Guy LeBlanc (politician)

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

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| name = Guy LeBlanc

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|05|2}}

| birth_place = Saulnierville, Nova Scotia

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| office = MLA for Clare

| term_start = 1984

| term_end = 1993

| predecessor = Chester Melanson

| successor = Wayne Gaudet

| party = Progressive Conservative

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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.{{cite web|url=http://nslegislature.ca/pdfs/about/ConstituencyHistories/clare-digby.pdf|title=Electoral History for Clare|publisher=Nova Scotia Legislative Library|accessdate=2015-06-29|archive-date=August 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823064832/http://nslegislature.ca/pdfs/about/ConstituencyHistories/clare-digby.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Born in 1950 at Saulnierville, Nova Scotia,{{cite web|url=https://archivescanada.accesstomemory.ca/guy-leblanc-fonds|title=Guy LeBlanc fonds|publisher=Archives Canada|accessdate=2018-05-07}} LeBlanc was first elected in the 1984 provincial election,{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201984.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1984|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1984|accessdate=2014-10-08}} and re-elected in 1988.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201988.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1988|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1988|accessdate=2014-10-08}} He was defeated by Liberal Wayne Gaudet when he ran for re-election in 1993.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201993.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1993|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1993|accessdate=2014-10-08}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1993/05/26+107.raw+PE93Elect|title=Liberal sweep claims cabinet ministers|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=May 26, 1993|accessdate=2014-10-08|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000309020548/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1993%2F05%2F26+107.raw+PE93Elect|archivedate=March 9, 2000|url-status=dead}} LeBlanc was in the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as minister of environment,{{cite news|title=Minister quits on eve of cabinet swearing-in|work=The Globe and Mail|date=November 27, 1985}} minister of transportation,{{cite news|title=N.S. attorney-general gets less-prominent job|work=The Globe and Mail|date=February 5, 1987}} minister of community services{{cite news|title=Controversial minister returns as Buchanan shuffles cabinet|work=The Globe and Mail|date=December 24, 1988}} and minister of education.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/former-tory-cabinet-member-gets-new-job-1.221307|title=Former Tory cabinet member gets new job|publisher=CBC News|date=October 12, 2000|accessdate=2014-10-08}} LeBlanc attempted a political comeback in the 1998 election,{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1998/03/07+182.raw+PE98Mar07+2|title=Heavyweights duke it out in Acadian ridings|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=March 7, 1998|accessdate=2014-10-08|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050124004940/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1998%2F03%2F07+182.raw+PE98Mar07+2|archivedate=January 24, 2005|url-status=dead}} but was again defeated by Gaudet.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/Dist13.pdf|title=Election Returns, 1998 (Clare)|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|accessdate=2014-10-08}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1998/03/25+270.raw+PE98Mar25+2|title=Grit veterans swept away by 'orange tide'|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=March 25, 1998|accessdate=2014-10-08|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050124010502/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1998%2F03%2F25+270.raw+PE98Mar25+2|archivedate=January 24, 2005|url-status=dead}} In October 2000, LeBlanc was named regional education officer responsible for both the Acadian and Annapolis Valley Regional School Boards.