Nic Leblanc (born 15 November 1941) was a member of the
House of Commons of Canada
The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada.
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from 1984 to 1997. He is a businessperson by career.
Born in
Sainte-Monique, Quebec, Leblanc was first elected in the
Longueuil electoral district under the
Progressive Conservative party in the
1984 federal election.
He was re-elected in the
1988 federal election, only to leave the Progressive Conservative party on 26 June 1990 following the implosion of the
Meech Lake Accord. In December that same year he would join the separatist
Bloc Québécois
The Bloc Québécois (BQ; , "Québécois people, Quebecer Voting bloc, Bloc") is a list of federal political parties in Canada, federal political party in Canada devoted to Quebec nationalism and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty movement, Que ...
party in Parliament.
Leblanc won another election in Longueuil
riding in
1993
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. But in 1997, he left the Bloc Québécois and sat as an "independent sovereigntist" in the House of Commons. He did not seek re-election when the
36th Canadian Parliament
The 36th Canadian Parliament was in session from September 22, 1997, until October 22, 2000. The membership was set by the 1997 federal election on June 2, 1997, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dis ...
ended later that year. In his varied Canadian political career, Leblanc served in the
33rd,
34th and
35th Canadian Parliament
The 35th Canadian Parliament was in session from January 17, 1994, until April 27, 1997. The membership was set by the 1993 federal election on October 25, 1993, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dis ...
s.
After some time out of Canadian politics, Leblanc joined the
Canadian Alliance on 28 August 2000.
He campaigned in the
Saint-Lambert electoral district during the
2000
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, but lost to
Liberal candidate
Yolande Thibeault
Yolande Thibeault (born October 8, 1939 in Montreal, Quebec) is a journalist and politician in Quebec, Canada. She was elected a Member of Parliament of the House of Commons of Canada for the Saint-Lambert Riding in the 1997 general election. S ...
.
In the
2007 Quebec elections, Leblanc was the
Liberal candidate for
National Assembly of Quebec in the
Marie-Victorin riding. He was defeated, finishing in a distant third place.
References
External links
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CBC News Canada Votes 2006: Longueuil
1941 births
Living people
Bloc Québécois MPs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
People from Longueuil
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