Hédard Joseph Robichaud (2 November 1911 – 16 August 1999) was an

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-Canadian Member of Parliament, Cabinet member,

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and the first Acadian to be

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. Born in Shippagan, New Brunswick, the son of Jean George Robichaud and Amanda Boudreau, he received a B.A. from the Université Saint-Joseph, later the University 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

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, New Brunswick and lost. He was elected in the 1953 federal election, and was re-elected in the

1957 Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the thir ...

1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...

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 24th lieutenant governor of New Brunswick. He served in that position until 1981. In 1985, he was made an officer of the

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. He was the husband of Gertrude Léger (1916–2011) and the father of nine.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Robichaud, Hedard 1911 births 1999 deaths Politicians of Acadian descent Canadian senators from New Brunswick Liberal Party of Canada MPs Liberal Party of Canada senators Lieutenant governors of New Brunswick Members of the House of Commons of Canada from New Brunswick Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada Officers of the Order of Canada People from Gloucester County, New Brunswick 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada 20th-century members of the Senate of Canada