Bernard McIntyre | |
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Member of the Oklahoma Senate from the 11th district | |
In office 1982–1986 | |
Preceded by | Vacact from redistricting |
Succeeded by | Maxine Horner |
Member of the OklahomaHouseofRepresentatives 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, [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 Donald 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]
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