Francis G. LeBlanc was a member of the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1988 to 1997.

LeBlanc won the Cape Breton Highlands—Canso

Cape Breton Highlands—Canso

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 electoral district

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 for the Liberal party

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 in the 1988

Canadian federal election, 1988

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 and 1993 federal elections

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The Cape Breton Highlands-Canso riding was redistributed for the 1997 federal election

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, in which LeBlanc campaigned for the Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough

Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough

Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004....

 riding. He lost to Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

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 candidate Peter G. MacKay. LeBlanc therefore left federal politics after serving in the 34th

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 and 35th Canadian Parliament

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