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Roméo-Adrien LeBlanc PC CC CMM ONB CD (December 18, 1927 – June 24, 2009) [1] was a Canadian journalist and politician who served as Governor General of Canada from 1995 to 1999, the 25th since Canadian Confederation . LeBlanc was born and educated in New Brunswick, and also studied in France prior to becoming a teacher and then a reporter ...
Roméo LeBlanc once more went back to the farm and helped to stabilize the family financially. He taught at the Provincial Normal School in Fredericton from 1955 until 1959. During these years, he came to know the English community in Fredericton well and built friendships among the Acadian communities throughout the province.
Roméo LeBlanc’s son, Dominic LeBlanc, is a lawyer and has been a Member of Parliament for the riding of Beauséjour, New Brunswick since 2000. In 2008, he was one of many candidates competing to succeed Stéphane Dion as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada , but withdrew his candidacy before the race was over and threw his support to Michael Ignatieff .
Jun 24, 2009 · Roméo LeBlanc, the former governor general, is shown beside his official portrait during an unveiling ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Feb. 20, 2003. LeBlanc was the 25th representative of ...
The Right Honourable Roméo LeBlanc passed away on June 24, 2009. He was married to Diana Fowler LeBlanc. Mr. LeBlanc and his spouse each had two children from previous marriages. Mr. LeBlanc earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Education at l'Université St-Joseph, Memramcook, and studied French civilization at l'Université de Paris.
Jun 25, 2009 · Roméo LeBlanc was a leader and a path-breaker, first as a schoolteacher, then as a journalist, a beloved cabinet minister, a long-serving senator and finally as Canada's 25th governor general ...
Jun 24, 2009 · Mr. LeBlanc died after a slow decline from Alzheimer's disease. He was 81. Born in rural poverty in L'Anse-aux-Cormier, N. B., he was, as an Acadian, a member of a population that had been ...
