New Brunswick Society - Members of the Order of New Brunswick, Organizations Based in New Brunswick, Religion in New Brunswick (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Members of the Order of New Brunswick, Organizations based in New Brunswick, Religion in New Brunswick, David Adams Richards, Bernard Lord, Frank McKenna, Romeo LeBlanc, Willie O'Ree, Demographics of New Brunswick, K. C. Irving, Richard Hatfield, Gordon Fairweather, Louis Robichaud, Molly Lamb Bobak, New Brunswick Association of English-speaking Canadians, Brenda Robertson, New Brunswick Scottish Cultural Association, Hermenegilde Chiasson, Reuben Cohen, Claudette Bradshaw, Marilyn Trenholme Counsell, Antonine Maillet, Margaret McCain, Conduct Becoming, Fred Cogswell, Graydon Nicholas, Harrison McCain, Viola Leger, Wallace McCain, Petitcodiac Riverkeeper, James Irving, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Moncton, New Brunswick Interscholastic Athletic Association, Tantramar Heritage Trust, Carleton County Historical Society, New Brunswick Curling Association. Excerpt: Romeo-Adrien LeBlanc (December 18, 1927 - June 24, 2009) was a Canadian journalist, politician, and statesman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 25th since Canadian Confederation. LeBlanc was born and educated on Canada's east coast and also studied in France prior to becoming a teacher and then a reporter for Radio-Canada. He was subsequently elected to the House of Commons in 1972, whereafter he served as a minister of the Crown until 1984, when he was moved to the Senate and became that chamber's Speaker. He was in 1994 appointed as governor general by Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, on the recommendation of Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chretien, to replace Ramon John Hnatyshyn as viceroy, and he occupied the post until succeeded by Adrienne Clarkson in 1999, citing his health as the reason for his stepping down. His appointment as the Queen's representative caused some controversy, due to perceptions of political favouritism, though he was pra...