Jean Noël Desmarais Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Jean Noël Desmarais
Birth Date:April 11, 1924
Birth Place:Sudbury, Ontario
Death Place:Sudbury
Nationality:Canadian
Party:Progressive Conservative
Office:Senator for Sudbury, Ontario
Term Start:June 4, 1993
Term End:July 25, 1995
Appointed:Brian Mulroney
Spouse:Collette Michaud (1924-2016)
Children:Joanne, Jocelyne, Michelle, Jean, Guy, Suzanne and Marie
Residence:Sudbury
Occupation:Physician

Jean Noël Desmarais (April 11, 1924  - July 25, 1995) was a Canadian physician, radiologist, and politician.

Born in Sudbury, Ontario, the brother of Louis Desmarais and Paul Desmarais, he was not involved in politics before being appointed to the Senate of Canada, when he represented the senatorial division of Sudbury, Ontario in 1993.

The Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion, designed by the architect Moshe Safdie, in the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is named in his father's honour.

A cigarette smoker, he died of cancer in 1995.

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