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POLITICIAN

Jeanne Sauvé

1922 - 1993

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Jeanne Mathilde Sauvé (née Benoît; April 26, 1922 – January 26, 1993) was a Canadian politician and journalist who served as the first and to date only female Speaker of the House (1980–1984) and as the first female Governor General of Canada (1984–1990). Sauvé was born in Prud'homme, Saskatchewan, and educated in Ottawa and Paris, prior to working as a journalist for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). She was then elected to the House of Commons in 1972, whereafter she served as a minister of the Crown until 1980, when she became the Speaker. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jeanne Sauvé has received more than 329,987 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Jeanne Sauvé is the 15,006th most popular politician (down from 13,593rd in 2019), the 499th most popular biography from Canada (down from 463rd in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Canadian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jeanne Sauvé ranks 15,006 out of 15,577Before her are Prithvirajsing Roopun, Jhala Nath Khanal, Heinrich Albertz, Sükhbaataryn Batbold, Camilo Ponce Enríquez, and Tesfaye Gebre Kidan. After her are Hakainde Hichilema, Moaz al-Khatib, Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, Manuel Gondra, Edward Givens, and Benjamin Harrison V.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Jeanne Sauvé ranks 345Before her are Fritz Riess, Coleen Gray, Georgy Adelson-Velsky, Rudolf Illovszky, Leslie Marr, and Regina Resnik. After her are Giorgio Anglesio, Melvin Laird, Eevi Huttunen, Jim Pollard, Elsa Joubert, and Redd Foxx. Among people deceased in 1993, Jeanne Sauvé ranks 232Before her are Arthur Alexander, Avram Davidson, Francisco Zuluaga, Tony Barton, Cyril Collard, and Heinrich Albertz. After her are Harvey Kurtzman, Paul Grégoire, Kenneth Burke, Jim Pollard, Roger Michelot, and Mary Philbin.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Jeanne Sauvé ranks 499 out of 1,350Before her are Justin Chatwin (1982), Taylor Kitsch (1981), Carly Rae Jepsen (1985), Jane Bell (1910), Toller Cranston (1949), and Gérald Lacroix (1957). After her are Donald Arnold (1935), Paul Grégoire (1911), Alessia Cara (1996), Nicholas Lea (1962), Suzanne Clément (1969), and Dwight Lodeweges (1957).

Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, Jeanne Sauvé ranks 43Before her are Ian Millar (1947), Ted Cruz (1970), Pauline Marois (1949), Nancy Greene Raine (1943), George-Étienne Cartier (1814), and Charles Tupper (1821). After her are Patrick Roy (1965), Hilda Cameron (1912), Marc Garneau (1949), Beattie Ramsay (1895), Jean Charest (1958), and Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin (1849).