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{{Short description|Canadian politician (born 1967)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix    = [[The Honourable]]
| name                = Dominic LeBlanc
| honorific_suffix    = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|KC|MP|size=100%}}
| image               = Dominic LeBlanc (cropped) from DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Attends the U.S.-Canada Cross Border Crime Forum (53851012985).jpg
| caption             = LeBlanc in 2024
| office              = [[Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs and One Canadian Economy]]
| primeminister       = [[Mark Carney]]
| term_start          = May 13, 2025{{efn|LeBlanc has held the Intergovernmental Affairs portfolio under various titles since July 18, 2020, and from July 18, 2018 to November 20, 2019.}}
| term_end            = 
| predecessor         = 
| successor           = 
| office1             = [[President of the King's Privy Council for Canada]]{{efn|Stylized as President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada from 2018 to 2021}}
| primeminister1      = Mark Carney
| term_start1         = March 14, 2025
| term_end1           = 
| predecessor1        = [[Harjit Sajjan]]
| successor1          = 
| primeminister2      = [[Justin Trudeau]]
| term_start2         = July 18, 2018
| term_end2           = October 26, 2021
| predecessor2        = [[Karina Gould]]
| successor2          = [[Bill Blair (politician)|Bill Blair]]
| office3             = [[Minister of Internal Trade]]
| primeminister3      = Mark Carney
| term_start3         = September 16, 2025
| term_end3          = 
| predecessor3        = [[Chrystia Freeland]] (Transport and Internal Trade)
{{Collapsed infobox section begin|Other offices held|titlestyle = border:1px dashed lightgrey}}
| office4             = [[Minister of International Trade (Canada)|Minister of International Trade]] and Intergovernmental Affairs
| primeminister4      = Mark Carney
| term_start4         = March 14, 2025
| term_end4           = May 13, 2025
| predecessor4        = [[Mary Ng]] (Trade)<br />''Himself'' (Intergovernmental Affairs)
| successor4          = [[Maninder Sidhu]] (Trade)<br />''Himself'' (Intergovernmental Affairs{{efn|As Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs and One Canadian Economy}})
| office5             = [[Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs]]
| primeminister5      = Justin Trudeau
| term_start5         = December 20, 2024
| term_end5           = March 13, 2025
| predecessor5        = ''Himself''{{efn|As Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs}}
| successor5          = ''Himself''{{efn|As Minister of International Trade and Intergovernmental Affairs}}
| primeminister6      = Justin Trudeau
| term_start6         = August 18, 2020
| term_end6           = October 26, 2021
| predecessor6        = [[Chrystia Freeland]]
| successor6          = ''Himself''{{efn|As Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities}}
| office7             = [[Minister of Finance (Canada)|Minister of Finance]]
| primeminister7      = Justin Trudeau
| term_start7         = December 16, 2024
| term_end7           = March 14, 2025
| predecessor7        = Chrystia Freeland
| successor7         = [[François-Philippe Champagne]]
| office8             = Minister of [[Minister of Public Safety|Public Safety]], [[Minister of Democratic Institutions|Democratic Institutions]] and Intergovernmental Affairs
| primeminister8      = Justin Trudeau
| term_start8         = July 26, 2023
| term_end8           = December 20, 2024
| predecessor8        = [[Marco Mendicino]] (Public Safety)<br />Karina Gould (Democratic Institutions; 2019)<br />''Himself''{{efn|As Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities}}
| successor8          = [[David McGuinty]] (Public Safety)<br />[[Ruby Sahota]] (Democratic Institutions; 2019)<br />''Himself'' (Intergovernmental Affairs{{efn|As Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs}})
| office9             = Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, [[Minister of Infrastructure and Communities|Infrastructure and Communities]]
| primeminister9      = Justin Trudeau
| term_start9         = October 26, 2021
| term_end9           = July 26, 2023
| predecessor9        = [[Catherine McKenna]] (Infrastructure and Communities)<br />''Himself'' (Intergovernmental Affairs)
| successor9          = [[Sean Fraser (politician)|Sean Fraser]] (Infrastructure and Communities)<br />''Himself'' (Intergovernmental Affairs{{efn|As Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs}})
| office10             = Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, [[Minister of Northern Affairs|Northern Affairs]] and [[Minister for Internal Trade (Canada)|Internal Trade]]
| primeminister10      = Justin Trudeau
| term_start10         = July 18, 2018
| term_end10           = November 20, 2019
| predecessor10        = Justin Trudeau (Intergovernmental Affairs)<br />[[Carolyn Bennett]] (Northern Affairs)<br />[[Mauril Bélanger]] (Internal Trade; 2006)
| successor10          = Christya Freeland (Intergovernmental Affairs)<br />[[Dan Vandal]] (Northern Affairs)<br />[[Anita Anand]] (Internal Trade; 2024)
| office11            = [[Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard]]
| primeminister11     = Justin Trudeau
| term_start11        = May 31, 2016
| term_end11          = July 18, 2018
| predecessor11       = [[Hunter Tootoo]]
| successor11         = [[Jonathan Wilkinson]]
| office12            = [[Government House Leader]]
| primeminister12     = Justin Trudeau
| term_start12        = November 4, 2015
| term_end12         = August 19, 2016
| predecessor12       = [[Peter Van Loan]]
| successor12         = [[Bardish Chagger]]
{{Collapsed infobox section end}}
| riding13            = [[Beauséjour (electoral district)|Beauséjour]]
| parliament13        = Canadian
| term_start13        = November 27, 2000
| term_end13          = 
| predecessor13       = [[Angela Vautour]]
| successor13         = 
| birth_name          =
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1967|12|14}}
| birth_place         = [[Ottawa]], Ontario, Canada
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| profession          = Lawyer
| education           = [[Lisgar Collegiate Institute]]
| alma_mater          = [[University of Toronto]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[University of New Brunswick]] ([[LLB]])<br>[[Harvard University]] ([[Master of Laws|LLM]])
| party               = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
| residence           = [[Grande-Digue]], [[New Brunswick]], Canada
| spouse              = Jolène Richard
| parents             = [[Roméo LeBlanc]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=LeBlanc |first1=Dominic |title=The Hon. Dominic LeBlanc |url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=14335 |website=Parlinfo |publisher=Parliament of Canada |access-date=May 10, 2021}}</ref>
| website             = {{URL|https://dominicleblanc.libparl.ca/}}
}}

'''Dominic A. LeBlanc''' (born December 14, 1967) is a Canadian lawyer and politician who serves as [[President of the King's Privy Council for Canada|President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada]], [[Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs and One Canadian Economy]], and [[Minister of Internal Trade]]. A member of the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]], LeBlanc is the [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Beauséjour (electoral district)|Beauséjour]] since 2000. He has held several Cabinet portfolios throughout his tenure in government as LeBlanc is often described as a political "fixer," frequently appointed to departments in need of stabilization or facing controversy.<ref>{{cite news |title=LeBlanc seen as Trudeau’s reliable fixer in Cabinet shuffles |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-dominic-leblanc-cabinet-fixer/
 |work=The Globe and Mail |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=26 October 2025}}</ref> His retention and promotion under both Justin Trudeau and Mark Carney have been noted as evidence of his cross-factional credibility and role as a steadying force in Cabinet.<ref>{{cite news |title=LeBlanc is Carney’s right-hand man inside cabinet |url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/leblanc-carney-hand-man-inside-174045958.html
 |work=Yahoo News Canada |date=14 May 2025 |access-date=26 October 2025}}</ref>

The son of former [[Governor General of Canada|governor general]] [[Roméo LeBlanc]], he ran for the leadership of the Liberal Party in 2008 but dropped out of [[2009 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election|the race]] to endorse [[Michael Ignatieff]], who was later acclaimed leader.

In the [[29th Canadian Ministry|cabinet]] of Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]], LeBlanc served as the [[leader of the Government in the House of Commons]] from 2015 to 2016.<ref name="CBC News">{{cite web|title=Bardish Chagger adds government House leader to small business, tourism duties|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cabinet-shuffle-house-learder-1.3728243|publisher=[[CBC News]]|date=August 19, 2016}}</ref> He served as [[Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard]] from 2016 to 2018 and [[Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Northern Affairs and Internal Trade]] from 2018 to 2019. He also served as [[President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada]] from 2018 to 2021 and began a second stint as [[Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs (Canada)|Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs]] in 2020. After the [[2021 Canadian federal election|2021 federal election]], LeBlanc remained as minister of intergovernmental affairs but additionally became minister of infrastructure and communities. In 2023, LeBlanc became [[Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs]], gaining responsibility for public safety and democratic institutions while remaining minister of intergovernmental affairs. In December 2024, following the resignation of [[Chrystia Freeland]], LeBlanc became [[Minister of Finance (Canada)|Minister of Finance]] and he gave up the responsibility for Public Safety and Democratic Institutions while keeping Intergovernmental Affairs and the border security portfolio.

== Early life and education ==
LeBlanc was born in 1967, of [[Acadian]] descent, at the [[Ottawa Civic Hospital]]<ref name="born">{{cite news|title=PM's secretary had busy day, son born|date=December 15, 1967|page=6|newspaper=Montreal Star|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montreal-star/161045592/|accessdate=December 16, 2024}}</ref> in [[Ottawa, Ontario]], to Joslyn "Lyn" ({{nee}} Carter) and [[Roméo LeBlanc]], a former MP, senator and 25th [[Governor General of Canada|governor general of Canada]]. At the time, his father was press secretary to Prime Minister [[Lester B. Pearson]].<ref name="born"/>

As a child, he baby-sat the children of then-prime minister [[Pierre Trudeau]], including [[Justin Trudeau]]. He remained friends with [[Justin Trudeau]] and endorsed [[2013 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election|Trudeau's candidacy for Liberal leader]] in 2012.

LeBlanc attended [[Lisgar Collegiate Institute]] in Ottawa for high school.<ref name="Lisgar LeBlanc">{{cite web | url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/dominic-leblanc-is-trudeaus-go-to-guy-heres-why | title=Dominic LeBlanc is Trudeau's go-to guy. Here's why | publisher=[[Ottawa Citizen]] | date=December 1, 2015 | access-date=December 1, 2015 | author=Kennedy, Mark}}</ref> He earned a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in political science from the [[University of Toronto]] ([[Trinity College, Toronto|Trinity College]]) and a [[Bachelor of Laws]] degree from the [[University of New Brunswick]], and then attended [[Harvard Law School]], where he obtained his [[Master of Laws]] degree. LeBlanc worked as a barrister and solicitor with Clark Drummie in [[Shediac]] and [[Moncton]]. From 1993 to 1996, LeBlanc was a Special Advisor to [[Jean Chrétien|Prime Minister Jean Chrétien]].

== Political career (1997–present) ==
LeBlanc is member of the [[Liberal Party of Canada]] in the [[House of Commons of Canada]], representing the riding of [[Beauséjour (electoral district)|Beauséjour]] in [[New Brunswick]].

LeBlanc first ran for election in that riding in 1997,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votes.canada.com/fed97/970419_candid1.html|title=Governor General's son wins Liberal nomination|work=Southam Newspapers|date=April 19, 1997|access-date=May 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990225095522/http://votes.canada.com/fed97/970419_candid1.html|archive-date=February 25, 1999}}</ref> losing to [[New Democratic Party]] candidate [[Angela Vautour]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/fedelect/97archive/jun4/970604159.html|title=Beausejour, not Bay Street|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=June 4, 1997|access-date=May 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010727102645/http://www.herald.ns.ca/fedelect/97archive/jun4/970604159.html|archive-date=July 27, 2001}}</ref> During that race there were accusations of political patronage as LeBlanc's father was the sitting viceroy, and there was criticism that the governor general had a series of events planned in New Brunswick during the week that the [[Writ of election|election writs]] dropped.<ref name=CMNLeB>{{Citation|last=Fidelis |title=The LeBlanc Years: A Frank Assessment |journal=Canadian Monarchist News |volume=Autumn 1999 |publisher=Monarchist League of Canada |location=Toronto |year=1999 |url=http://www.monarchist.ca/cmn/1999/leblanc.htm |access-date=March 2, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708032551/http://www.monarchist.ca/cmn/1999/leblanc.htm |archive-date=July 8, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation| last=Martin| first=Don| title=Jean is now least boring G-Gever| newspaper=National Post| date=May 28, 2009| url=https://nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=f1e51d92-758b-4d2a-a554-6572d09186b1| access-date=October 23, 2014| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://archive.today/20141023064959/http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=f1e51d92-758b-4d2a-a554-6572d09186b1| archive-date=October 23, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Smith |first=David E. |year=1999 |publication-date=2007 |title=The Republican Option in Canada: Past and Present |editor-last=Jackson |editor-first=Michael D. |periodical=Canadian Monarchist News |volume=Autumn-Winter 2007 |issue=27 |page=12 |place=Toronto-Buffalo-London |publication-place=Toronto |publisher=Monarchist League of Canada |url=http://www.monarchist.ca/cmn/2007/AutumnWinter_2007_CMN.pdf |access-date=July 26, 2009 |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090708031338/http://www.monarchist.ca/cmn/2007/AutumnWinter_2007_CMN.pdf |archive-date=July 8, 2009 |url-status=dead  }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Boyce |first=Peter |year=2008 |publication-date=October 2009 |editor-last=Jackson |editor-first=Michael D. |title=The Senior Realms of the Queen |periodical=Canadian Monarchist News |volume=Autumn 2009 |issue=30 |page=10 |place=Sydney |publication-place=Toronto |publisher=Monarchist League of Canada |url=http://www.monarchist.ca/cmn/2009/Autumn_2009_CMN.pdf |access-date=October 22, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091229100400/http://www.monarchist.ca/cmn/2009/Autumn_2009_CMN.pdf |archive-date=December 29, 2009 }}</ref>

In 2000 LeBlanc once again ran against Vautour, who had [[crossed the floor]] to join the  [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] party, and was elected.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/liberals-gain-three-seats-in-nb-1.239370|title=Liberals gain three seats in NB|work=CBC News|date=November 28, 2000|access-date=May 25, 2015}}</ref> LeBlanc was re-elected in [[2004 Canadian federal election|2004]] (where he faced Vautour for a third time), [[2006 Canadian federal election|2006]], [[2008 Canadian federal election|2008]], [[2011 Canadian federal election|2011]], [[2015 Canadian federal election|2015]], [[2019 Canadian federal election|2019]], and [[2021 Canadian federal election|2021]].

=== Chrétien and Martin governments ===
During the Liberal Party's time in power LeBlanc served as [[Parliamentary Secretary]] to the [[Minister of National Defence (Canada)|Minister of National Defence]], from January 13, 2003, to December 11, 2003, and was the chair of the Atlantic Caucus.

On July 10, 2004, he was sworn in as a member of the Privy Council for Canada and appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the [[Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (Canada)|leader of the Government in the House of Commons]] and Deputy Chief Government Whip. He has served on the Special Committee on Non-Medical Use of Drugs, and the Standing Committees on Fisheries and Oceans, Transport and Government Operations, National Defence and Veterans Affairs, Public Accounts, Procedures and House Affairs, International Trade, and Justice and Human Rights.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roles - Hon. Dominic LeBlanc - Current and Past - Members of Parliament - House of Commons of Canada |url=https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/dominic-leblanc(1813)/roles |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250529235802/https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/dominic-leblanc(1813)/roles |archive-date=2025-05-29 |access-date=2025-06-23 |website=www.ourcommons.ca |language=en}}</ref>

=== In opposition ===
In January 2006, he was named Official Opposition critic for international trade and later that year he was co-chair of the [[2006 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election|2006 Liberal Party leadership convention]] in [[Montreal]]. In January 2007, he was named by the Honourable [[Stéphane Dion]], Vice Chair – Liberal Party of Canada Policy and Platform Committee and In October of that year, he was named Official Opposition critic for intergovernmental affairs. In January 2009, he was named by [[Michael Ignatieff]] as the critic for justice and attorney general. Before the return of Parliament in September 2010, Ignatieff shuffled his Shadow Cabinet and appointed LeBlanc as the Liberal critic for national defence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Ignatieff+shuffles+shadow+cabinet/3491323/story.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20100918120619/http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Ignatieff+shuffles+shadow+cabinet/3491323/story.html|url-status=dead|title=Ignatieff shuffles shadow cabinet|last=JUN|archive-date=September 18, 2010|via=National Post}}</ref> Following LeBlanc's re-election in the 2011 federal election, interim Liberal leader [[Bob Rae]] appointed LeBlanc as the Liberal Party's foreign affairs critic.

==== 2008 leadership bid ====
{{main|2009 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election}}
On October 27, 2008, LeBlanc was the first candidate to officially announce his intention to seek the leadership of the Liberal party to replace Stéphane Dion. Former leadership candidates Michael Ignatieff and Bob Rae came forward shortly after LeBlanc's announcement.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/leblanc-seeks-manley-tests-liberal-support/article662227/|publisher=Globe and Mail|author=Brian Laghi and Omar El Akkad|date=October 27, 2008|access-date=May 25, 2015|title=LeBlanc seeks, Manley tests Liberal support}}</ref> His supporters included top staffers in the prime minister's office under [[Jean Chrétien]], such as his former chief of staff [[Percy Downe]], and [[Tim Murphy (Canadian politician)|Tim Murphy]], chief of staff under [[Paul Martin]]. Some senior organizers in [[Gerard Kennedy]]'s 2006 leadership bid also supported LeBlanc.<ref>[http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/newstoday/article/463705 Beausejour MP to run for federal Liberal leadership, wants to be a voice for middle-class, younger generation] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110828232530/http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/newstoday/article/463705 |date=August 28, 2011 }}</ref>
[[File:Michael Ignatieff 2011 Campaign Launch Ottawa 001 (5561380270).jpg|thumb|LeBlanc with [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] leader [[Michael Ignatieff]] (centre-left) during the 2011 federal election campaign launch, in [[Ottawa]].]]
On December 8, 2008, LeBlanc announced he was dropping out of the leadership race because he felt a new leader needed to be in place as soon as possible and that he was throwing his support behind Ignatieff. The next day Rae dropped out of the race and Ignatieff was acclaimed leader when Dion stepped down.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.ctvnews.ca/dion-to-step-aside-leblanc-supports-ignatieff-1.349734|publisher = CTV|date = December 8, 2008|access-date = December 8, 2008|title = Dion to step aside; LeBlanc supports Ignatieff|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081209064032/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081208/dion_coalition_081208/20081208?hub=TopStories|archive-date = December 9, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/rae-bows-out-offers-unqualified-support-for-ignatieff-as-liberal-leader-1.732354|title=Rae bows out, offers 'unqualified' support for Ignatieff as Liberal leader|work=CBC News|date=December 9, 2008|access-date=May 25, 2015}}</ref>

====  41st Canadian Parliament ====
LeBlanc retained his seat in the [[2011 Canadian federal election|2011 election]], the only Liberal to be elected in New Brunswick, while the Liberals dropped down to third place in the House of Commons.

Following Ignatieff's resignation as leader, LeBlanc was seen as a potential leadership candidate.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-05-02 |title=Michael Ignatieff quits as Liberal leader |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/michael-ignatieff-quits-as-liberal-leader-1.1036481 |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=[[CBC News]]}}</ref> LeBlanc did not say whether he was considering a bid but hoped to be part of the "rebuilding and renewal" of the party.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-05-03 |title=LeBlanc eyes Liberal leadership |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/leblanc-eyes-liberal-leadership-1.1117264 |access-date=2024-03-04 |work=[[CBC News]]}}</ref> Later, LeBlanc said that the next leader needs to commit 10 to 15 years of his or her life "occupied exclusively" with rebuilding the Liberal party and winning elections.<ref name="The Ottawa Citizen">{{cite web|title=The Ottawa Citizen – Liberals set to lay out latest leadership race rules|url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/Liberals+latest+leadership+race+rules/7200075/story.html|work=The Ottawa Citizen|access-date=September 12, 2012}}{{dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> On October 5, 2012, he announced he would not stand for the leadership and instead endorsed Justin Trudeau.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-10-05 |title=Trudeau wins backing for Liberal leadership from Dominic LeBlanc |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/article/trudeau-wins-backing-for-liberal-leadership-from-dominic-leblanc/ |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=[[CTV News]]}}</ref>

From 2012 to 2015, LeBlanc served as the Liberal [[Opposition House Leader|opposition house leader]].

=== In government ===
====42nd Canadian Parliament====

===== Leader of the Government in the House of Commons =====
On November 4, 2015, he was appointed the [[leader of the Government in the House of Commons]] in the present [[Cabinet of Canada|Cabinet]], headed by [[Justin Trudeau]].<ref name="CbCTrudeauCabinet2015-11-04" />

As Government House Leader, LeBlanc was an ''ex officio'' member of the Board of Internal Economy, a committee of Members of Parliament chaired by the Speaker of the House of Commons who oversees the internal affairs of the House of Commons. He had previously been a member of committee as the Liberal Party’s House Leader while in opposition from 2012 to 2015, and continued to serve on the Board until October 26, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roles - Hon. Dominic LeBlanc - Current and Past - Members of Parliament - House of Commons of Canada |url=https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/dominic-leblanc(1813)/roles |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241215185455/https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/dominic-leblanc(1813)/roles |archive-date=2024-12-15 |access-date=2025-01-24 |website=www.ourcommons.ca |language=en}}</ref>

During his tenure as House Leader, LeBlanc introduced [https://www.parl.ca/LegisInfo/en/bill/42-1/C-22 Bill C-22], which created the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians, a committee composed of Members of Parliament and Senators equipped with top-secret security clearances and with a mandate to conduct oversight of the work of Canada’s national security and intelligence community. The committee is the first body of its kind in Canada, offering parliamentarians an unprecedented view into highly classified intelligence and activities conducted by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), the Communications Security Establishment (CSE), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and Global Affairs Canada. It produces classified and unclassified reports which are shared with the Prime Minister. The classified version of the report is subsequently tabled in Parliament and released publicly.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Legislative Summary of Bill C-22: An Act to establish the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians and to make consequential amendments to certain Acts |url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/PublicWebsite/default/en_CA/ResearchPublications/LegislativeSummaries/421C22E |access-date=2025-01-24 |website=lop.parl.ca}}</ref>

===== Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard =====
On May 31, 2016, upon the resignation of [[Hunter Tootoo]] from the Ministry, LeBlanc was named [[Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard|Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard]]. His father had previously held the equivalent position under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/hunter-tootoo-resigns-1.3609915|title=Hunter Tootoo resigns as fisheries minister, leaves Liberal caucus|date=May 31, 2016|work=[[CBC News]]|access-date=May 31, 2016}}</ref> He retained the post of Government House Leader until August 19 of that year.

During his tenure as Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, LeBlanc modernized the ''Fisheries Act,'' strengthening the provisions contained in the legislation regarding the protection of fish stocks and fish habitat.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Canada |first=Fisheries and Oceans |date=2019-06-21 |title=A stronger, modernized Fisheries Act becomes law |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/fisheries-oceans/news/2019/06/a-stronger-modernized-fisheries-act-becomes-law.html |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=www.canada.ca}}</ref> He also introduced legislation amending the ''Oceans Act''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Canada |first=Fisheries and Oceans |date=2017-06-15 |title=Government of Canada takes steps to speed up ocean protection |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/fisheries-oceans/news/2017/06/government_of_canadatakesstepstospeedupoceanprotection.html |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=www.canada.ca}}</ref> and the ''Canada Petroleum Resources Act'' to establish a national network of Marine Protected Areas, a novel type of conservation measure in Canada. Since then, 14 ''Oceans Act'' Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have been established across Canada, comprising over 350,000&nbsp;km² or roughly 6% of Canada’s marine and coastal areas, contributing to Canada’s goal of protecting 30% of its marine areas by 2030, in accordance with its international commitments.

LeBlanc’s tenure was also marked by heightened concerns regarding the entanglement of North Atlantic Right Whales, an endangered species, in fishing gear, leading to the death of several cetaceans. In response, LeBlanc engaged with industry groups, Indigenous communities and United States fishing authorities to develop new fishing gear and implement seasonal restrictions to maritime traffic to reduce the risk of entanglement and collisions.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Canada |first=Fisheries and Oceans |date=2018-03-28 |title=Government of Canada unveils its plan for protecting North Atlantic right whales in 2018 |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/fisheries-oceans/news/2018/03/government-of-canada-unveils-its-plan-for-protecting-north-atlantic-right-whales-in-2018.html |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=www.canada.ca}}</ref>

On September 12, 2018, the [[Ethics Commissioner (Canada)|ethics commissioner]], [[Mario Dion]], found LeBlanc broke conflict of interest rules when he awarded a lucrative Arctic surf clam licence to a company linked to his wife's cousin in February 2018.<ref>{{cite web |date=May 18, 2018 |title=Dominic LeBlanc found in conflict of interest over lucrative fishing licence |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/leblanc-conflict-of-interest-fishing-licence-1.4820213 |access-date=September 2, 2019 |website=CBC}}</ref>

LeBlanc was also a lead minister behind the Atlantic Growth Strategy, an intergovernmental forum comprising all four Atlantic premiers and all Atlantic federal ministers launched on July 4, 2016. The Strategy’s goal is to attract newcomers and investment to Atlantic Canada by enabling collaboration between the federal government and Atlantic provinces on immigration, innovation, clean technology, trade and investment, and infrastructure.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Agency |first=Atlantic Canada Opportunities |date=2020-09-22 |title=Atlantic Growth Strategy |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/atlantic-canada-opportunities/atlanticgrowth.html |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=www.canada.ca}}</ref>

===== Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Northern Affairs and Internal Trade =====
On July 18, 2018, LeBlanc was shuffled from Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard to Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Northern Affairs and Internal Trade<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-cabinet-shuffle-2018-1.4749976|title=Trudeau adds 5 new ministers in cabinet shakeup that puts focus on seniors, border security – CBC News|author=Kathleen Harris|website=CBC}}</ref> He also became vice-chair of the Cabinet Committee on Agenda, Results and Communications, which is manages the government’s overall strategic agenda and priority setting, and tracks implementation, which is chaired by the Prime Minister.

As Minister of Northern Affairs, LeBlanc shepherded legislation amending ''the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act'' to give Indigenous communities in the Northwest Territories and the surrounding region a greater say in the management of resource development projects.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cohen |first=Sidney |date=2018-11-09 |title=Feds move to scrap N.W.T.'s planned land and water superboard, keep 4 regional boards |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/land-water-boards-northwest-territories-mackenzie-valley-1.4898409 |access-date=2025-02-06 |work=CBC}}</ref>

On the internal trade front, LeBlanc advanced several initiatives to make it easier to trade within Canada. He pushed provinces and territories to standardize provincial regulations in several key industries, including construction, food and drink, and manufacturing, reducing administrative burdens and making it easier for businesses to do business in other provinces.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |date=2018-07-20 |title=Ministers LeBlanc and Brison welcome progress on trade between provinces and territories |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/intergovernmental-affairs/news/2018/07/ministers-leblanc-and-brison-welcome-progress-on-trade-between-provinces-and-territories.html |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=www.canada.ca}}</ref> In December 2018, at a First Ministers’ Meeting in Montréal, LeBlanc led a discussion with Premiers on ways to strengthen internal trade in Canada.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Affairs |first=Intergovernmental |date=2018-12-06 |title=Remarks by Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Intergovernmental and Northern Affairs and Internal Trade, at the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/intergovernmental-affairs/news/2018/12/remarks-by-dominic-leblanc-minister-of-intergovernmental-and-northern-affairs-and-internal-tradeat-chamber-of-commerce-of-metropolitan-montreal.html |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=www.canada.ca}}</ref>

On April 26, 2019, LeBlanc announced he would be stepping back from cabinet as he sought treatment for cancer.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dominic LeBlanc steps away from cabinet to seek treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/leblanc-non-hodgkin-lymphoma-cabinet-1.5112693|access-date=August 19, 2020|website=CBC News}}</ref>

====43rd Canadian Parliament====

===== President of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada =====
On November 20, 2019, LeBlanc returned to Cabinet as President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, a position with reduced responsibilities. His former role as Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Northern Affairs and Internal Trade, was split between the [[Minister of Northern Affairs|minister of northern affairs]], and the minister of intergovernmental affairs.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2019-11-20|title=Trudeau expands cabinet, promotes seven rookies and shakes up existing ministers|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/trudeau-expands-cabinet-promotes-seven-rookies-and-shakes-up-existing-ministers/|access-date=2020-08-19|website=CTVNews|language=en}}</ref>

After the resignation of [[Bill Morneau]] as [[Minister of Finance (Canada)|Minister of Finance]], LeBlanc again became Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs after his successor, [[Chrystia Freeland]], took the role of [[Minister of Finance (Canada)|Minister of Finance]] in a cabinet shuffle on August 18, 2020. He retained his position as President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 18, 2020|title=Freeland replaces Morneau as Trudeau's finance minister|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-cabinet-finance-minister-1.5690404|access-date=August 18, 2020|website=CBC News}}</ref>

====44th Canadian Parliament====
=====Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities=====

On October 26, 2021, LeBlanc was appointed Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-26 |title=Prime Minister welcomes new Cabinet |url=https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2021/10/26/prime-minister-welcomes-new-cabinet |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=Prime Minister of Canada |language=en}}</ref> as well as chair of the Sub-Committee on Intergovernmental Coordination, which takes an intergovernmental lens to the key issues before the government. He continued to chair the Cabinet Committee on Operations and the Sub-Committee on the Federal Response to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-03 |title=Prime Minister announces changes to Cabinet committees |url=https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2021/12/03/prime-minister-announces-changes-cabinet-committees |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=Prime Minister of Canada |language=en}}</ref>

During his tenure, he oversaw the allocation of billions of dollars of investment through the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP) and reached deals with provinces and territories to accelerate the allocation of their respective ICIP funding envelopes ahead of the planned deadline. This was meant to boost public investment in job-creating projects during a time of economic uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Housing |first=Infrastructure and Communities Canada |date=2023-04-04 |title=Building the Infrastructure Canada Needs: the Government of Canada successfully works with provincial and territorial partners to invest more than $33 billion in projects across the country |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/housing-infrastructure-communities/news/2023/04/building-the-infrastructure-canada-needs-the-government-of-canada-successfully-works-with-provincial-and-territorial-partners-to-invest-more-than-30.html |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=www.canada.ca}}</ref>

In addition, LeBlanc launched calls for applications under several funds, including the Green and Inclusive Community Buildings Program<ref>{{Cite web |last=Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada |date=2022-12-05 |title=Government of Canada accepting funding applications for the Green and Inclusive Community Buildings Program |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/housing-infrastructure-communities/news/2022/12/government-of-canada-accepting-funding-applications-for-the-green-and-inclusive-community-buildings-program.html |access-date=2025-06-02 |website=www.canada.ca}}</ref> and the Disaster Mitigation and Adaption Fund.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Housing |first=Infrastructure and Communities Canada |date=2023-01-16 |title=Infrastructure Canada accepting applications to the Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/housing-infrastructure-communities/news/2023/01/infrastructure-canada-accepting-applications-to-the-disaster-mitigation-and-adaptation-fund.html |access-date=2025-06-02 |website=www.canada.ca}}</ref> Both funds brought hundreds of millions of dollars in investment to communities across the country and helped them reduce their carbon footprint while becoming more resilient to the effects of climate change.

Throughout this time, LeBlanc also retained responsibilities for two previously-held files, Democratic Institutions and Internal Trade.

In his role as Minister responsible for Democratic Institutions, he oversaw the adoption of the ''Preserving Provincial Representation in the House of Commons Act'' in 2022, which amended the ''Constitution Act, 1867'' to provide that a province may not have fewer Members of Parliament than it had during the 43rd Parliament. This was in response to riding boundary adjustments made following the 2021 decennial census, which would otherwise have seen Quebec lose a seat in the House of Commons.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Institutions |first=Democratic |date=2022-03-24 |title=Minister LeBlanc introduces legislation to preserve strong representation in the House of Commons |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/democratic-institutions/news/2022/03/minister-leblanc-introduces-legislation-to-preserve-strong-representation-in-the-house-of-commons.html |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=www.canada.ca}}</ref>

In his role as Minister responsible for Internal Trade, in December 2022, he launched the Federal Action Plan to Strengthen Internal Trade, which led to the removal and narrowing of one third of all federal exceptions in the 2017 Canadian Free Trade Agreement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Affairs |first=Intergovernmental |date=2022-12-08 |title=Minister LeBlanc Releases Federal Action Plan to Strengthen Internal Trade |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/intergovernmental-affairs/news/2022/12/minister-leblanc-releases-federal-action-plan-to-strengthen-internal-trade.html |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=www.canada.ca}}</ref>

In his role as Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, LeBlanc worked with provincial and territorial Premiers to follow up on the February 2023 First Ministers’ Working Meeting on healthcare.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aiello |first=Rachel |date=2023-02-07 |title=PM Trudeau presents premiers $196B health-care funding deal, with $46B in new funding over the next decade |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/pm-trudeau-presents-premiers-196b-health-care-funding-deal-with-46b-in-new-funding-over-the-next-decade/ |access-date=2025-09-16 |website=CTVNews |language=en}}</ref> All provinces and territories would eventually reach bilateral agreements on healthcare funding, which will see 198 billion dollars invested in healthcare over the ten-year life of the agreements.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-07 |title=Working together to improve health care for Canadians |url=https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2023/02/07/working-together-improve-health-care-canadians |access-date=2025-09-16 |website=Prime Minister of Canada |language=en}}</ref>

Following the conclusion of a supply and confidence agreement between the Liberals and the New Democratic Party (NDP), ''[https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/delivering-for-canadians-now-890182170.html Delivering for Canadians Now]'', the Prime Minister appointed LeBlanc to the oversight group struck to ensure that the commitments outlined in the agreement remained on track. LeBlanc would remain a member of the steering committee until the NDP put an end to the agreement in September 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zimonjic |first=Peter |date=2024-09-04 |title=The NDP is ending its governance agreement with the Liberals |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/jagmeet-singh-ndp-ending-agreement-1.7312910 |access-date=2025-09-16 |publisher=CBC News}}</ref> 

LeBlanc was also designated by the Prime Minister to be the lead minister on the Government of Canada’s response to the [https://publicorderemergencycommission.ca/ Public Order Emergency Commission] (otherwise known as the Rouleau Commission), which was created following the invocation of the ''Emergencies Act'' by the Government of Canada to put an end to several illegal blockades in Ottawa and across the country in February 2022. He released the [https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/2024-pblc-rdr-mrgncy-rcmmndtns/index-en.aspx Government of Canada’s response] to the Commission’s Final Report on March 6, 2024.

In November 2024, LeBlanc accompanied Prime Minister Trudeau for his meeting with U.S. President-elect [[Donald Trump]] at [[Mar-a-Lago]].

=====Minister of Finance and Intergovernmental Affairs=====
On December 16, 2024, he was sworn in as the [[Minister of Finance (Canada)|minister of finance]] following the surprise [[Resignation of Chrystia Freeland|resignation]] of former finance minister and [[Deputy Prime Minister of Canada|deputy prime minister]] [[Chrystia Freeland]].<ref name="bl1">{{cite news |last1=Platt |first1=Brian |last2=Shin |first2=Melissa |last3=Hughes |first3=Stephanie |title=Trudeau Names LeBlanc Canada Finance Minister With Government in Chaos |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-16/trudeau-to-name-leblanc-canada-finance-minister-with-government-in-chaos |access-date=December 18, 2024 |work=[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]] |date=December 16, 2024 |language=en}}</ref> LeBlanc was considered as a possible candidate in the [[2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election]], upon the resignation of Trudeau.<ref>{{cite web |date=January 4, 2025 |last=Rana |first=Abbas |title=If Trudeau announces he's stepping down, expect another cabinet shuffle, say Liberal sources |url=https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/01/04/after-trudeaus-anticipated-resignation-another-cabinet-shuffle-is-expected-say-liberal-sources/446640/ |accessdate=January 5, 2025 |website=[[The Hill Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://globalnews.ca/news/10943578/mark-carney-liberal-caucus-leadership/ | title=Mark Carney makes his leadership pitch to a skeptical Liberal caucus - National &#124; Globalnews.ca }}</ref> He declined to run in the election, citing the need to focus on potential tariffs from the incoming [[second Trump administration]].<ref>https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberal-caucus-trudeau-resigns-1.7425736</ref>

==== 45th Canadian Parliament ====

==== President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs, Internal Trade and One Canadian Economy ====
On May 13, 2025, following the 2025 federal election, which was won by the incumbent Liberal Party, LeBlanc was appointed [[President of the King's Privy Council for Canada|President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada]] and [[Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs and One Canadian Economy]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-13 |title=Prime Minister Carney announces new Ministry |url=https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2025/05/13/prime-minister-carney-announces-new-ministry |access-date=2025-08-19 |website=Prime Minister of Canada |language=en}}</ref> In addition to retaining responsibility for intergovernmental affairs, LeBlanc was tasked with establishing a new economic and security relationship with the United States. Since Prime Minister Trudeau’s visit to Mar-a-Lago in November 2024, LeBlanc had become a key interlocutor with the United States Commerce Secretary, Howard Lutnick, and accompanied Prime Minister Carney on his visit to Washington on May 6, 2025.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tasker |first=John Paul |date=2025-05-06 |title=Carney tells Trump Canada is not for sale, president praises PM as a 'very good person' |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-trump-first-meeting-washington-1.7527102 |access-date=2025-08-19 |work=CBC News}}</ref> He was also tasked with building one Canadian economy by removing barriers to interprovincial trade, and identifying and expediting nation-building projects.

During the post-election spring sitting of Parliament, LeBlanc was the lead minister on Bill C-5, the ''[[One Canadian Economy Act]]'', which received [[Royal assent]] on June 26. Part two of the Act enacts the ''Building Canada Act'', which institutes a process by which the federal Cabinet can designate certain projects as being in the national interest. Designation provides upfront approval for the project and expedites regulatory reviews so that the project benefits from a final regulatory decision within two years.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Affairs |first=Intergovernmental |date=2025-06-26 |title=Implementation of Bill C-5: One Canadian Economy |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/intergovernmental-affairs/news/2025/06/implementation-of-bill-c-5-one-canadian-economy.html |access-date=2025-08-19 |website=www.canada.ca}}</ref> The Act fulfilled a key pledge from the Liberal campaign, which centered around the need for Canada to become less reliant on the United States. The Liberals committed to building trade-enabling and energy infrastructure that would allow Canada to diversify its trade relationships away from the United States and bolster its internal market.{{Citation needed|date=November 2025}}

On September 16, 2025, LeBlanc added the role of [[Minister of Internal Trade (Canada)|Minister of Internal Trade]] to his portfolio following the resignation of [[Chrystia Freeland]] from cabinet.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-09-16 |title=Prime Minister Carney announces changes to the Ministry |url=https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2025/09/16/prime-minister-carney-announces-changes |access-date=2025-10-03 |website=Prime Minister of Canada |language=en}}</ref>

== Electoral record ==
{{2025 Canadian federal election/Beauséjour}}
{{2021 Canadian federal election/Beauséjour}}
{{2019 Canadian federal election/Beauséjour}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2015|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Dominic LeBlanc|36,534|69.02|+28.33|$77,614.48}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Hélène Boudreau|8,009|15.13|–8.30|$24,161.02}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Ann Bastarache|6,017|11.37|–20.35|–}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Kevin King|2,376|4.49|+0.32|$1,009.07}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|52,936|100.00|&nbsp;|$200,494.19}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|320|0.60| }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|53,256|80.48| }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|66,170}}
{{CANelec/nothold|CA|Liberal|+18.31}}
{{CANelec/source|Source: [[Elections Canada]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://enr.elections.ca/ElectoralDistricts.aspx?lang=e|title=October 19, 2015 Election Results — Beauséjour (Validated results)|publisher=[[Elections Canada]]|date=October 21, 2015|access-date=October 24, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand%2Fcanlim&document=index&lang=e |title=Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates |access-date=November 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815061116/http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand%2Fcanlim&document=index&lang=e |archive-date=August 15, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>|}}
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{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2011|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Dominic LeBlanc|17,399 |39.08|−7.68| }}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Evelyn Chapman |14,814 |33.27|+4.12| }}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Susan Levi-Peters |10,397 |23.35|+6.47| }}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Natalie Arsenault|1,913 |4.3|−2.89| }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|–| 100.00| }}
{{CANelec/hold|CA|Liberal|+5.90}}
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{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2008|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Dominic LeBlanc | 19,972| 46.6|-0.95}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|[[Omer Léger]] | 12,512| 29.2|−3.03}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Chris Durrant | 7,219| 16.8|+0.13}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Mike Milligan | 3,187| 7.4|+4.61}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes| 42,890| }}
{{CANelec/hold|CA|Liberal|−2.08}}
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{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2006|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Dominic LeBlanc|22,012|47.55|−5.73}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|[[Omer Léger]]|14,919|32.23|+4.04}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Neil Gardner|7,717|16.67|+1.96}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Anna Girouard|1,290|2.79|−1.03}}
{{CANelec|CA|Independent|Frank Comeau|357|0.77|Ø}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes| 46,295| }}
{{CANelec/hold|CA|Liberal|+4.89}}
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{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2004|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Dominic LeBlanc|21,934|53.28|+6.18}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|[[Angela Vautour]]|11,604|28.19|−17.65}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Omer Bourque|6,056|14.71|+7.65}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Anna Girouard|1,574|3.82|Ø}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes | 41,168 | }}
{{CANelec/hold|CA|Liberal|+11.92}}
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{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2000|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Dominic LeBlanc|21,465|47.10|+12.27}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|[[Angela Vautour]]|14,631|32.11|+16.11}}
{{CANelec|CA|Canadian Alliance|Tom Taylor|6256|13.73|+3.55}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Inka Milewski|3217|7.06|−31.93}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|45,569| }}
{{CANelec/gain|CA|Liberal|NDP|+22.10}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1997|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|[[Angela Vautour]]|18,504|38.99|+33.25}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Dominic LeBlanc|16,529|34.83|−41.20}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Ian Hamilton|7592|16.00|+0.78}}
{{CANelec|CA|Reform|Raymond Braun|4833|10.18|Ø}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|47,458| }}
{{CANelec/gain|CA|NDP|Liberal|+37.23}}
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== Personal life ==
In 2003, he married Jolène Richard, a former Moncton lawyer who became a judge on the [[Provincial Court of New Brunswick]] in 2008, and eventually became a chief judge.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/province-names-new-judge-wife-of-mp-dominic-leblanc-1.768729|title=Province names new judge, wife of MP Dominic LeBlanc|last=McHardie|first=Dominic|date=November 14, 2008|work=[[CBC News]]|access-date=December 11, 2017|language=en}}</ref> She is the daughter of [[Guy A. Richard]], who served as Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/province-names-new-judge-wife-of-mp-dominic-leblanc-1.768729|title=Province names new judge, wife of MP Dominic LeBlanc|work=CBC News|date=November 14, 2008|access-date=May 25, 2015}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/fisheries-minister-dominic-leblanc-diagnosed-with-leukemia/article37221327/|title=Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc won't feel sorry for himself as he battles leukemia|last=Stone|first=Laura|date=December 6, 2017|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]|access-date=December 11, 2017}}</ref> He has an adult stepson.<ref name=":0" />

=== Cancer treatment ===
In December 2017, he announced that he had been diagnosed with [[Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia|chronic lymphocytic leukemia]] and would begin [[chemotherapy]] immediately while continuing to serve in his parliamentary roles.<ref name=":0" /> However, following a period of remission, his cancer took a turn for the worse. On April 26, 2019, LeBlanc announced he would be stepping back from cabinet as he sought treatment.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Liberal MP Dominic LeBlanc stepping away from cabinet after cancer diagnosis {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/5207735/dominic-leblanc-non-hodgkin-lymphoma-diagnosis/ |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=Global News |language=en-US}}</ref>

In September 2019, LeBlanc underwent a stem cell transplant at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital in Montréal, Québec to cure his non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, an extremely rare form of cancer. Following initial chemotherapy treatments at the CHU Dr. Georges L. Dumont Hospital in Moncton, New Brunswick, his doctors referred him to specialists at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital due to the severity and aggressiveness of his cancer. He spent 56 nights, spanning most of the 2019 federal election campaign, in an isolation room at Maisonneuve-Rosemont.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Barton |first=Rosemary |date=Feb 10, 2020 |title='Enormously lucky': Dominic LeBlanc talks about his return to Parliament after fighting rare cancer |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/dominic-leblanc-return-cancer-barton-1.5457951 |access-date=2025-02-28 |work=CBC}}</ref>

He was sworn in as President of the Queen’s Privy Council in November 2019, two weeks after being discharged from the hospital, and returned to the House of Commons in late January 2020.

LeBlanc has talked publicly about his experience with cancer and his stem cell transplant. After the regular two-years non-contact time between donor and patient, in September 2022, he met with his stem cell donor, German national Jonathan Kehl.<ref>{{cite web |date=May 6, 2023 |title=Bad Hersfelder rettet kanadischen Minister - "War gleich, als würden wir uns schon lange kennen" |url=https://www.hna.de/lokales/rotenburg-bebra/bad-hersfeld-ort56532/lebensretter-bad-hersfeld-rotenburg-stammzellenspender-politiker-justin-trudeau-jonathan-92255170.html}}</ref> The meeting between the two was the subject of significant attention in Canadian media. LeBlanc also travelled to Germany to visit Kehl’s family in May 2023.

===Arms===
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|symbolism         = The use of white recalls the LeBlanc family name, while the pile refers to the Memramcook Valley, where Roméo LeBlanc was born, and the [[dolphin]]s evoke the Rivière Dauphin (now [[Annapolis River]]), where LeBlanc's ancestors settled in the mid 17th century, as well as Roméo LeBlanc's maritime heritage and his service as the minister of fisheries. The star is a symbol long used by the Acadians, as are the fleurs de lys representative of LeBlanc's roots in that community, and the royal crown represents Roméo LeBlanc's appointment as the representative of the Canadian sovereign. The [[eagle]] feathers, symbols of peace, honour the Canadian [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]], and the number represents Roméo LeBlanc's four children. More family links are depicted in the steam locomotive wheel{{spaced ndash}}representing LeBlanc's father's service on [[Rail transport in Canada|the Canadian railways]]{{spaced ndash}}and the book evoking Roméo LeBlanc's training and work as a teacher. The compartment symbolises a multi-ethnic Canada between two seas, and recalls the [[Mi'kmaq language|Micmac]] origin of the word Memramcook, meaning multi-coloured landscape.<ref>{{Citation|url=http://archive.gg.ca/heraldry/emb/05/emblems-rl_e.asp|last=Office of the Governor General of Canada|title=Heraldry> Emblems of Canada and of Government House> Symbols of Past Governors General> The Coat of Arms of The Right Honourable Roméo LeBlanc|publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada| date=October 1, 1999|access-date=March 4, 2009}}</ref>}}

== Notes ==
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== References ==
{{Reflist
|refs =
<ref name="CbCTrudeauCabinet2015-11-04">{{cite news
| url = http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/full-list-of-justin-trudeau-s-cabinet-1.3300699
| title = Full list of Justin Trudeau's cabinet 31-member cabinet includes 15 women, attempt at regional balance
| publisher = [[CBC News]]
| date = November 4, 2015
}}</ref>
}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Dominic LeBlanc}}
* {{cite web | title=The Honourable Dominic LeBlanc MP | website=Canada.ca | date=February 6, 2019 | url=https://www.canada.ca/en/government/ministers/dominic-leblanc.html}}
* {{cite web | title=The Honourable Dominic LeBlanc | website=Prime Minister of Canada (Site) | date=July 19, 2017 | url=https://pm.gc.ca/en/cabinet/honourable-dominic-leblanc}}
* [https://pm.gc.ca/en/cabinet/honourable-dominic-leblanc Bio & mandate from Prime Minister]
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=14335}}
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