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M. et Mme Yvon LeBlanc  193, Rue Général Leclerc  77780 Bourron-Marlotte  France Tél. (011) (33) 1 64 45 96 43

Yvon LeBlanc was born on July 25, 1918 in Moncton, New Brunswick. After completing his high school education, he served in the Royal Canadian Airforce as a radar technician from 1940-1945. During this time, he spent four years overseas, where he was attached to the RAF for two years, with the RCAF for one year, and had one year's leave to attend Balliol College, Oxford. In 1951 LeBlanc received his B. Arch. from McGill University, Montreal. He was employed by CNR Montreal and the National Research Council in Ottawa before joining a private practice from 1954 to 1965, in which he was in partnership with LeBlanc & Gaudet and LeBlanc, Gaudet, Roy & Siemers.

LeBlanc received a Canada Council grant in 1960/1961 to study theatre architecture in Europe and in 1962 was hired as a consultant for the building of the Confederation Center for Performing Arts in Ottawa. In 1966 he designed the Dalhousie Arts Centre, Halifax. He was appointed Regional Architect for Parks Canada, Halifax from 1966 to 1967 and then served as Planning Architect for Université de Moncton from 1967 to 1971, where he was also an occasional lecturer.

In 1971/1972 he was the Design Architect for Public Works, Halifax and from 1972 to 1983 was the first Resident Architect at the Fortress of Louisbourg. He retired to France in 1983, where he continued to research, write, and consult on the historic fortress. In 2001, LeBlanc received an Honorary Doctorate from Université de Moncton.

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"N.B. architect Yvon LeBlanc dies in France at 101. Yvon LeBlanc,
a Moncton architect who worked on churches and many other buildings in New Brunswick ..." 
https://tj.news/story/101048387

L'architecte Yvon LeBlanc Photo : Gracieuseté

Yvon LeBlanc, un architecte originaire de Moncton, est décédé récemment à l'âge de 101 ans. On lui doit plusieurs édifices dans la région. Il a aussi travaillé pendant quelques années à la reconstruction de bâtiments à la Forteresse de Louisbourg sur l'île du Cap-Breton en Nouvelle-Écosse.

Né à Moncton le 25 juillet 1918, M. LeBlanc. L’Acadien a servi en tant que technicien radar pour l’aviation canadienne lors de la Deuxième Guerre de 1941 à 1945. Rentrée au Canada, il poursuit des études supérieures à l'Université McGill de Montréal où il obtient un baccalauréat en architecture en 1951.

M. LeBlanc a commencé sa carrière d'architecte au Canadien National à Montréal (1951-1953) et au Conseil national de la recherche à Ottawa (1953-1954). Il a ensuite travaillé à son propre compte à Moncton.

Il a entre autres été embauché comme architecte de la planification de l'Université de Moncton, et ce, jusqu'en 1970. C’est en 1971 qu’il devient architecte affecté à la reconstruction partielle des forteresses de Louisbourg.

L’avocat de Moncton, Michel Cyr, l’a bien connu. Au micro de La Matinale, il a expliqué qui était Yvon LeBlanc.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/premiere/emissions/la-matinale/segments/
entrevue/133715/yvon-leblanc-michel-cyr-architecte-moncton
Publié le 19 septembre 2019; Audio fil du jeudi 19 septembre 2019

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