Marianna Beauchamp Jodoin Explained

Marianna Beauchamp Jodoin
Birthname:Marianna Beauchamp Jodoin
Birth Date:1881 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Montreal, Quebec
Spouse:Tancrède Jodoin
Office:Senator for Saurel, Quebec
Predecessor:Athanase David
Successor:Alan Macnaughton
Term Start:19 May 1953
Term End:1 June 1966
Party:Liberal
Appointer:Louis Stephen St. Laurent

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.

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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Johnson, J.K. . The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867–1967 . 1968 . Public Archives of Canada.
  2. Web site: Women in the Senate . Senate of Canada . 5 September 2009.
  3. Web site: The Long March Forward, A History of Women's Rights . 2003 . Government of Quebec . 5 September 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051003195842/http://www.csf.gouv.qc.ca/telechargement/publications/InfoLongMarchForward2003.pdf . 3 October 2005 .
  4. Book: Répertoire des personnages inhumés au cimetière ayant marqué l'histoire de notre société. Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery. Montreal. fr.