Background
He was born in Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Quebec in Drummond County and became an industrialist by career.
He was born in Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Quebec in Drummond County and became an industrialist by career.
Leclerc served as an alderman of Granby, Quebec for 6 years, then was the community"s mayor from 1933 to 1939. He was first elected to Parliament at the Shefford riding in the 1935 general election and re-elected there in 1940. After his second term in the House of Commons, Leclerc did not seek further re-election in the 1945 federal election.