| Bernard McIntyre | |
| State Senate: | Oklahoma |
| District: | 11th |
| Term Start: | 1982 |
| Term End: | 1986 |
| Predecessor: | Allen G. Nichols (vacated office in 1973) |
| Successor: | Maxine Horner |
| State House2: | Oklahoma |
| District2: | 73rd |
| Term Start2: | 1971 |
| Term End2: | 1982 |
| Predecessor2: | Ben Hill |
| Successor2: | Donald Ross |
| 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 by living in a Salvation Army halfway House at night and spending his days as a consultant to minority businesses in Tulsa.[4]