Pierre-Évariste Leblanc
Sir Pierre-Évariste Leblanc KCMG KC | |
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11th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec | |
In office February 8, 1915 – October 18, 1918 | |
Monarch | George V |
Governor General | |
Premier | Lomer Gouin |
Preceded by | François Langelier |
Succeeded by | Charles Fitzpatrick |
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Laval | |
In office October 30, 1882 – June 13, 1883 | |
Preceded by | Louis-Onésime Loranger |
Succeeded by | Amédée Gaboury |
In office July 14, 1884 – June 8, 1908 | |
Preceded by | Amédée Gaboury |
Succeeded by | |
Leader of the Official Opposition of Quebec | |
In office 1905 – June 8, 1908 | |
Preceded by | Edmund James Flynn |
Succeeded by | Joseph-Mathias Tellier |
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec | |
In office April 26, 1892 – November 23, 1897 | |
Preceded by | Félix-Gabriel Marchand |
Succeeded by | Jules Tessier |
Personal details | |
Born | Saint-Martin (Laval), Lower Canada | August 10, 1853
Died | October 18, 1918 Sillery, Quebec | (aged 65)
Nationality | Canadian |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse(s) | Josephine-Hermine Beaudry
(m. 1886) |
Children | 3 |
Residence | Laval, Quebec |
Occupation | teacher, lawyer |
Profession | politician |
Sir Pierre-Évariste Leblanc, KCMG KC (August 10, 1853 – October 18, 1918) was born in Saint-Martin (today part of Laval, Quebec).[1]
He was a Quebec Conservative Party leader but never premier. First elected to the Legislative Assembly in a by-election in 1882 in the riding of Laval, he served as leader of the Opposition from 1905 to 1908, when he lost the 1908 election and his own seat. Served as the 11th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec from February 12, 1915, until his death in Spencer Wood, Sillery, in 1918.[1] Leblanc was buried at cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges in Montreal.[1]
Prior to his political career, Leblanc was a teacher and a lawyer.
Elections as party leader[]
He lost the 1908 election.
See also[]
- Politics of Quebec
- List of Quebec general elections
- List of Quebec leaders of the Opposition
- Timeline of Quebec history
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Biographie : Pierre-Évariste Leblanc (1853-1918)". www.assnat.qc.ca (in French). Assemblée nationale du Québec. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- "Pierre-Évariste Leblanc". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
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