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
- ^ a b c "Biographie : Pierre-Évariste Leblanc (1853-1918)". www.assnat.qc.ca (in French). Assemblée nationale du Québec. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
External links
- "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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