Louis Robichaud
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Louis Joseph Robichaud MLA |
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| 25th Premier of New Brunswick | |
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In office July 12, 1960 – November 11, 1970 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Lieutenant Governor |
Joseph Leonard O'Brien John B. McNair Wallace Samuel Bird |
| Preceded by | Hugh John Flemming |
| Succeeded by | Richard Hatfield |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick | |
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In office September 22, 1952 – April 30, 1971 Serving with Isaie Melanson, Hugh A. Dysart, André F. Richard, Camille Bordage, Alan R. Graham |
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| Preceded by | J. Killeen McKee |
| Succeeded by | Omer Léger |
| Constituency | Kent |
| Senator for Saint-Louis-de-Kent, New Brunswick | |
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In office December 21, 1973 – October 21, 2000 |
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| Appointed by | Pierre Trudeau |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 21, 1925 Saint-Antoine, New Brunswick |
| Died | January 6, 2005 (aged 79) Sainte-Anne-de-Kent, New Brunswick |
| Political party | Liberal Party of New Brunswick |
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| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Louis Joseph Robichaud, PC, CC, QC (October 21, 1925 – January 6, 2005), popularly known as "Little Louis" or "P'tit-Louis" (due both to his short stature and to his sharing a name with "Uncle Louis" St. Laurent), was the second Acadian Premier of New Brunswick, serving from 1960 to 1970.
With the Equal Opportunity program, the language rights act of 1969 establishing New Brunswick as an officially bilingual province, and for his role in the creation of the Université de Moncton, Robichaud is credited with ushering in major social reform in New Brunswick.
At the age of 14, Robichaud left home to enter the Juvénat Saint-Jean-Eudes in Bathurst to study for a career in the Church. After his third year at the school, he decided instead to pursue a political career. He attended the Collège du Sacré-Coeur (now part of the Université de Moncton) and graduated in 1947 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He then went on to study economics and political science at Université Laval. He articled with a law firm in Bathurst for three years and, upon being admitted to the bar, practised law for a short period of time in Richibucto.
Elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in 1952, he became provincial Liberal leader in 1958 and led his party to victory in 1960, 1963 and 1967 before being defeated by Richard Hatfield's Conservatives in the 1970 election.
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