Bernard McIntyre
Member of the Oklahoma Senate
from the 11th district
In office
1982–1986
Preceded byVacact from redistricting
Succeeded byMaxine Horner
Member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
from the 73rd district
In office
1971–1982
Preceded byBen Hill
Personal details
NationalityAmerican
OccupationPolitician
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,[1] 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.[2] In 1985, McIntyre and Don Ross offered a measure which received legislative approval for a Martin Luther King holiday in Oklahoma.[3] The measure was signed into law by Governor George Nigh.[3]

McIntyre became the chairman of the Senate Banks and Banking Committee in 1986.[1] 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.[4][5]

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[lower-alpha 1] by living in a Salvation Army halfway House at night and spending his days as a consultant to minority businesses in Tulsa.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ He had begun the prison term on August 28, 1986.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "McIntyre: Too Much Success Too Soon :: TULSA AND OKLAHOMA HISTORY COLLECTION". cdm15020.contentdm.oclc.org. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  2. ↑ "McIntyre Quits Senate Post, Cites Conduct". The Oklahoman. 1986-06-07. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  3. 1 2 Graham, Ginnie. "Why we celebrate Martin Luther King Day". Tulsa World. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  4. 1 2 3 "McIntyre in Tulsa After Prison Term." NewsOK. July 11, 1987. Accessed August 27, 2018.
  5. ↑ 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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