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

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, Cabinet member,

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and the first Acadian to be

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. Born in

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, the son of

Jean George Robichaud Jean George Robichaud (July 26, 1883 – August 6, 1969) was a fish merchant and political figure in New Brunswick. He represented Gloucester County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1917 to 1922 and Gloucester in the House o ...

and Amanda Boudreau, he received a B.A. from the Université Saint-Joseph, later the

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, in 1931. He first ran for the House of Commons as a

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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

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, 1958,

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wo ...

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 Co ...

and

1965 elections The following elections occurred in 1965. Africa * 1965 Basutoland general election * 1965 Bechuanaland general election * 1965 Burundian legislative election * 1965 Cameroonian presidential election * 1965 Democratic Republic of the Congo ge ...

. 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.

Electoral record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Robichaud, Hedard 1911 births 1999 deaths Acadian people 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