Richard Oland

Richard Oland, OC was a Canadian businessman, the owner of several trucking companies and an investment firm in Saint John, New Brunswick. He was a member of the Oland family who own Moosehead Brewery. In 1981, he left his position as Executive Vice President of the brewery after his brother Derek was chosen to become president.[2][3] He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2007.[4]

Richard Henry Oland

OC
Born1941
DiedJuly 6, 2011
Canterbury Street, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Cause of deathBludgeoning
Body discoveredJuly 7, 2011
NationalityCanadian
Other namesDick
Alma materRothesay Collegiate School, Regiopolis College, University of New Brunswick (B.A.), Wallerstein Laboratories (Certificate of Brewing Technology)
OccupationBusinessman
EmployerFar End Corporation, Kingshurst Estates Limited, Brookville Transport Limited, Moosehead Breweries, Brookville Manufacturing Co.
Net worth$37 million[1]
Board member ofGanong Bros. Limited, the Huntsman Marine Science Center and the United Way of Greater Saint John, Saint John Jeux Canada Games, 1985 Jeux Canada Games Foundation Inc., New Brunswick Museum, ParticipACTION
ChildrenDennis James Oland
AwardsHonorary doctorate, University of New Brunswick

Richard Oland was killed in his office on July 6, 2011.[5] His son, Dennis Oland, was arrested and charged for his murder and was convicted by a jury of second degree murder on December 19, 2015.[6] Less than a year later, in October 2016, however, the New Brunswick Court of Appeal threw out his conviction on the basis of errors made by the trial judge, and ordered a new trial.[7] On July 19, 2019, Dennis was found not guilty on retrial.[8]

References
  1. "Oland murder trial opens with details of beating, accused's financial woes". The Globe and Mail.
  2. Köhler, Nicholas (November 13, 2013). "Murder and a Maritime dynasty: The Dick Oland case". Maclean's. Retrieved January 23, 2017. "The younger one wanted to be president and he hadn't the experience," P.W. once told the Financial Post Magazine coolly.
  3. "Richard Oland: obituary and death notice on InMemoriam". Inmemoriam.ca. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
  4. News Release (June 29, 2007). Governor General Announces New Appointments to the Order of Canada, Office of the Secretary to the Governor General. Accessed October 22, 2019.
  5. "Prominent N.B. businessman Richard Oland found dead – New Brunswick – CBC News". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
  6. "Preliminary inquiry for Dennis Oland, charged with murder in dad's death, begins | CTV News". Ctvnews.ca. May 12, 2014. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
  7. MacKinnon, Bobbi-Jean (January 3, 2017). "Dennis Oland's new murder trial date could be set today". CBC News. Retrieved January 23, 2017. Scheduling was adjourned last month as parties waited for Court of Appeal's written ruling quashing conviction
  8. "Dennis Oland not guilty of murder in retrial over 2011 death of multimillionaire father". CBC News. July 19, 2019. Retrieved July 19, 2019. N.B. Court of Queen's Bench Justice Morrison had been deliberating for 10 weeks in 2nd-degree murder trial


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