Bernard McIntyre
Bernard McIntyre | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Oklahoma Senate from the 11th district | |
| In office 1982–1986 | |
| Preceded by | Allen G. Nichols (vacated office in 1973)[a] |
| Succeeded by | Maxine Horner |
| Member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 73rd district | |
| In office 1971–1982 | |
| Preceded by | Ben Hill |
| Succeeded by | Donald Ross |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Politician Attorney |
Bernard J. McIntyre is an American former state politician who was a Democratic member of the 37th Oklahoma Legislature representing the 73rd district in Tulsa County. A graduate of Booker T. Washington High School,[2] he was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in a special election December 7, 1971, to fill a vacancy created by the death of representative Ben Hill.
In 1982, McIntyre was elected to the Senate to a district created by legislative reapportionment in a predominantly black area of Tulsa. He ran and was re-elected to a four-year term in that district in 1984.[3] In 1985, McIntyre and Donald Ross offered a measure which received legislative approval for a Martin Luther King holiday in Oklahoma.[4] The measure was signed into law by Governor George Nigh.[4]
McIntyre became the chairman of the Senate Banks and Banking Committee in 1986.[2] Later that year, McIntyre was convicted of six cocaine-related offenses and sentenced to five years imprisonment. U.S. District Judge Ralph Thompson of Oklahoma City later modified McIntyre's sentence to two years.[5][6]
McIntyre returned to Tulsa on July 10, 1987, after serving more than 10 months in a Fort Worth federal prison. In an interview, he said that he would finish his two-year term[b] by living in a Salvation Army halfway House at night and spending his days as a consultant to minority businesses in Tulsa.[5]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 2005 Oklahoma Almanac Archived 2006-02-18 at the Wayback Machine, Oklahoma Department of Libraries (accessed July 10, 2013)
- ^ a b "McIntyre: Too Much Success Too Soon :: TULSA AND OKLAHOMA HISTORY COLLECTION". cdm15020.contentdm.oclc.org. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
- ^ "McIntyre Quits Senate Post, Cites Conduct". The Oklahoman. 1986-06-07. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
- ^ a b Graham, Ginnie. "Why we celebrate Martin Luther King Day". Tulsa World. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
- ^ a b c "McIntyre in Tulsa After Prison Term." NewsOK. July 11, 1987. Accessed August 27, 2018.
- ^ U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (March 10, 1988). "United States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. Bernard J. Mcintyre, Defendant-appellant, 836 F.2d 467 (10th Cir. 1988)". justia.com.
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