[3] As Minister of Education, Bernier mandated the SOGI 123 (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) created by the ARC Foundation into all schools in the province.

[4][5] On October 17, 2016, Bernier fired the Vancouver School Board for failing to pass a balanced budget.

[6] On May 9, 2017, Bernier was re-elected in his rural riding of Peace River South with 75.63% of the vote, the highest a BC Liberal has ever been elected with in provincial history and the eleventh highest across all parties in BC history when the Conservative Party of British Columbia did not run a candidate in the riding.

[9] Bernier sought the BC Liberal Party leadership after Christy Clark's resignation in August 2017, but dropped out of the race after two weeks.

Before being elected provincially, he was served as a city councillor (2005–2008) and then the mayor (2008–2013) of Dawson Creek, BC.