Hon. Louis Joseph Robichaud PC CC

Rank:	25th
Term of Office:	July 12, 1960 - November 11, 1970
Predecessor:	Hugh John Flemming
Successor:	Richard Hatfield
Date of Birth:	October 21, 1925
Place of Birth:	St-Antoine, New Brunswick
Date of Death:	January 6, 2005
Place of Death:	Sainte-Anne-de-Kent, New Brunswick
Spouse:	Jacqueline Robichaud
Profession:	Lawyer
Political Party:	Liberal

The Honourable Louis Joseph Robichaud, PC , CC , QC , BA , LL.D (October 21, 1925 - January 6, 2005), popularly known as "Little Louis" or "Ti-Louis" (due both for his short height and his sharing a name with "Uncle Louis" St. Laurent), was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as Premier of New Brunswick from 1960 to 1970. Elected to the New Brunswick legislature in 1952, he became provincial Liberal leader in 1958 and led his party to victory in 1960, 1963 and 1967 before its defeat by Richard Hatfield's Conservatives in 1970. Image File history File links Louis J. Robichaud as premier of New Brunswick File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 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The first Acadian premier of New Brunswick since Peter J. Veniot and the first to win an election, Robichaud modernized the province's hospitals and public schools and introduced a wide range of social reforms. The Liberals also passed an act in 1969 making New Brunswick officially bilingual. “Language rights," he said when he introduced the legislation, "are more than legal rights. They are precious cultural rights, going deep into the revered past and touching the historic traditions of all our people.” The Acadians (French: Acadiens) are the original French settlers of parts of the northeastern region of North America comprising what is now the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. ... Peter John Veniot (October 4, 1863-July 6, 1936) was a New Brunswick journalist and politician and the first Acadian premier of the province. ... An election is a decision making process whereby people vote for preferred political candidates or parties to act as representatives in government. ... A physician visiting the sick in a hospital. ... The term public school has different meanings: In Scotland, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and most other English-speaking nations, a public school is a school which is financed and run by the government and does not charge tuition fees. ... Reform movement is a kind of social movement that aims to make a change in certain aspects of the society rather than fundamental changes. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... Bilingualism in Canada refers to laws and policies of the federal government – and some other levels of government – mandating that certain services and communications be available to the public in both English and French. ...

Robichaud also restructured the municipal tax regime, ending the ability of business of playing one municipality against another in order to extract the lowest tax rates. He also expanded the government and sought to ensure that the quality of health care, education and social services was the same across the province -- a programme he called equal opportunity, which is still a political buzz phrase in New Brunswick. "When I first realized that there was absolutely no equal opportunity, no equality, in New Brunswick," he recalled in the 1980s, "well, I had to come to the conclusion that something had to be done immediately." A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... A tax is a compulsory charge or other levy imposed on an individual or a legal entity by a state or a functional equivalent of a state (e. ... Health care or healthcare is the prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical and allied health professions [1]. The healthcare industry is one of the worlds largest and fastest-growing industries, consuming over 10... Equal opportunity is a descriptive term for an approach intended to give equal access to an environment or benefits, such as education, employment, health care, or social welfare to all, often with emphasis on members of various social groups which might have at some time suffered from discrimination. ... A buzzword (also known as a fashion word) is an idiom, often a neologism, commonly used in technical, administrative, and sometimes political environments. ...

He was instrumental in the creation of the Université de Moncton in 1963. The Université de Moncton is a French language university in Moncton, New Brunswick serving the Acadian community of Atlantic Canada. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Robichaud's official photograph as Senator

In 1969, a high school was named in his honour in Shediac, New Brunswick. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... Shediac, New Brunswick is a town located at a Latitude of 46°13 North and Longitude of 64°32 West in Shediac Parish, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada on Northumberland Strait. ...

In 1971, upon resigning from the legislature, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada and Canadian chairman of the International Joint Commission, a post he held until being called to the Senate of Canada on December 21, 1973. He sat in the Senate until his mandatory retirement from the Upper House on October 21, 2000 upon reaching his seventy-fifth birthday. 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... The Order of Canada is Canadas highest civilian honour, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the Orders Latin motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam, which means, They desire a better country. ... The International Joint Commission is an independent binational organization established by the United States and Canada under the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909. ... The Senate of Canada is the upper house of the Parliament of Canada. ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... An upper house (Frequently known as a Senate) is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house. ... October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 71 days remaining. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

He was a resident of New Brunswick at the time of his death of cancer at the Hôpital Stella-Maris-de-Kent in Sainte-Anne-de-Kent, near his birth place of St-Antoine, New Brunswick. The cancer had been discovered only a few weeks before his death. When normal cells are damaged or old they undergo apoptosis; cancer cells, however, avoid apoptosis. ...

External links

• CBC Obituary
• Province of New Brunswick biography
• Federal Political Exeprience - Senate of Canada