Pierre-Évariste Leblanc
Appearance
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 |
Governors General | |
Premier | 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), Canada East | August 10, 1853
Died | October 18, 1918 Sillery, Quebec | (aged 65)
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse |
Josephine-Hermine Beaudry
(m. 1886) |
Children | 3 |
Residence | Laval, Quebec |
Occupation | teacher, lawyer |
Profession | politician |
Sir Pierre-Évariste Leblanc, KCMG KC (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ evaʁist ləblɑ̃]; August 10, 1853 – October 18, 1918) was born in Saint-Martin (today part of Laval, Quebec).[1]
He was a
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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pierre-Évariste Leblanc.
- "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.