Hédard Robichaud
Gloucester | |
|---|---|
| In office August 10, 1953 – June 25, 1968 | |
| Preceded by | Albany Robichaud |
| Succeeded by | Herb Breau |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hédard Joseph Robichaud November 2, 1911 Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Died | August 16, 1999 (aged 87) Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Parent |
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Hédard Joseph Robichaud Canadian Member of Parliament, Cabinet member, Senator and the first Acadian to be Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick.
Born in
University of Moncton
, in 1931.
He first ran for the House of Commons as a
Minister of Fisheries
.
In 1968, he was appointed to the Senate representing the Senatorial division of Gloucester, New Brunswick. He resigned in 1971 to become the 24th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick. He served in that position until 1981.
In 1985, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.[1]
He was the husband of Gertrude Léger (1916-2011) and the father of nine.
Electoral record
| 1965 Canadian federal election: Gloucester | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Hédard Robichaud | 14,121 | 60.61 | +3.15 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | J. Léo Hachey | 6,351 | 27.26 | +7.82 | ||||
| New Democratic | Martin Kierans | 2,826 | 12.13 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 23,298 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1963 Canadian federal election: Gloucester | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Hédard Robichaud | 13,344 | 57.46 | +0.40 | ||||
| Social Credit | Joseph Dubé | 5,365 | 23.10 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Leo Ferguson | 4,515 | 19.44 | -23.50 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 23,224 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1962 Canadian federal election: Gloucester | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Hédard Robichaud | 13,519 | 57.06 | +4.23 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Antonio Robichaud | 10,174 | 42.94 | -4.23 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 23,693 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1958 Canadian federal election: Gloucester | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Hédard Robichaud | 13,112 | 52.83 | -5.04 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | J. Léo Hachey | 11,705 | 47.17 | +5.04 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 24,817 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1957 Canadian federal election: Gloucester | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Hédard Robichaud | 13,052 | 57.87 | +0.28 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | J. Léo Hachey | 9,502 | 42.13 | +0.91 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 22,554 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1953 Canadian federal election: Gloucester | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Hédard Robichaud | 13,330 | 57.59 | +9.89 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Albany Robichaud | 9,542 | 41.22 | -11.08 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Alphonse Landry | 276 | 1.19 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 23,148 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Canadian federal by-election, 26 May 1952 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| On Clovis-Thomas Richard's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 5 March 1952 | ||||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Albany Robichaud | 11,245 | 52.30 | +22.08 | ||||
| Liberal | Hédard Robichaud | 10,256 | 47.70 | -22.08 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 21,501 | 100.00 | ||||||
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| Post-Confederation (1867–present) | |
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| Governors before Confederation (1786–1866) | |
