Hédard Robichaud
Hédard Robichaud | |
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Official 1966 portrait | |
| Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick | |
| In office 8 October 1971 – 23 December 1981 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governors 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 28 June 1968 – 8 October 1971 | |
| Appointed by | Pierre Trudeau |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Gloucester | |
| In office 10 August 1953 – 25 June 1968 | |
| Preceded by | Albany Robichaud |
| Succeeded by | Herb Breau |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hédard Joseph Robichaud 2 November 1911 Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Died | 16 August 1999 (aged 87) Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
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Hédard Joseph Robichaud PC OC (2 November 1911 – 16 August 1999) was an Acadian-Canadian Member of Parliament, Cabinet member, Senator and the first Acadian to be Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick.
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 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.
He was the husband of Gertrude Léger (1916–2011) and the father of nine.