Marisa Ferretti Barth (April 28, 1931 – March 28, 2021) was a Canadian Senator.

Life and career

Born in

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, Marisa Ferretti Barth was a

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, human resources consultant and

community organizer Community organizing is a process where people who live in proximity to each other or share some common problem come together into an organization that acts in their shared self-interest. Unlike those who promote more-consensual community bui ...

before her appointment to the Senate. She established 84 seniors' clubs for Italian-Canadians as well as helping found a seniors' club for Chinese Canadians in

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as well as seniors organizations for other ethnic groups. She founded the Regional Council of Italian-Canadian Seniors serving as its executive director since 1975 and also was a board member of the National Congress of Italian Canadians in the 1980s.Liberal Party of Canada
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. Retrieved March 3, 2007. She was appointed to the Senate on September 22, 1997 on the advice of

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and represented the province of

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. She sat as a

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, until her mandatory retirement at the age of 75 on April 28, 2006.

Honours

In 2008, she was made an Officer of the

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. In 2003, she was made a Grand Officer of the

Order of Merit of the Italian Republic The Order of Merit of the Italian Republic ( it, Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana) is the senior Italian order of merit. It was established in 1951 by the second President of the Italian Republic, Luigi Einaudi. The highest-ranking ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ferretti Barth, Marisa 1931 births 2021 deaths Canadian senators from Quebec Liberal Party of Canada senators Officers of the National Order of Quebec Grand Officers of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic Italian emigrants to Canada People of Marchesan descent Women members of the Senate of Canada Women in Quebec politics People from Ascoli Piceno 21st-century Canadian politicians 21st-century Canadian women politicians