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LeBlanc spent most of his adult years in Abbeville, the seat of government for Vermilion Parish, at which LeBlanc had a large, comfortable home.
LeBlanc spent most of his adult years in Abbeville, the seat of government for Vermilion Parish, at which LeBlanc had a large, comfortable home.
==Sparring with Huey Pierce Long, Jr.==
==Sparring with Huey Long==
In 1924, LeBlanc was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives. He ran because he did not think that the incumbent representative had done a good job of bringing roads into Vermilion Parish. A story persists that the representative dared LeBlanc to run against him, and LeBlanc accepted the challenge and narrowly unseated the lawmaker. LeBlanc served only a half term in the state House because he was elected for a six-year term in 1926 to one of the then three seats on the then new Louisiana Public Service Commission, the utility rate-making body. He defeated the candidate supported by [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]] LeBlanc's district covered all of the southwestern third of the state. The commission was expanded to five members under the Louisiana Constitution of 1974.
In 1924, LeBlanc was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives. He ran because he did not think that the incumbent representative had done a good job of bringing roads into Vermilion Parish. A story persists that the representative dared LeBlanc to run against him, and LeBlanc accepted the challenge and narrowly unseated the lawmaker. LeBlanc served only a half term in the state House because he was elected for a six-year term in 1926 to one of the then three seats on the then new Louisiana Public Service Commission, the utility rate-making body. He defeated the candidate supported by [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]] LeBlanc's district covered all of the southwestern third of the state. The commission was expanded to five members under the Louisiana Constitution of 1974.
LeBlanc provided the third swing vote to remove Huey Long as the PSC chairman, as Long was attempting to use the position to promote his pending gubernatorial candidacy in 1928. LeBlanc accused Long of being a "slacker" in World War I.
LeBlanc provided the third swing vote to remove Huey Long as the PSC chairman, as Long was attempting to use the position to promote his pending gubernatorial candidacy in 1928. LeBlanc accused Long of being a "slacker" in World War I.
==1932 gubernatorial campaign==
==1932 gubernatorial campaign==