Hédard Joseph Robichaud (November 2, 1911 – August 16, 1999) was an
Acadian
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Canadian
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Member of Parliament
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, Cabinet member,
Senator
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and the first Acadian to be
Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
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.
Born in
Shippagan, New Brunswick
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The parish retains the original English spelling, while the town officially adopted the colloquial French spelling on 1 July 1981.
Shippagan was great ...
, the son of
Jean George Robichaud and Amanda Boudreau, he received a B.A. from the Université Saint-Joseph, later the
University of Moncton
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, in 1931.
He first ran for the House of Commons as a
Liberal
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* a supporter of liberalism
** Liberalism by country
* an adherent of a Liberal Party
* Liberalism (international relations)
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candidate in a 1952 by-election in the riding of
Gloucester
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, New Brunswick and lost. He was elected in the
1953 federal election, and was re-elected in the
1957
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,
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
,
1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...
,
1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
and
1965 elections. From 1963 to 1968, he was the
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
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To coincide with the ...
.
He was the husband of Gertrude Léger (1916-2011) and the father of nine.
Electoral record
References
External links
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1911 births
1999 deaths
Acadian people
Canadian senators from New Brunswick
Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Liberal Party of Canada senators
Lieutenant Governors of New Brunswick
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from New Brunswick
Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada
Officers of the Order of Canada
People from Gloucester County, New Brunswick