25th Premier of New Brunswick. A member of the Liberal Party of New Brunswick, he served in this position from July 1960 until November 1970. He is credited with bringing in major social reform to the province. Born in Saint-Antoine, New Brunswick, at the age of 15 he decided to become a Roman Catholic priest and enrolled at the Juvenat Saint-Jean-Eudes in Bathurst, New Brunswick. He then changed his mind and attended the College du Sacre-Coeur in New Brunswick, graduating in 1947 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. After studying law for three years, he was admitted to the bar and briefly practiced law in Richibucto, New Brunswick. In September 1952 he entered politics and was elected to the New Brunswick Legislature, retaining his seat until April 1971, and became his party's leader in 1958. In July 1960 the Liberal Party defeated the Conservative Party of Premier Hugh John Fleming and he became Premier. During his tenure as Premier, he restructured the municipal tax regime, ending the ability of business to play one municipality against another in order to extract the lowest tax rates. In 1963 he introduced the Municipal Capital Borrowing Act and Board to curb excessive spending and was instrumental in helping to create the Universite de Moncton. He also instituted Equal Opportunity, to ensure the quality of education, health care, and social services were equal through the province. In November 1970 he stepped down as Premier and was replaced by Richard Hatfield. In 1971 he was honored with the Companion of the Order of Canada and became the Canadian chairman of the International Joint Commission for two years. In December 1973 he was appointed to the Canadian Senate by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and served until October 2000 when he retired from politics. He died from cancer in Sainte-Anne-de-Kent, New Brunswick at the age of 79.