Background
SAUVE, Jeanne Benoit was born on April 26, 1926 in Prud"Homme, Saskatchewan. Daughter of Charles Albert Benoit and Anna Vaillant.
SAUVE, Jeanne Benoit was born on April 26, 1926 in Prud"Homme, Saskatchewan. Daughter of Charles Albert Benoit and Anna Vaillant.
University of Ottawa and Paris.
Founder Delegate to international conferences, Federation des Mouvements de Jeunesse du Quebec 1947. Assistant to Director, Youth Section, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris 1951. Journalist and Broadcaster, Canadian Broadcasting Company, Radio-Canada, contribution to National Broadcasting Company and Columbia Broadcasting System 1952-1972.
Union des Artistes, Montreal.
President 1968-1970; Canadian Institute of Public Affairs, Vice-President 1962-1964, President 1964. General Secretary, Federation des Auteurs et des Artistes du Canada 1966-1972.
Minister of State in charge of Science and Technology 1972-1974, for Environment 1974-1975, of Communications (with responsibility for French-speaking countries in Department, of External Affairs) 1975-1979. Speaker of House of Commons 1980-1984.
Governor-General and Commander in Chief of Canada 1983-1990.
Founder, Honorary Chairman Jeanne Sauve Youth Foundation 1990. Chairman Association of Former Parliamentarians 1990. Montreal Director Industrial Life Insurance Company 1990, Power Broadcasting Incorporated.
1990, Bombardier Incorporated.
1990; 19 honorary doctorates. Jean-Louis Levesque Foundation Merit.
Commander.
Board since 1961, Vice. Canadian Centennial Commission 1967. Institute of Political Research 1972.
Board Governor General’s Canadian Study Conference 1990.
Married Maurice Sauve in 1948.