Hédard Robichaud

The Hon. Hédard Robichaud

Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
In office October 8, 1971 – December 23, 1981
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor General	Roland Michener Jules Léger Edward Schreyer
Premier	Richard Hatfield
Preceded by	Wallace Samuel Bird
Succeeded by	George Stanley
Senator for Gloucester, New Brunswick
In office June 28, 1968 – October 8, 1971
Appointed by	Pierre Trudeau
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Gloucester
In office August 10, 1953 – June 25, 1968
Preceded by	Albany Robichaud
Succeeded by	Herb Breau
Personal details
Born	Hédard Joseph Robichaud (1911-11-02)November 2, 1911 Shippegan, New Brunswick
Died	August 16, 1999(1999-08-16) (aged 87) Bathurst, New Brunswick
Nationality	Canadian
Political party	Liberal
Relations	Jean George Robichaud, father

Hédard Joseph Robichaud, PC OC (November 2, 1911 – August 16, 1999) was an Acadian-Canadian Member of Parliament, Cabinet member, Senator and the first Acadian to be Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick.

Born in Shippegan, 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 Gloucester, New Brunswick and lost. He was elected in the 1953 federal election, and was re-elected in the 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963 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 Order of Canada.^[1]

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

References

↑ Order of Canada citation

External links

Hédard Robichaud – Parliament of Canada biography

Lieutenant Governors of New Brunswick

Post-Confederation (1867–present)

Governors before Confederation (1786–1866)

Ministers of Fisheries and Oceans

Ministers of Marine and Fisheries (1867–1930)¹	Mitchell Smith Pope McLelan Foster Tupper Costigan Davies Sutherland Préfontaine Laurier (acting) Brodeur Lemieux Hazen Ballantyne Lapointe Cardin Black (acting) Patenaude (acting) Cardin (acting)

Ministers of Marine (1930–1936)²	Cardin Duranleau Gendron Howe

Ministers of Fisheries (1930–1969)	Macmillan Rhodes Duranleau (acting) Stirling (acting) Ernst Michaud Bertrand Bridges Bertrand (acting) Gregg MacKinnon Mayhew Sinclair MacLean Robichaud Davis

Minister of Fisheries and Forestry (1969–1971)	Davis

Ministers of the Environment (1971–1976)³	Davis Sauvé LeBlanc (acting) Marchand LeBlanc (acting)

Ministers of State (Fisheries) (1974–1976)	LeBlanc

Minister of Fisheries and the Environment (1976–1979)	LeBlanc

Ministers of Fisheries and Oceans (1979–2015)	LeBlanc McGrath LeBlanc de Bané Breau Fraser Nielsen Siddon Valcourt Crosbie Reid Tobin Dingwall (acting) Mifflin Anderson Dhaliwal Thibault Regan Hearn Shea Ashfield Shea

Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard (2015–)	Tootoo

¹The office of Minister of Marine and Fisheries was abolished and the offices of Minister of Fisheries and Minister of Marine were created in 1930 ²The offices of Minister of Marine and Minister of Railways and Canals were abolished and the office of Minister of Transport was created in 1936 ³From 1971 to 1976 the Minister of the Environment was also the Minister of Fisheries.

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