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Louis-Prudent-Alexandre Robichaud

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Louis-Prudent-Alexandre Robichaud
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Kent
In office
1935–1940
Preceded byTélésphore Arsenault
Succeeded byAurel D. Léger
Personal details
Born(1890-01-25)25 January 1890
Cocagne, New Brunswick
Died17 March 1971(1971-03-17) (aged 81)
Richibucto, New Brunswick
Political partyLiberal
Alma materUniversity of St. Joseph's College
Dalhousie University
Occupationlawyer

Louis-Prudent-Alexandre Robichaud (25 January 1890 – 17 March 1971) was a New Brunswick political figure and jurist.

Robichaud was born in Cocagne, New Brunswick. He was educated at the University of St. Joseph's College where he earned his Bachelor of Arts and at Dalhousie University where he graduated with a law degree. He began his law practice in Richibouctou-Village, New Brunswick in 1915.[1]

He first ran for federal office in the 1925 federal election but was defeated in Kent. He tried again in the same riding in the 1935 federal election and was returned to the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal MP. He did not run for re-election in the 1940 election. He sat on the province's war committee during the 1940s and, in 1950, was appointed a Probate court judge.[1] Robichaud died in 1971 in Richibucto.[2]

Electoral history

1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Louis P. Robichaud 6,504 68.2 +20.2
Conservative Telesphore Arsenault 4,884 16.7 -35.3
Independent Alexandre Joseph Doucet 1,442 15.1 *

References

  1. ^ a b University of New Brunswick archives Archived 2003-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Moncton Times, Moncton, NB, march 18, 1971, pg 3;voir aussi: Louis P. A. Robichaud - obituary, Moncton Times, Moncton, NB, March 19, 1971, pg 3.