Hédard Robichaud

Hédard-Joseph Robichaud PC OC (born November 2, 1911 in Shippagan , New Brunswick , † August 16, 1999 ) was a Canadian economic manager , administrator and politician of the Liberal Party of Canada , the member of the lower house , member of the Senate , minister and lieutenant governor of New Brunswick was.

Life

Robichaud, son of the academic fishmonger and Member of the House of Commons, Jean George Robichaud , graduated from the Université Saint-Joseph with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree. A subsequent postgraduate study of law at the Université de Moncton he completed in 1931 with a doctorate in law (LL.D.). He then entered the public service and worked in the fisheries administration as a fisheries inspector and later as the director of the fisheries administration, but also as an economic manager.

On May 26, 1952, Robichaud ran unsuccessfully as a candidate for the Liberal Party in a by-election in the Gloucester constituency for a seat in the House of Commons. In the subsequent general election on August 10, 1953 , he was elected a member of the lower house in this constituency and was a member of the lower house until June 28, 1968, after he had previously waived a renewed candidacy in the general election on June 25, 1968 .

On April 22, 1963, Robichaud was appointed Minister of Fisheries to the 19th Cabinet of Canada by Prime Minister Lester Pearson and also held this ministerial office in the 20th Canadian government formed on April 20, 1968 by Pearson's successor Pierre Trudeau until July 5, 1968.

After leaving the House of Commons, he became a member of the Senate on June 28, 1968 on the proposal of Prime Minister Trudeau and represented the Gloucester Senate district until October 8, 1971 . On October 8, 1971, he resigned his Senate mandate after replacing Wallace Samuel Bird with lieutenant governor of New Brunswick . He held this office until November 12, 1981 and his replacement by George Stanley on December 23, 1981. Robichaud was appointed Officer of the Order of Canada on June 24, 1985 for his longstanding political services .

His great cousin is Fernand Robichaud , who was also a member of the House of Commons and has been an acting member of the Senate since September 23, 1997 .

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