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The Right Honourable Roméo LeBlanc CC CMM CD (born 1927 in Memramcook, New Brunswick) is a former Governor General of Canada.

LeBlanc was made Governor General on February 8. 1995, the first Acadian and the first from the Maritimes to hold that post. He resigned from that position in 1999, citing health reasons.

1 Earlier career

LeBlanc was a teacher, before becoming a journalist. After working for Radio-Canada, he served as press secretary for two Prime Ministers: Lester B. Pearson and Pierre Trudeau.

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His appointment as Governor General by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien was criticized as being little more than a patronage gift. In the 1993 Canadian election LeBlanc had been one of the chief archetects of the Liberal Party's election strategy, and was one of the most fierce partisans. In 1995 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.

The office of Governor General is supposed to be above politics, but critics alleged LeBlanc only got the job for being a "good Liberal" and serving Chrétien's and the party so loyally for so many years.

His son, Dominic LeBlanc became a Liberal MP in 2000.