Bernard Thériault

Bernard Thériault
Chief of Staff to the Premier of New Brunswick
In office October 30, 2006 – October 12, 2010
Premier	Shawn Graham
Preceded by	Doug Tyler
Succeeded by	Nancy McKay
New Brunswick Executive Council Minister of Education Acting In office February 6, 1998 – May 14, 1998 Premier Ray Frenette Preceded by Bernard Richard Succeeded by Bernard Richard Minister of Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs In office July 21, 1997 – June 21, 1999 Premier Frank McKenna Ray Frenette Camille Thériault Succeeded by Bernard Lord Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture In office April 27, 1994 – July 23, 1997 Premier Frank McKenna Ray Frenette Preceded by Camille Thériault Succeeded by Danny Gay
Parliamentary constituencies Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for Caraquet In office October 13, 1987 – 2000 Preceded by Emery Robichaud Succeeded by Gaston Moore (2001)
Personal details
Born	(1955-11-12) November 12, 1955 New Brunswick, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Other political affiliations	Liberal Association

Bernard Thériault (born November 12, 1955) is a politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. He became chief of staff to Premier of New Brunswick Shawn Graham on October 30, 2006.

Thériault was employed from 1978 to 1987 as curator and historian at the Acadian Historic Village in Caraquet, New Brunswick, his hometown.

He was elected as a Liberal to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 1987 election and was re-elected in 1991, 1995 and 1999. He joined the cabinet in 1994 as Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture. In 1997, he became Minister of Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs, a post he held until the defeat of the Liberal government in the 1999 election. He also served as acting Minister of Education in 1998 while Bernard Richard stepped down from the post to seek the Liberal leadership.

He served briefly in opposition following the 1999 election before resigning in 2000 to run for the Liberal Party of Canada in the 2000 federal election. He was defeated by incumbent New Democratic Member of Parliament Yvon Godin in the riding of Acadie—Bathurst.

Following his election defeat, he began to work for the federal civil service from 2000 to 2006. On October 12, 2006 it was announced that he would be leaving his federal post to become chief of staff to the new Liberal premier Shawn Graham effective October 30, 2006.

2000 Canadian federal election: Acadie—Bathurst
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Yvon Godin	23,568	46.61	+6.08	$57,177
	Liberal	Bernard Thériault	20,362	40.27	+4.91	$58,623
	Progressive Conservative	Alcide Leger	4,321	8.55	-15.56	$36,600
	Alliance	Jean Gauvin	2,314	4.58	–	$45,973
Total valid votes/expense limit			50,565	100.00	$63,209
Total rejected ballots			624	1.22	-1.25
Turnout			51,189	75.37	-3.28
Electors on the lists			67,918	–	–
	NDP hold		Swing	+0.59

Sources

• "His legislative bio". Archived from the original on April 17, 1999. Retrieved October 12, 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
• News release announcing his appointment as chief of staff Archived October 28, 2006, at the Wayback Machine