Pierre-Évariste Leblanc
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Sir Pierre-Évariste Leblanc, KCMG KC (August 10, 1853 – October 18, 1918) was born in Saint-Martin (today part of Laval, Quebec).[1]
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Sir Pierre-Évariste Leblanc | |
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11th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec | |
In office February 8, 1915 – October 18, 1918 | |
Monarch | George V |
Governors 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 | Joseph Wenceslas Levesque |
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 | (1853-08-10)August 10, 1853 Saint-Martin (Laval), Canada East |
Died | October 18, 1918(1918-10-18) (aged 65) Sillery, Quebec |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse |
Josephine-Hermine Beaudry
(m. 1886) |
Children | 3 |
Residence | Laval, Quebec |
Occupation | teacher, lawyer |
Profession | politician |
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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.