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This article is about the Canadian politician. For the Formula 1 strategy engineer, see Bernadette Collins.

Bernie Collins
Member of Parliament for Souris—Moose Mountain
In office 1993–1997
Preceded by	Lenard Gustafson
Succeeded by	Roy Bailey
Personal details
Born	Alphonsus Bernard Collins (1935-06-18)18 June 1935 Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Died	26 March 2018(2018-03-26) (aged 82) Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Party	Liberal
Occupation	educator, administrator

Alphonsus Bernard Collins (18 June 1935 – 26 March 2018) was a Canadian politician who was a member of the House of Commons of Canada for the Souris—Moose Mountain electoral district from 1993 to 1997. Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, his career was in education and public administration.

Collins was elected to Parliament as a Liberal party candidate in the 1993 federal election then served in the 35th Canadian Parliament. Collins left Canadian politics after losing the riding to Reform party candidate Roy Bailey in the 1997 election.

Collins died on 26 March 2018, at the age of 82.

Electoral record

1997 Canadian federal election: Souris—Moose Mountain
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Roy Bailey	13,732	41.2	+10.5	$24,042
	Liberal	Bernie Collins	9,077	27.2	-5.0	$42,840
	New Democratic	Gary Lake	6,209	18.6	+2.1	$26,063
	Progressive Conservative	Greg Douglas	4,333	13.0	-2.0	$11,530
Total valid votes			33,351	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			128	0.4
Turnout			33,479	67.0

1993 Canadian federal election: Souris—Moose Mountain
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bernie Collins	10,829	32.2	+13.2
	Reform	Doug Heimlick	10,330	30.7	–
	New Democratic	Caroline Saxon	5,539	16.5	-16.0
	Progressive Conservative	Earl Silcox	5,051	15.0	-31.8
	Independent	Art Mainil	918	2.7	–
	Independent	David Davis	701	2.1	–
	Canada Party	David Bouchard	271	0.8	–
Total valid votes			33,639	100.0

External links

• Bernie Collins – Parliament of Canada biography