Pierre-Évariste Leblanc

PremierLomer GouinPreceded byFrançois LangelierSucceeded byCharles FitzpatrickMember of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for LavalIn office
October 30, 1882 – June 13, 1883Preceded byLouis-Onésime LorangerSucceeded byAmédée GabouryIn office
July 14, 1884 – June 8, 1908Preceded byAmédée GabourySucceeded byJoseph Wenceslas LevesqueLeader of the Official Opposition of QuebecIn office
1905 – June 8, 1908Preceded byEdmund James FlynnSucceeded byJoseph-Mathias TellierSpeaker of the Legislative Assembly of QuebecIn office
April 26, 1892 – November 23, 1897Preceded byFélix-Gabriel MarchandSucceeded byJules Tessier Personal detailsBorn(1853-08-10)August 10, 1853
DiedOctober 18, 1918(1918-10-18) (aged 65)
Sillery, QuebecPolitical partyConservativeSpouse Children3ResidenceLaval, QuebecOccupationteacher, lawyerProfessionpolitician

Sir Pierre-Évariste Leblanc, KCMG KC (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.^[1] Leblanc was buried at cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges in Montreal.^[1]

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

Elections as party leader

He lost the 1908 election.

See also

• Politics of Quebec
• List of Quebec general elections
• List of Quebec leaders of the Opposition
• Timeline of Quebec history

References

External links

• "Pierre-Évariste Leblanc". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.