Pierre-Évariste Leblanc

Sir Pierre-Évariste Leblanc
11th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
In office February 8, 1915 – October 18, 1918
Monarch	George V
Governor General	the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn The Duke of Devonshire
Premier	Lomer Gouin
Preceded by	François Langelier
Succeeded by	Charles Fitzpatrick
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Laval
In office October 30, 1882 – June 13, 1883
Preceded by	Louis-Onésime Loranger
Succeeded by	Amédée Gaboury
In office July 14, 1884 – June 8, 1908
Preceded by	Amédée Gaboury
Succeeded by	Joseph Wenceslas Levesque
Leader of the Official Opposition of Quebec
In office 1905 – June 8, 1908
Preceded by	Edmund James Flynn
Succeeded by	Joseph-Mathias Tellier
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec
In office April 26, 1892 – November 23, 1897
Preceded by	Félix-Gabriel Marchand
Succeeded by	Jules Tessier
Personal details
Born	(1853-08-10)August 10, 1853 Saint-Martin (Laval), Lower Canada
Died	Sillery, Quebec
Nationality	Canadian
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Josephine-Hermine Beaudry (m. 1886)
Children	3
Residence	Laval, Quebec
Occupation	teacher, lawyer
Profession	politician

Sir Pierre-Évariste Leblanc, KCMG (August 10, 1853 – October 18, 1918) was born in Saint-Martin (today part of Laval, Quebec).

He was a Quebec Conservative Party leader but never premier. First elected to the Legislative Assembly in a by-election in 1882 in the riding of Laval, he served as leader of the Opposition from 1905 to 1908, when he lost the 1908 election and his own seat. Served as the 11th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec from February 12, 1915 until his death in Montreal 1918.

Prior to his political career, Leblanc was a teacher and a lawyer.

Elections as party leader

He lost the 1908 election.

See also

• Politics of Quebec
• List of Quebec general elections
• List of Quebec leaders of the Opposition
• Timeline of Quebec history