Bernard Stone

Who is Bernard Stone?

Bernard "Berny" L. Stone was alderman of the 50th Ward of the City of Chicago, Illinois. The 50th ward encompasses part of Chicago's far North Side and includes the West Ridge, West Rogers Park and Peterson Park neighborhoods. First elected to the Council in 1973, Stone was also the second longest-serving alderman. Stone was also Vice Mayor of the City of Chicago from 1998 to 2011. Stone was a member of the "Vrdolyak 29" who were politically opposed to Mayor Harold Washington, Chicago's first black mayor. Stone was a protagonist in a protracted legal conflict with the neighboring suburb of Evanston in 1993–1994. Employees of Stone's 2007 re-election campaign were convicted of vote fraud in 2010.