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{{short description|Canadian businessman|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{no footnotes |date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = 
| honorific-suffix=
| name        = Bud Bird
| image=Bud Bird 2023.jpg
| caption=Bird, as a recipient of the 2023 Order of New Brunswick award
| term_start  = 1988
| term_end    = 1993
| predecessor = [[Robert Howie (politician)|Robert Howie]]
| successor=[[Andy Scott (politician)|Andy Scott]]
| assembly2            = New Brunswick Legislative
| constituency_AM2     = [[Fredericton-Silverwood]]
| term_start2=1978
| term_end2=1982
| predecessor2=[[George Everett Chalmers]]
| successor2=[[Dave Clark (Canadian politician)|Dave Clark]]
| office3=[[List of mayors of Fredericton|Mayor of Fredericton]]
| term_start3  = 1969
| term_end3    = 1974
| predecessor3 = [[William T. Walker]]
| successor3=[[Elbridge Wilkins]]

| birth_name  = John Williston Bird
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1932|3|22}}
| birth_place = [[Fredericton]], [[New Brunswick]], Canada
| death_date  = 
| death_place = 
| profession  = businessman
| party       = [[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick]]
| residence   = Fredericton, New Brunswick
| riding      = [[Fredericton (federal electoral district)|Fredericton]]
| footnotes   =
| spouse      =
| children    = 
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|}}
'''John Williston "Bud" Bird''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|OC|ONB}} (born March 22, 1932) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] businessman who is a former mayor of the city of Fredericton, a [[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick]] member of the [[Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick]], and a [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada]] member of the [[House of Commons of Canada]].

==Business career==
In 1958, he founded J. W. Bird and Company Limited, suppliers to the construction industry. In 1975, he acquired [[William Stairs Son & Morrow Ltd.]] of [[Halifax (former city)|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]], becoming Bird Stairs Limited. The business was sold to employees and today he operates Bird Holdings Ltd. And is majority shareholder of Sunpoke Energy Systems Ltd.

==Political offices==
Bird served as Mayor of Fredericton from 1969 to 1974. He was elected to the [[Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick]] in 1978 and served as in the government of [[Richard Hatfield]] as [[Department of Natural Resources (New Brunswick)|Minister of Natural Resources]] from November 21, 1978, until he resigned from the legislature on June 10, 1982.

Bird ran in the [[1988 Canadian federal election|November 21, 1988 Federal election]], winning a seat in the [[34th Canadian Parliament]] for the [[Fredericton (federal electoral district)|Fredericton riding]]. He was defeated in the [[1993 Canadian federal election|1993 election]].

A [[Recreational fishing|sport fisherman]] and conservationist, Bird is Chairman Emeritus of the [[Miramichi River|Miramichi]] Salmon Association and has been a Director of both the Atlantic Salmon Federation of Canada and Atlantic Salmon Federation of the [[United States]].

In 2001, Bird was made an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]].

== Electoral history ==
{{1993 Canadian federal election/Fredericton}}
{{1988 Canadian federal election/Fredericton}}

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| post1         =[[Department of Natural Resources (New Brunswick)|Minister of Natural Resources]] 
| post1years    = 1978–1983
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| post1preceded = [[Roland Boudreau]]
| post1followed = [[Edwin G. Allen]]
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==References==
* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=27d54edd-ee41-4a52-8c15-ec7dbb61ebf9&Language=E&MenuID=Lists.Members.aspx&MenuQuery=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.parl.gc.ca%2FParlinfo%2FLists%2FMembers.aspx%3FParliament%3D%26Riding%3D%26Name%3Db%26Party%3D%26Province%3D%26Gender%3D%26New%3DFalse%26Current%3DFalse%26Picture%3DFalse J. W. Bird record at the Parliament of Canada]
* [http://www.birdholdings.ca/ Bird Holdings Ltd.]

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[[Category:Businesspeople from New Brunswick]]
[[Category:Mayors of Fredericton]]
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[[Category:Members of the Executive Council of New Brunswick]]
[[Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from New Brunswick]]
[[Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs]]
[[Category:Officers of the Order of Canada]]
[[Category:Canadian people of English descent]]
[[Category:20th-century mayors of places in New Brunswick]]
[[Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada]]
[[Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick]]


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