VOLUME 2 • ISSUE 1

EDWARD
LEBLANC


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NAME

Edward LeBlanc
Also known as E.O. LeBlanc

BORN:
Edward Oliver LeBlanc
3rd October, 1923
Vieille Case, Dominica

PROFESSION

Politician, agricultural officer

FAMILY

PARENTS:
Anderson Alexander LeBlanc and Eunomie LeBlanc née Mourillon

SIBLINGS:
Edmund, Lipson, Alan, Thomas, Valentine, Alick, Gabriel, Alphonso, Linda, Hyacinth and Joseph

SPOUSE:
Ethel LeBlanc née Patrick 1949–2004

CHILDREN:
Ewart, Erin, Einstar, Earlsworth and Eustace

EDUCATION

1928–38 Vieille Case Government School, Vieille Case, Dominica
1939–40 Agricultural School, Botanic Gardens, Roseau, Dominica
1944 Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, St. Augustine, Trinidad

DEGREES:
1944 Bee-keeping course, Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, St. Augustine, Trinidad
1948 London Matriculation Certificate

CAREER

1938 Pupil teacher at the Vieille Case Government School, Vieille Case (1938–39)
1940 Assistant District Agricultural Instructor, Colihaut (1940–45)
1949 Agricultural Instructor at the One Mile Agricultural Station, Portsmouth, Dominica (1949–51)
1951 Agriculture Instructor at the Eastern District, La Plaine, Dominica
Representative of the Dominica Banana Growers Association, Northern District
1953 Nominated member of the Vieille Case Village Board, Vieille Case
1957 Parliamentarian, Portsmouth seat on the Legislative Council (1957–58)
1958 Dominican representative in the Federal Parliament of the West Indies (1958–61)
1961 Chief Minister of Dominica and Minister of Finance, Dominica Labour Party (1961–67)
1966 As a delegate, attended at the Lancaster House Conference, London, seeking Associated Statehood for Dominica
1967 Became the first Premier of Dominica on the 1st March 1967 when Dominica is granted Associated Statehood with Britain
1970 Re-elected Premier of Dominica
1983 Served on the Constitutional Review Commission

WORKS

POEMS
A Tribute to My Teacher
Daniel’s Bane
Life’s Philosophy
Sieck La Vie
1940 Acrostic
1947 Fragments of the Dawn, Young American Poets & Song Writers Magazine
Vade Mecum, Young American Poets & Song Writers Magazine
1962 The Little Eight
1973 Nom Nwer

BOOKS
1969 Poems

SONGS
We’re Fighting for Dominica

NOTABLE

1940? Formed Literary Club in Vieille Case
1965 Established Dominica’s National Day and National Day festivities, 3rd November, 1965

DIED

29th October, 2004
Au Parc, Vieille Case, Dominica