Joseph Alphonsus Bernard

Joseph Alphonse Bernard
16th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island
In office
May 30, 1945 – October 4, 1950
MonarchGeorge VI
Governors GeneralThe Earl of Athlone
The Viscount Alexander of Tunis
PremierJ. Walter Jones
Preceded byBradford William LePage
Succeeded byThomas William Lemuel Prowse
MLA (Assemblyman) for 1st Prince
In office
September 15, 1943 – May 30, 1945
Preceded byAeneas Gallant
Succeeded byClarence Morrissey
Personal details
Born(1881-03-27)March 27, 1881
Tignish, Prince Edward Island
DiedSeptember 7, 1962(1962-09-07) (aged 81)
Sherwood, Prince Edward Island
NationalityCanadian
Political partyLiberal
Spouse
Zoe Chiasson
(m. 1909)
RelationsStanislaus Francis Perry (father-in-law)
Augustin Gallant (son-in-law)
Children(Joseph) Theodore, (Marie) Catherine Ann, (Theodore) Stanislaus, (Timothy) Poirier, (Tish) Mary Letitia, (Walter) Hilairin, (Edie) Mary Edith, (Marcella) Mary, (Lefty) Mark Elphege, (Joan) Joan of Arc, (Harold) Cletus, (Benedict) Joseph, (Cecil) John, (Omer) Jules, (Fr. Ralph) John Raphael, (Gloria) Mary, (Norma) Mary
ResidenceTignish, Prince Edward Island
OccupationClerk and merchant
ProfessionPolitician

Joseph Alphonse Bernard (March 27, 1881 – September 7, 1962[1]), which later evolved into the anglicized Joseph Alphonsus, was the 16th and first Acadian Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island, serving between 1945 and 1950.

Born on March 27, 1881, in Tignish, Prince Edward Island, Bernard was the son of Acadians Theodore Bernard and Anne Perry, who was the daughter of Stanislaus Francis Perry.[1] He received his education in Tignish and in various locations on the island.

On September 21, 1909, he married Zoë Chiasson of Tignish and they had seventeen children. He was a merchant and served as President of the Tignish Merchants Association. He was the Chairman of the Tignish Library and also Civilian Recruiting Director.

A member of the Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island, Bernard was elected on September 15, 1943, to represent the district of 1st Prince in the Provincial Legislature. He was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island on May 30, 1945, and served until October 4, 1950.

He died at a nursing home in Sherwood at the age of 81.[1]

His daughter Marcella married Augustin Gallant.

  1. ^ a b c Weeks, Blair (2002). Minding the House: A Biographical Guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs. Acorn Press. ISBN 1-894838-01-7.