Ovide Le Blanc was a notary and political figure in Quebec

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. He represented Beauharnois

Beauharnois (electoral district)

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 in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada

Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada

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 from 1851 to 1854.

He was born in Champlain, Quebec

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, the son of Étienne Le Blanc

Étienne Le Blanc

Étienne Le Blanc was a merchant, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Saint-Maurice in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1814 to 1816....

 and Josette Richerville, and grew up in Trois-Rivières

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. Le Blanc apprenticed as a notary at Quebec City

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 and received his commission to practice in 1822. He practised in Trois-Rivières, Beauharnois

Beauharnois, Quebec

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, Montreal

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 and Portage-du-Fort

Portage-du-Fort, Quebec

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. He served as lieutenant in the militia. Le Blanc was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the legislative assembly in 1844. He was unsuccessful when he ran for reelection in 1854. Le Blanc served as a member of the commission to reimburse people who had suffered losses during the Lower Canada Rebellion

Lower Canada Rebellion

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. In 1845, he married Sophie Lindsay, the daughter of William Lindsay. Le Blanc probably died at Portage-du-Fort.