party office birth_date term_start article_title name alma_mater
dominica labour party senator in the house of assembly 1955 4 january 2010 alvin bernard
 alvin bernard university of wales university of east anglia
alvin bernard

alvin bernard -lrb- born october 1955 -rrb- is a dominican economist and politician in the dominica labour party .
he has served in the house of assembly since 2010 .
bernard was born in roseau , dominica 's capital , in october 1955 .
he graduated from the university of wales and the university of east anglia .
he worked as an economist in the dominican ministry of finance for 23 years , in the positions of project analyst , economist , and social development planner .
he contested the roseau central constituency on the labour party ticket in the 2009 general election .
he lost to the incumbent , norris prevost of the opposition united workers party , on 18 december 2009 , by the narrow margin of 836 votes to prevost 's 839 votes .
he was then appointed by prime minister roosevelt skerrit to serve as a senator in the house of assembly , and was sworn in on 4 january 2010 .
he also serves as the minister of state in the ministry of foreign affairs .
