Louis Joseph Robichaud

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Robichaud, Louis Joseph
Louis Joseph Robichaud, lawyer, politician, premier of NB 1960-70, senator (b at St-Antoine, NB 21 Oct 1925). Educated at Sacré Coeur U and Laval, he practised law and was elected MLA for Kent County in 1952. Elected leader of the NB Liberal Party in 1958, he led it to victory over Hugh J. FLEMMING, 1960, and served as attorney general, 1960-65, and minister of youth, 1968. The first Acadian elected premier of NB (1960), he introduced far-reaching social reforms through the centralizing Programme of Equal Opportunity.

His Liberal government modernized liquor laws, abolished the Hospital Premium Tax, passed an Official Languages Act, established U de Moncton, increased Acadian administrative influence, and encouraged the mining and forest industries. In 1970 the Liberals were defeated by Richard HATFIELD and Robichaud resigned as party leader and MLA in 1971 to become chairman of the Canadian section of the INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSSION.

In 1973 he was appointed to the Senate, where he continued to support bilingualism and national unity. Robichaud was named a Companion in the Order of Canada in 1971.

Robichaud, Louis
Robichaud, Louis
Louis Robichaud when he was a senator (courtesy CP).

Author DELLA M.M. STANLEY


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