Louis Robichaud

Louis Joseph Robichaud, PC, CC, ONB, QC ( born October 21, 1925 in Saint -Antoine, New Brunswick, Canada, † January 6, 2005 ) was a Canadian politician.

Biography

Robichaud began his political career when he was first elected as a candidate of the New Brunswick Liberal Association at the age of 27 years with the elections to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick on September 22, 1952 Members. In October 1958 he was appointed chairman of the New Brunswick Liberal Association, the organization of the Liberal Party of Canada in the province, and was elected in the elections to the Legislative Assembly on June 27, 1960 their top candidate.

After the Liberals for the first time since 1948 again received the majority of seats, Robichaud on July 12, 1960 Prime Minister of New Brunswick. This post he held after the electoral success of his party until 11 November 1970. He was so after Peter Veniot the first prime minister since the 1920s, was among the Acadians with Breton -Norman ancestors.

As prime minister, he introduced the controversial Equal Opportunity Program (Equal Opportunity Program ). At the beginning of his tenure, the municipalities and districts in the Acadian north of the province were marked because of lying on the edge of bankruptcy of public spending lower than average services, from education to health care. The equal opportunity program led to changes in the total tax and social structures of the province with the result that the responsibility for education, hospital services, welfare and justice under the jurisdiction of the provincial government a lot to ensure that all residents of the province were given equal access to these services.

The named because of its small body size " Little Louis " Robichaud also reached national prominence with the adoption of the Official Official Languages ​​Act ( Official Languages ​​Act ) of 1969 in which the control of the Federal Government was adopted for bilingualism in Canada for the province.

1965 there was an uproar among the parties represented in Parliament because of the introduction of a new flag of New Brunswick.

After ten years in office, his party suffered in the elections to the Legislative Assembly on 26 October 1970, a defeat and reached only 26 of the 58 parliamentary seats. On November 11, 1970 he was succeeded by Richard Bennett Hatfield of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick as prime minister of the province. A short time later, he laid down his mandate in the Legislative Assembly.

On 21 December 1973 he was appointed on the proposal of Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau to representatives of New Brunswick in the Canadian Senate and was part of this until 21 October 2000. As a representative of the Liberal Party, he devoted himself in particular to the interests of the Acadian region of L' Acadie.

For his services he was appointed Companion of the Order, among others, for of Canada.