Marianna Beauchamp Jodoin

Marianna Beauchamp Jodoin (29 November 1881 – 4 January 1980) was a Liberal party member of the Senate of Canada. She was born in Montreal, Quebec.

Marianna Beauchamp Jodoin
Senator for Saurel, Quebec
In office
19 May 1953 – 1 June 1966
Preceded byAthanase David
Succeeded byAlan Macnaughton
Personal details
Born
Marianna Beauchamp Jodoin

(1881-11-29)29 November 1881
Montreal, Quebec
Died4 January 1980(1980-01-04) (aged 98)
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)Tancrède Jodoin

The daughter of Jean-Joseph Beauchamp and Élisa Décary, she was educated at the Convent d'Hochelaga. In 1905, she married Tancrède Jodoin.[1]

She was appointed to the Senate for the Saurel, Quebec division on 19 May 1953 following nomination by Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent. She remained in that role until her resignation on 1 June 1966.

Jodoin was the first francophone woman[2] and the first woman from Quebec[3] named to the Senate. After her death in 1980, she was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.[4]

References
  1. Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867–1967. Public Archives of Canada.
  2. "Women in the Senate". Senate of Canada. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
  3. "The Long March Forward, A History of Women's Rights" (PDF). Government of Quebec. 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2005. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
  4. Répertoire des personnages inhumés au cimetière ayant marqué l'histoire de notre société (in French). Montreal: Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery.
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