Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc was a physician and political figure in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

, Canada. He represented Richmond County from 1916 to 1925 and Richmond County & Cape Breton West from 1925 to 1928 as a Liberal-Conservative member.

He was born in Arichat, Nova Scotia

Arichat, Nova Scotia

The village of Arichat is one of the oldest communities in Nova Scotia, dating back to the 18th century. It is a district of Richmond County on Isle Madame....

, the son of Benjamin LeBlanc and Virginia Landry. LeBlanc was educated at Saint Francis Xavier University and Dalhousie University

Dalhousie University

Dalhousie University is a public research university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The university comprises eleven faculties including Schulich School of Law and Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine. It also includes the faculties of architecture, planning and engineering located at...

. In 1922, he married Euphemia Brown MacMillan. LeBlanc served as a captain in the Canadian Army medical corps during World War I

World War I

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. He was a minister without portfolio

Minister without Portfolio

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in the province's Executive Council from 1925 to 1928. LeBlanc was physician for the port of Arichat from 1931 to 1946. He died in Arichat at the age of 67.