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- Léo_Richer_Laflèche abstract "Léo Richer La Flèche, PC DSO (April 16, 1888 – March 7, 1956) was a Canadian general, civil servant, diplomat, and politician.Léo Richer La Flèche was born in Concordia, Kansas, on April 16, 1888. The same year, with his parents, Zotique and Ida, Léo moved to Sorel, Quebec, because of his father's work in Ottawa with the government as a civil servant. Leo managed the Molson Bank in Ville St-Pierre until the outbreak of the First World War. He served with the Royal 22nd Battalion, CEF, during World War I, as an infantry officer, where he was wounded several times. In one instance, on June 17, 1916, a soldier in Léo's battalion noticed Léo lying in a field, left for dead. The soldier and four of his comrades transported the dying Léo on a stretcher as they crossed a battlefield under German artillery fire. The General in charge spotted the heroic act and as a result, the five soldiers were each awarded a Military Medal. Léo's brave and honourable service was not forgotten and in 1917, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the Légion d'honneur of France. He later became a lieutenant-colonel commanding the District Depot No. 4, Montreal which consisted of roughly 70,000 men. He would achieve the rank of major general. He co-founded the Canadian Legion in 1925 and became dominion president of the Canadian Legion in 1929. From 1932 to 1939, he was Deputy Minister of National Defence, Vice-Chairman Defence Council and briefly served as military attaché to Paris before the German invasion.From 1940 to 1942, he was the associate deputy minister of War Services and was chairman of the National Film Board from 1941 to 1943. In 1941, he received an honorary LL.D. from the University of Ottawa.He was elected as the Liberal candidate to the Canadian House of Commons for the Quebec electoral district of Outremont in a by-election on November 30, 1942, called after the current MP, Thomas Vien, resigned. He defeated future mayor of Montreal Jean Drapeau who was running for the Bloc Populaire. Later that year, Prime minister Mackenzie King named him Minister of National War Services, a post he kept until he became the first Canadian ambassador to Greece on April 17, 1945.He was the Canadian ambassador to Greece from 1945 to 1949. On October 20, 1949, he presented his credentials to the governor general of Australia as the new high commissioner of Canada. On August 19, 1952, he also held this position in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as he officially took his post as the Canadian ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary in charge of the diplomatic relations with neighbouring Uruguay. He returned to Canada in 1955. He died the next year at the age of 67. His grave is in the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery of Montreal.".
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche birthDate "1888-04-16".
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche birthPlace Concordia,_Kansas.
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche birthYear "1888".
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche deathDate "1956-03-07".
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche deathPlace Montreal.
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche deathYear "1956".
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche militaryRank Major_general.
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche militaryUnit Royal_22nd_Regiment.
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche nationality Canada.
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche occupation Major_general.
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche office "Minister of National War Services (1942-1945)".
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche party Liberal_Party_of_Canada.
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche predecessor Thomas_Vien.
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche religion Catholic_Church.
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche successor Édouard_Rinfret.
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- Léo_Richer_Laflèche wikiPageWikiLink Argentina.
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- Léo_Richer_Laflèche wikiPageWikiLink Category:1888_births.
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- Léo_Richer_Laflèche wikiPageWikiLink Category:Ambassadors_of_Canada_to_Greece.
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- Léo_Richer_Laflèche wikiPageWikiLink John_Kennett_Starnes.
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- Léo_Richer_Laflèche wikiPageWikiLink Lionel_Victor_Joseph_Roy.
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- Léo_Richer_Laflèche wikiPageWikiLink Montreal.
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche wikiPageWikiLink National_Film_Board_of_Canada.
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche wikiPageWikiLink Notre_Dame_des_Neiges_Cemetery.
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche wikiPageWikiLink Outremont_(electoral_district).
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- Léo_Richer_Laflèche wikiPageWikiLink William_Lyon_Mackenzie_King.
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- Léo_Richer_Laflèche wikiPageWikiLink Édouard_Rinfret.
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche wikiPageWikiLinkText "Laflèche, Maj.-Gen. the Hon. Léo Richer".
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche wikiPageWikiLinkText "Léo Richer Laflèche".
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche birthDate "1888-04-16".
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche birthPlace Concordia,_Kansas.
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche cabinet "Minister of National War Services".
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche children "Denyse, François, Jean, Paul, Pierre".
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche constituencyMp Outremont_(electoral_district).
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche dateOfBirth "1888-04-16".
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche dateOfDeath "1956-03-07".
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche deathDate "1956-03-07".
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche deathPlace Montreal.
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche name "Léo Richer La Flèche".
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche name "Richer La Flèche, Léo".
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche nationality "Canadian".
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche occupation "Major General, Civil Servant, Diplomat, Politician".
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche parliament "Canadian".
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche party Liberal_Party_of_Canada.
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche placeOfBirth "Concordia, Kansas".
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche placeOfDeath "Montreal, Quebec".
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche predecessor Thomas_Vien.
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche rank Major_general.
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche religion Catholic_Church.
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche shortDescription "Canadian politician".
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche spouse "Jane Richer La Flèche".
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche successor Édouard_Rinfret.
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche termEnd "1945".
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche termStart "1942".
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche title "Canadian Ambassador Extraordinary and".
- Léo_Richer_Laflèche title "Canadian Envoy Extraordinary and".