Cy (Richard) LeBlanc Bios - 56th Legislature

Cy (Richard) LeBlanc was born March 18, 1955, in Dieppe, N.B. He graduated from the Université de Moncton with a Bachelor's degree in Leisure Studies, and has taken other courses and seminars in the areas of professional sales, negotiations, time management, customer service and personnel management.

He has a strong background in sales management. He has worked in the areas of sales and promotions for Moosehead Breweries Limited covering the province of New Brunswick, the Maritime provinces, the Moncton area, and in the Acadian Peninsula. He is a past recreational director for the Village of Paquetville. His strong leadership and communication skills helped him to successfully promote several high profile special events, such as the World Acadian Congress in 1994.

He participates in many community activities. He was a member of the Moncton Alpines (Québec Major Hockey League) administration advisory board, the director of administration for the Dieppe Boys and Girls Club, the director of administration for the Tourism Industry Association of New Brunswick, a member of the Acadian Games organizing committee for both Dieppe and the Université de Moncton, and a member and the director of administration for Club Richelieu, in Tracadie and in Paquetville, to name a few.

He was the first student council president of the École d'éducation physique et de loisir of the Université de Moncton as well as a hockey and baseball coach.

A member of the Progressive Conservative Party, Mr. LeBlanc was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the provincial general election held on June 7, 1999, to represent the constituency of Dieppe-Memramcook. During the Fifty-Fourth Legislature, he was a member of the Standing Committee on Crown Corporations, the Standing Committee on the Ombudsman, and the Select Committee on Education.

He was re-elected June 9, 2003, to serve in the Fifty-Fifth Legislature. He was a member of the following Standing Committees: Public Accounts, Procedure, Legislative Administration and Law Amendments. He served on the Select Committees on Education, Health Care, and Public Automobile Insurance. He was a member of the Select Committee on Wood Supply. He was Deputy Speaker.

He was elected in the provincial election held September 18, 2006, as the first MLA to represent the new riding of Dieppe Centre-Lewisville. He is the opposition critic for areas of interest related to local government. He was opposition critic for areas of interest related to supply and services and Service New Brunswick. He is a member of the Legislative Administration Committee. From January 2007 until September 2009, he served as the Official Opposition Whip.

Mr. LeBlanc was vice-president of the New Brunswick section of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie. He was the first president designate of the New Brunswick-Québec Parliamentary Association.

Mr. LeBlanc with his wife Jocelyne Arseneau, a former resident of Inkerman, N.B., currently reside in Dieppe.

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