Richard Oland
Richard Oland, 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. He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2007.
Richard Oland was killed in his office on July 6, 2011. 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. 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. On July 19, 2019, Dennis was found not guilty on retrial.
