Marianna Beauchamp Jodoin (29 November 1881 – 4 January 1980) was a Liberal party member of the

Senate of Canada The Senate of Canada (french: region=CA, Sénat du Canada) is the upper house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the House of Commons, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada. The Senate is modelled after the B ...

. 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. She was appointed to the

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for the Saurel, Quebec division on 19 May 1953 following nomination by Prime Minister

Louis St. Laurent Louis Stephen St. Laurent (''Saint-Laurent'' or ''St-Laurent'' in French, baptized Louis-Étienne St-Laurent; February 1, 1882 – July 25, 1973) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 12th prime minister of Canada from 19 ...

. She remained in that role until her resignation on 1 June 1966. Jodoin was the first

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woman and the first woman from Quebec named to the Senate. After her death in 1980, she was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jodoin, Marianna Beauchamp 1881 births 1980 deaths Canadian senators from Quebec Women members of the Senate of Canada Liberal Party of Canada senators Politicians from Montreal 20th-century Canadian women politicians Burials at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery