Sauvé did recover, and was released from care on March 3, though the illness had delayed her installation ceremony, which had been scheduled to take place that month.

Sauvé remained secretive about the exact nature of the illness, and did not pay attention to rumours that she had developed Hodgkin's lymphoma, stating in interviews that it was a private matter, and that she was well enough to uphold her responsibilities.

The decision to do so was based on concerns expressed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the National Capital Commission for the security of the vicereine, and brought Rideau Hall in line with other official residences, including 24 Sussex Drive and Buckingham Palace, that did not allow public access ; however, Sauvé was reported to have also been personally worried about her safety, saying: " I'm worried about those crazy men out there.

On November 27, 1972, Sauvé was sworn into the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, giving her the accordant style of The Honourable ; however, as a former governor general of Canada, Sauvé was entitled to be styled for life with the superior form of The Right Honourable.

Only two years later, however, Maurice died, and Sauvé followed him on January 26, 1993, after a long battle with Hodgkin's lymphoma.

After success on her first radio programme, Fémina, Sauvé was moved to CBC television and focused her efforts on covering political topics on both radio and television, in both English and French.

Once the changes were made, Sauvé had reduced the commons ' support personnel by 300 and saved $ 18 million out of the annual expenses, all of which, to some, actually improved overall service.

At the same time, Sauvé also established the first daycare for Parliament Hill staff, MPs, and senators.

Accordingly, on July 9only ten days after being sworn inhe asked Sauvé to dissolve parliament and advised her to call an election for early September.

Sauvé was born in Saskatchewan and educated in Ottawa and Paris, prior to working as a journalist for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ( CBC ).

Sauvé studied at Notre Dame du Rosaire Convent in Ottawa, becoming head of her class in her first year, and continued her education at the University of Ottawa, working for the government of Canada as a translator in order to pay her tuition.

Two years later, they moved to Paris, where Sauvé was employed as the assistant to the director of the Youth Secretariat at UNESCO, and in 1951 she enrolled for one year at the Sorbonne, graduating with a degree in French civilization.

I must say I had qualms about it myself " Sauvé won, becoming one of five woman MPs, and was subsequently was sworn into the Queen's Privy Council and appointed as Minister of State for Science and Technology in the Cabinet chaired by Pierre Trudeau.

Sauvé ran again in the election two years later, re-winning Ahuntsic, and was given the environment portfolio before replacing it in 1975 with that for communications.

Because she strongly desired to campaign for the " No " forces in the weeks leading up to Quebec's 1980 referendum on separation from Canada, Sauvé initially refused the offer of running for the non-partisan position, but eventually acquiesced after Trudeau convinced her that she was the right person for the job and she received permission from the leaders of all the parties in the House of Commons to engage in the federalist campaign in Quebec.

Sauvé was lauded, by MPs and the media alike, for her courage in challenging the establishment.

It was speculated that Sauvé disapproved of the way Mulroney elevated the stature of his office with more presidential trappings and aura, and his insistence that he alone greet American president Ronald Reagan upon his arrival at Quebec City for the colloquially dubbed " Shamrock Summit " was taken by the media as a snub against Sauvé who, as the head of state's direct representative, would otherwise have welcomed another head of state to Canada.

Sauvé ( left ) at a garden party for the Ceremonial Guard and Governor General's Foot Guards at Rideau Hall, 1985

But, one of her favourite events that she hosted was the annual Christmas party for the Ottawa Boys & Girls Club and its French-language counterpart, the Patro d ' Ottawa ; the children came to Rideau Hall to visit with Santa and attended a lunch in the Tent Room, which Sauvé personally hosted and wore a paper party hat to celebrate the special occasion.

She also created two awards for students entering the field of special education and subsequently created the Sauvé Foundation, which was dedicated to the cause of youth excellence in Canada and is today headed by Jean-François.

For sporting endeavours, Sauvé formed the Jeanne Sauvé Trophy, for the world cup championship in women's field hockey, and the Jeanne Sauvé Fair Play Award, to recognise national amateur athletes who best demonstrate fair play and non-violence in sport.

Further, Sauvé encouraged a safer society in Canada by establishing the Governor General's Award for Safety in the Workplace.

The Canadian House of Commons, where Sauvé served as a Member of Parliament # Canada | Member of Parliament and later Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons | Speaker of the house, sitting in the chair at the far centre

In Maclean's, Carol Goar compared Sauvé to Schreyer's performance, stating that " she is expected to restore grace and refinement to Government House after five years of Edward Schreyer's earnest Prairie populism and lacklustre reign.

* February 29-Jeanne Sauvé becomes first woman Speaker of the House of Commons

* Speaker of the House of Commons Jeanne Sauvé

Bégin, Albanie Morin and Jeanne Sauvé, all elected in 1972, were the first women ever elected to the House of Commons from Quebec.

" Clarkson was the first governor general in Canadian history without either a political or military background, as well as the first Asian-Canadian and the second woman, following on Jeanne Sauvé.

In his final days of office, Trudeau recommended that Governor General Jeanne Sauvé appoint over 200 Liberals to well-paying patronage positions, including Senators, judges, and executives on various governmental and crown corporation boards, widely seen as a way to offer " plum jobs " to loyal party members.

She subsequently founded and worked with the Sauvé Foundation until her death, caused by Hodgkin's lymphoma, on January 26, 1993.

Sauvé was born in the Fransaskois community of Prud ' homme, Saskatchewan, to Charles Albert Benoît and Anna Vaillant, and three years later moved with them to Ottawa, where her family had previously lived and her father would take her to see the bronze bust on Parliament Hill of Canada's first female Member of Parliament ( MP ), Agnes Macphail.

It was there that Sauvé met Maurice Sauvé, and the two married on September 24, 1948, the same year the couple moved to London ; Maurice had obtained a scholarship to the London School of Economics and Sauvé worked as a teacher and tutor.

In her early days as speaker, Sauvé often made mistakes with the names of MPs or the ridings they represented once calling on the Prime Minister as the " leader of the opposition " and occasionally miscarried procedural rulings, which led to MPs addressing her with increasing curtness.

In a CBC interview, Sauvé conceded that the NDP members may have been right that the Liberals may have been allowed more questions over two or three days, but, on the whole, each party received an equal number of opportunities.

Still, Queen Elizabeth II, by commission under the royal sign-manual and Great Seal of Canada, approved on January 28, 1984, Trudeau's recommendation that she appoint Sauvé as her representative.

Sauvé was on May 14, 1984, sworn in as governor general in a ceremony in the Senate chamber, during which Trudeau said: " It is right and proper that Her Majesty should finally have a woman representative here ," though stressing that the Queen had not appointed Sauvé simply because she was a woman.

Prince Edward met with Sauvé at Rideau Hall on June 4, 1988, to present the Governor General with royal Letters Patent permitting the federal viceroy to exercise the Queen's powers in respect of the granting of heraldic arms in Canada, leading to the eventual creation of the Canadian Heraldic Authority, of which Sauvé was the first head.

Also in her capacity as vicereine, in 1986 Sauvé accepted on behalf of the " People of Canada " the Nansen Medal, and, two years later, opened the XV Olympic Winter Games in Calgary, Alberta.

He was in 1989 appointed as governor general by Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, on the recommendation of Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney, to replace Jeanne Mathilde Sauvé as viceroy, and he occupied the post until succeeded by Roméo LeBlanc in 1995.

It was on December 14, 1989 announced from the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada that Queen Elizabeth II had, by commission under the royal sign-manual and Great Seal of Canada, approved Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's choice of Hnatyshyn to succeed Jeanne Sauvé as the Queen's representative.

At the same time, Sauvé actively involved herself in student and political affairs ; at the age of 20, she became the national president of the Young Catholic Students Group, which employed her in 1942, necessitating her move to Montreal.

Despite pressure from the government that she intervene to break the deadlock, Sauvé maintained that it was up to the parties to resolve it themselves through negotiation.

However, by January 15, of the following year Sauvé resigned as an MP, and thus as speaker, and two days later she was hospitalised ; rumours circulated that it was due to cancer, but the official story was that the she had contracted a respiratory virus, which was further complicated by an allergy to antibiotics.

Almost immediately, Sauvé made it clear that she would use her time as vicereine to promote issues surrounding youth and world peace, as well as that of national unity.

She would not speak openly about her relationship with these individuals, but there was reported friction between Sauvé and Brian Mulroney, whom she had appointed as her chief executive adviser in 1984.

" Sauvé, though, always held that she had been speaking about Canadian unity in general, and not the Meech Lake Accord in particular, or any side of the debate around it.

After departing Rideau Hall for the last time as governor general in 1990, Sauvé and her husband returned to Montreal, where she continued to work with the Sauvé Foundation.

" This caused controversy not only because Sauvé had contradicted her earlier statement about Rideau Hall, wherein she said: " oh yes, definitely, it has to be open ," but also because it denied Ottawa residents the use of the palace grounds.

An advocate for education and literacy, she was appointed to the Senate by Governor General Jeanne Sauvé, on the recommendation of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, in November 1986.

During the 1950s she worked as a journalist for the CBC with a young Jeanne Sauvé with whom she remained friends until Sauvé's death.