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Sir Pierre-Évariste Leblanc, (; August 10, 1853 – October 18, 1918) was born in Saint-Martin (today part of
Laval, Quebec Laval is a city in Quebec, Canada. It is in the southwest of the province, north of Montreal. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third-largest city in the province after Montreal and Quebec City, and the thirteenth largest city in Can ...
). He was a Quebec Conservative Party leader but never premier. First elected to the Legislative Assembly in a
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in 1882 in the riding of Laval, he served as leader of the Opposition from 1905 to 1908, when he lost the 1908 election and his own seat. Served as the 11th
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from February 12, 1915, until his death in Spencer Wood, Sillery, in 1918. Leblanc was buried at cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges in
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. Prior to his political career, Leblanc was a
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and a
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.


Elections as party leader

He lost the 1908 election.


See also

*
Politics of Quebec The politics of Quebec are centred on a provincial government resembling that of the other Canadian provinces, namely a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy. The capital of Quebec is Quebec City, where the Lieutenant Governor, Pr ...
* List of Quebec general elections * List of Quebec leaders of the Opposition *
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* * 1853 births 1918 deaths Burials at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery Canadian Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Canadian King's Counsel Lieutenant governors of Quebec Conservative Party of Quebec MNAs Presidents of the National Assembly of Quebec Lawyers in Quebec Quebec political party leaders Université de Montréal alumni 19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec 20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec {{Conservative-Quebec-MNA-stub