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Jeanne-Mathilde Sauvéb. 26 Apr 1922, Prud'homme, Saskatchewan |
| Title: | Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada = Gouverneur général et Commandant en chef du Canada |
| Term: | 14 May 1984 - 29 Jan 1990 |
| Chronology: | 28 Jan 1984, appointed by Commission under the Great Seal of Canada [1] |
| 14 May 1984, oath of allegiance, oath of office and oath of Keeper of the Great Seal of Canada taken, Senate Chamber, Parliament Buildings, Ottawa, Ontario [2] | |
| 7 Oct 1999, termination of appointment with the installation of a successor [3] | |
| Names/titles: | née Jeanne-Mathilde Benoît; surname changed to Sauvé on her marriage (24 Sep 1948) |
| Biography: | |
| Studied at Collège Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire in Ottawa, universities of Ottawa and Paris; served as national president of the Young Catholic Students Group (1942-1947); married Maurice Sauvé (1948), who later was a member of Parliament (1962-1968) and forestry minister (1964-1968); began her career as a free-lance journalist; was elected to Parliament, representing the Montréal riding of Ahuntsic (1972-1979) and the riding of Laval-des-Rapides (1979-1984); was one of the founders (1972) of the Institute of Political Research, a government-sponsored agency formed to advise the federal cabinet; occupied the posts of minister of state in charge of science and technology (1972-1974), minister of the environment (1974-1975), minister of communications (1975-1979) in the federal government; assumed the role as adviser to the secretary of state for external affairs, before she was elected as the first woman Speaker of the House of Commons (14 Apr 1980 - 1984); was actively engaged in the reform of the administration of the House; as Governor General, adopted a more formal approach than her predecessor; angered some when she closed to the public the gardens and lawns of Rideau Hall, the official residence. | |
| Biographical sources: The Canadian encyclopedia: year 2000 edition. McClelland & Stewart Inc., Toronto; The Globe and Mail, 149th Year, No. 44,659, Toronto, Wednesday, January 27, 1993, pp. (A1)-A2 (obituary). | |
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| [1] | The Canada Gazette, Part I, Vol. 118, Extra, No. 12, Ottawa, Monday, May 14, 1984 / La Gazette du Canada, Partie I, Vol. 118, Édition Spéciale, N° 12, Ottawa, Lundi 14 Mai 1984, p. 3. |
| [2] | The Canada Gazette, Part I, Vol. 118, Extra, No. 12, Ottawa, Monday, May 14, 1984 / La Gazette du Canada, Partie I, Vol. 118, Édition Spéciale, N° 12, Ottawa, Lundi 14 Mai 1984, p. (1)-2; The Globe and Mail, 141st Year, No. 41,946, Tuesday, May 15, 1984, pp. (1)-2. |
| [3] | Canada Gazette, Part I, Vol. 124, No. 5, Ottawa, Saturday, February 3, 1990 / Gazette du Canada, Partie I, Vol. 124, N° 5, Ottawa, Le Samedi 3 Février 1990, pp. 350-351 (published also as Extra No. 1, dated Monday, January 29, 1990); The Globe and Mail, 146th Year, No. 43,729, Tuesday, January 30, 1990, pp. (1)-2. |
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