Bill Bullard Jr.

{{Short description|American politician (1943–2020)}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Bill Bullard Jr. | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | order = | office = Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds | term_start = January 1, 2011 | term_end = December 31, 2012 | predecessor = Ruth Johnson | successor = Lisa Brown | order2 = | office2 = Member of the<br />Oakland County Board of Commissioners<br />from the 2nd District | term_start2 = January 1, 2003 | term_end2 = January 1, 2011 | predecessor2 = | successor2 = Robert Hoffman | state_senate3 = Michigan | district3 = 15th | term_start3 = June 6, 1996 | term_end3 = December 31, 2002 | predecessor3 = Dave Honigman | successor3 = Nancy Cassis | office4 = Member of the Michigan House of Representatives | term_start4 = January 1, 1983 | term_end4 = June 6, 1996 | predecessor4 = Claude Trim | successor4 = Nancy Cassis | constituency4 = 60th district (1983–1992)<br>38th district (1993–1996) | pronunciation = | birth_date = {{birth date|1943|07|12|}} | birth_name = | birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|12|18|1943|07|12}} | death_place = Commerce Township, Michigan, U.S. | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | party = Republican | height =  | spouse = | partner =  | relations = | children = | parents =  | mother =  | father =  | relatives = | education = | alma_mater = Detroit College of Law (J.D.)<br />University of Michigan (B.A.) | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards =  | blank1 = | data1 = | blank2 = | data2 = | blank3 = | data3 = | blank4 = | data4 = | blank5 = | data5 = | signature = | signature_alt = | website =  | nickname = | allegiance = | branch = | service_years = | rank = | unit = | commands = | battles = | mawards =  | military_blank1 = | military_data1 = | military_blank2 = | military_data2 = | military_blank3 = | military_data3 = | military_blank4 = | military_data4 = | military_blank5 = | military_data5 =  | module = | module2 = | module3 = | module4 = | module5 = | footnotes = }}

'''Bill Bullard Jr.''' (July 12, 1943 – December 18, 2020) was an American politician. He was a Republican member of both houses of the Michigan Legislature and local official in Oakland County.<ref>The Political Graveyard: [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#016.86.96 Bullard, Bill, Jr.]</ref>

==Biography== Bullard earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan and law degree from the Detroit College of Law. He served in elected office in Highland Township from 1978 through 1982, and was elected to the state House in 1982. In 1994, Bullard was elected to the state Senate in a special election in June.<ref>2001–2002 Michigan Manual: [http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(uopsmaik35aavge5mdzpmtry))/documents/2001-2002/michiganmanual/2001-mm-p0142-p0142.pdf State Senator Bill Bullard, Jr.]</ref><ref>Senate Resolution 314 (2002): [http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2002-SR-0314 A resolution of tribute for the Honorable Bill Bullard, Jr.]</ref>

After leaving the Legislature, Bullard was elected to the Oakland County Board of Commissioners, where he served four terms, including six years as chairman, before being selected to succeed Ruth Johnson as county clerk/register of deeds when Johnson was elected Michigan Secretary of State.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Crumm|first1=Charles|title=Bill Bullard Jr. named Oakland County Clerk|url=http://www.theoaklandpress.com/article/OP/20101207/NEWS/312079946|work=The Oakland Press|date=7 December 2010}}</ref> Bullard was defeated for re-election to a full term in 2012 by Lisa Brown.

Bullard died from complications of cancer and COVID-19 at Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital on December 18, 2020, aged 77, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crainsdetroit.com/obituaries/longtime-oakland-county-politician-bill-bullard-jr-dies-covid-cancer-complications|title=Longtime Oakland County politician Bill Bullard Jr. dies of COVID, cancer complications|date=December 19, 2020|website=Crain's Detroit Business}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Willis C. "Bill" Bullard Jr. Obituary|url=https://www.lynchandsonsmilford.com/obituaries/obituary-listings?obId=19395560|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-30|website=Lynch & Sons Funeral Directors|language=en-US}}</ref>

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