Her Honour, The Honourable Bernadette McIntyre, Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan

Lieutenant Governor Bernadette McIntyre was installed as Saskatchewan’s 24th Lieutenant Governor on January 31, 2025.

The Lieutenant Governor grew up in Bethune, Saskatchewan, first on a farm and later in the village, where she attended elementary school. Ms. McIntyre completed high school in the Town of Lumsden and holds degrees from the University of Regina in Economics and Business Administration. She was the Chief Executive Officer at Wascana Centre Authority and held senior management positions with Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI). Immediately before her appointment, Ms. McIntyre was a principal in Scoreco Consulting and was Interim Executive Director of Regina’s Globe Theatre.

The Lieutenant Governor is a lifelong volunteer recognized for her extensive contributions to her community. She has been a member of the University of Regina Senate and Board of Governors, the Sandra Schmirler Foundation, and has served on the boards of Curl Regina, Access Communications, the Regina Airport Authority, Queen City Marathon, the Regina Exhibition Association Limited, Active Saskatchewan, Nature Conservancy of Canada Saskatchewan Branch and the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame.

Ms. McIntyre is passionate about curling, both on the ice and as an organizer. For 26 years she served on the board of Regina’s Highland Curling Club, where she continues to curl. She was the first female President of the Saskatchewan Curling Association (now CurlSask) and was President of the 2001 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials. Her Honour sat on the Board of Governors for Curling Canada and chaired numerous curling championships in Regina, including the 1998 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the 2006 Tim Hortons Brier and the 2017 Grand Slam of Curling. She was a member of the Grey Cup Festival leadership teams in 2013 and 2022 and in 2018 co-chaired a Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) event in Regina, the first in Saskatchewan.

Ms. McIntyre has received numerous awards in recognition of her service, including the Saskatchewan Centennial Medal and the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal (Saskatchewan), the King Charles III Coronation Medal, the University of Regina Distinguished Alumnus Award, Curling Canada’s Award of Achievement, the Scotties’ Joan Mead Builder’s Award, the Fred Heal Memorial Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award from Tourism Saskatchewan, and Sport Tourism Canada’s Volunteer of the Year Award. In 2023, she was inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame as a Builder.

The Lieutenant Governor is married to Rich McIntyre, and they have two adult children, Lisa and Shawn.