 2007. He intends to make the jump with the private sector.

February 20th, 2007, Bernard Lord joint with the law firm McCarthy Tétrault located at Montreal. The population of New Brunswick remained shaken about it. Having believed in wanting of Mr. Lord to stop the massive exodus of the province, it of with shown a very bad example.

Various facts

Its family name was the sources of many jokes. Indeed, in English " Lord" wants to say " Seigneur" , which carried out some to see a connection inintentionnée with God there, that one often calls " Lord" (Lord). At the time of an election, a banner in an office of poll carrying the slogan " Trust in the Lord" (Made confidence with the Lord) had to be hidden by black adhesive tape in order not to influence the vote.

Bernard Lord is the brother of the pianist in concert to international reputation Roger Lord.

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