Abel LeBlanc (born c. 1946) is a
politician
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in the
province
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of
New Brunswick
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, Canada. He was elected to the
Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
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in
2003
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.
He represented the
electoral district
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of
Saint John Lancaster
Saint John Lancaster is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. The MLA has been Dorothy Shephard since 2010.
The riding name refers to Lancaster, New Brunswick
Lancaster was a small city situa ...
as a Liberal.
LeBlanc was born in
Saint John, New Brunswick
Saint John is a seaport city of the Atlantic Ocean located on the Bay of Fundy in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. Saint John is the oldest incorporated city in Canada, established by royal charter on May 18, 1785, during the reign of Ki ...
, the son of Abel LeBlanc and Domitilde Gallant. He joined the
Canadian Army
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and then went on to work at the Port of Saint John. On February 11, 2010, LeBlanc was expelled from the legislature following a verbal outburst, which included giving two Tory MLAs the finger.
"N.B. MLA expelled for rude gesture"
CBC News
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, February 11, 2010.
In June 2014, the New Brunswick New Democratic Party
The New Brunswick New Democratic Party (french: link=no, Nouveau Parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick) is a social-democratic provincial political party in New Brunswick, Canada linked with the federal New Democratic Party (NDP).
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announced LeBlanc had joined, and he ran as their candidate in his former riding for that year's provincial election
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, placing third.
References
External links
MLA Bios, Government of New Brunswick
Living people
Canadian trade unionists
New Brunswick Liberal Association MLAs
Year of birth missing (living people)
Politicians from Saint John, New Brunswick
Acadian people
People expelled from public office
21st-century Canadian politicians
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