Guy LeBlanc
MLA for Clare
In office
1984–1993
Preceded byChester Melanson
Succeeded byWayne Gaudet
Personal details
Born (1950-05-02) May 2, 1950
Saulnierville, Nova Scotia
Political partyProgressive Conservative

Guy Joseph LeBlanc (born May 2, 1950) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Clare in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1984 to 1993. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.[1]

Born in 1950 at Saulnierville, Nova Scotia,[2] LeBlanc was first elected in the 1984 provincial election,[3] and re-elected in 1988.[4] He was defeated by Liberal Wayne Gaudet when he ran for re-election in 1993.[5] LeBlanc was in the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as minister of environment,[6] minister of transportation,[7] minister of community services[8] and minister of education.[9] LeBlanc attempted a political comeback in the 1998 election,[10] but was again defeated by Gaudet.[11] In October 2000, LeBlanc was named regional education officer responsible for both the Acadian and Annapolis Valley Regional School Boards.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Electoral History for Clare" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Guy LeBlanc fonds". Archives Canada. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1984" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1984. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1988" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1988. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1993" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1993. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
    - "Liberal sweep claims cabinet ministers". The Chronicle Herald. May 26, 1993. Archived from the original on March 9, 2000. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Minister quits on eve of cabinet swearing-in". The Globe and Mail. November 27, 1985.
  7. ↑ "N.S. attorney-general gets less-prominent job". The Globe and Mail. February 5, 1987.
  8. ↑ "Controversial minister returns as Buchanan shuffles cabinet". The Globe and Mail. December 24, 1988.
  9. 1 2 "Former Tory cabinet member gets new job". CBC News. October 12, 2000. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Heavyweights duke it out in Acadian ridings". The Chronicle Herald. March 7, 1998. Archived from the original on January 24, 2005. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Election Returns, 1998 (Clare)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
    - "Grit veterans swept away by 'orange tide'". The Chronicle Herald. March 25, 1998. Archived from the original on January 24, 2005. Retrieved October 8, 2014.


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