Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc (February 4, 1879 – June 29, 1946) was a physician and political figure in

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native Eng ...

, Canada. He represented Richmond County from 1916 to 1925 and Richmond County & Cape Breton West from 1925 to 1928 as a

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member. He was born in

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, the son of Benjamin LeBlanc and Virginia Landry. LeBlanc was educated at

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and

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. In 1922, he married Euphemia Brown MacMillan. LeBlanc served as a captain in the Canadian Army medical corps during

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. He was a

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in the province's Executive Council from 1925 to 1928. LeBlanc was physician for the port of Arichat from 1931 to 1946. He died in Arichat at the age of 67.

References

* ''A Directory of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1958'', Public Archives of Nova Scotia (1958) 1879 births 1946 deaths Dalhousie University alumni Members of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia People from Richmond County, Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs St. Francis Xavier University alumni {{ProgressiveConservative-NovaScotia-MLA-stub