- Hédard Robichaud
Hédard Joseph Robichaud, PC, OC (
November 2 ,1911 –August 16 ,1999 ) was anAcadian -Canadian Member of Parliament, Cabinet member, Senator and the first Acadian to beLieutenant Governor ofNew Brunswick .Born in
Shippegan, New Brunswick , the son ofJean George Robichaud and Amanda Boudreau, he received a B.A. from the Université Saint-Joseph, later theUniversity of Moncton , in 1931.He first ran for the House of Commons as a Liberal candidate in a 1952 by-election in the riding of Gloucester, New Brunswick and lost. He was elected in the 1953 federal election, and was re-elected in the 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963 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 twenty-fourth Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick. He served in that position until 1981.
In 1985, he was made an Officer of the
Order of Canada .He was the husband of Gertrude Léger and the father of nine.
External links
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?Language=E&query=1606&s=M Federal Political Biography from the Library of Parliament]
* [http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=1442 Order of Canada Citation]s-ttl|title=
Member of Parliament for Gloucester
years=1953–1968
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