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Diana Fowler LeBlanc

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Diana Fowler LeBlanc CC (born 1940 in Toronto) is the widow of former Governor General of Canada, Roméo LeBlanc, during whose term she was a Viceregal consort.

During the 1960s she was in the broadcasting industry, stationed at the Paris offices of Radio-Canada and then the London office of CBC.

Education

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Awards and recognition

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  • 1995: Companion of the Order of Canada and Dame of Justice of the Order of St. John, due to position as Viceregal consort (Governor General's Spouse).
  • 1998: University of Ottawa, Honorary Doctorate

Arms

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Coat of arms of Diana Fowler LeBlanc
Crest
A coronet the upper rim set with maple leaves Argent alternating with thistle flowers Purpure
Escutcheon
Argent on a bend plumetty of eagle feathers Argent and Sable cotised Sable a mullet Argent fimbriated Purpure in canton the whole between two roses Purpure seeded Or barbed Vert
Supporters
Upon a rock proper set with maple saplings Argent leaved Purpure tipped with a fleur-de-lis Argent on either side a Siberian snow tiger winged of eagle wings all Argent and Sable armed Gules each gorged with a silk wreath Purpure and Argent pendant therefrom on the dexter an open book Argent bound Purpure on the sinister by a compass rose also Purpure
Motto
SUFFICIT VERITAS • ELIGITO TEMPUS
Latin: THE TRUTH SUFFICES • CHOOSE A WELL-CONSIDERED TIME
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  • "Mrs. Diana Fowler LeBlanc (biography)". Governor General of Canada. Archived from the original on 6 February 2007. Retrieved 25 March 2007.
  • "Biographies, Roméo LeBlanc and Diana Fowler LeBlanc". Newfoundland School for the Deaf. Archived from the original on 15 April 2007. Retrieved 25 March 2007.

See also

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Honorary titles
Preceded by Viceregal Consort of Canada
1995–1999
Succeeded by
Order of precedence
Preceded byas Former Governor General Canadian order of precedence
as Widow of Governor General
Succeeded byas Former Prime Minister