Hédard Robichaud Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Hédard Robichaud
Office1:Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
Monarch1:Elizabeth II
Governor General1:Roland Michener
Jules Léger
Edward Schreyer
Premier1:Richard Hatfield
Predecessor1:Wallace Samuel Bird
Successor1:George Stanley
Term Start1:October 8, 1971
Term End1:December 23, 1981
Office2:Senator for Gloucester, New Brunswick
Appointed2:Pierre Trudeau
Term Start2:June 28, 1968
Term End2:October 8, 1971
Constituency Mp3:Gloucester
Parliament3:Canadian
Predecessor3:Albany Robichaud
Successor3:Herb Breau
Term Start3:August 10, 1953
Term End3:June 25, 1968
Birth Date:2 November 1911
Birth Place:Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada
Birth Name:Hédard Joseph Robichaud
Death Place:Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
Party:Liberal
Father:Jean George Robichaud

Hédard Joseph Robichaud (November 2, 1911  - August 16, 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.