Pierre-Évariste Leblanc Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Sir
Pierre-Évariste Leblanc
Order:11th
Office:Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
Predecessor:François Langelier
Successor:Charles Fitzpatrick
Term Start:February 8, 1915
Term End:October 18, 1918
Premier:Lomer Gouin
Office2:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Laval
Predecessor2:Louis-Onésime Loranger
Successor2:Amédée Gaboury
Term Start2:October 30, 1882
Term End2:June 13, 1883
Predecessor3:Amédée Gaboury
Successor3:Joseph Wenceslas Levesque
Term Start3:July 14, 1884
Term End3:June 8, 1908
Office4:Leader of the Official Opposition of Quebec
Predecessor4:Edmund James Flynn
Successor4:Joseph-Mathias Tellier
Term Start4:1905
Term End4:June 8, 1908
Office5:Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec
Predecessor5:Félix-Gabriel Marchand
Successor5:Jules Tessier
Term Start5:April 26, 1892
Term End5:November 23, 1897
Birth Date:10 August 1853
Death Place:Sillery, Quebec
Nationality:Canadian
Party:Conservative
Children:3
Residence:Laval, Quebec
Profession:politician

Sir Pierre-Évariste Leblanc, (August 10, 1853 – October 18, 1918) was born in Saint-Martin (today part of Laval, Quebec).[1]

He was a Quebec Conservative Party leader but never premier. First elected to the Legislative Assembly in a by-election 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 Lieutenant Governor of Quebec from February 12, 1915, until his death in Spencer Wood, Sillery, in 1918. Leblanc was buried at cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges in Montreal.

Prior to his political career, Leblanc was a teacher and a lawyer.

Elections as party leader

He lost the 1908 election.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biographie : Pierre-Évariste Leblanc (1853-1918). Assemblée nationale du Québec. www.assnat.qc.ca. fr. 11 September 2019.