" 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.

Jeanne Mathilde Sauvé ( née Benoît, April 26, 1922January 26, 1993 ) was a Canadian journalist, politician, and stateswoman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 23rd since Canadian Confederation.

She was the first woman to serve as Canada's governor general and, while her appointment as the Queen's representative was initially and generally welcomed, Sauvé caused some controversy during her time as vicereine, mostly due to increased security around the office, as well as an anti-monarchist attitude towards the position.

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.

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.

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.

Sauvé then became a founding member of the Institute of Political Research and was hired as a journalist and broadcaster with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's French-language broadcaster, Radio-Canada.

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.

This absorption of a woman into the traditionally male world of political journalism and commentary was unusual, and Sauvé managed to be taken seriously, even having her own television show, Opinions, which covered " such taboo subjects as teenage sex, parental authority, and student discipline.

It was the Liberal Party that wooed Sauvé into politics, asking her to run as a candidate in the Montreal riding of Ahuntsic during the 1972 federal election.

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.

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.

Sauvé was the first female governor general in Canada's history, and only the second woman amongst all the Commonwealth realms both previous and contemporary to the time to assume the equivalent office, after Elmira Minita Gordon, who was in 1981 appointed Governor-General of Belize.

* January 26-Jeanne Sauvé, politician and first female Governor General of Canada ( born 1922 )

Sauvé was born in Saint-Benoit, Quebec, Canada to journalist and parliamentarian Arthur Sauvé and Marie-Louise Lachaîne.

Arthur Sauvé, PC ( October 1, 1874 – February 6, 1944 ) was born in Saint-Hermas ( today part of Mirabel, Quebec ).

The most famous Fransaskoise was Jeanne Sauvé, born in Prud ' homme.

Philippe Sauvé ( born February 27, 1980, in Buffalo, New York ) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender who last played with the Hamburg Freezers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.

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.

Sauvé in Ottawa, 1984

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.

" 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.

The Sorbonne in Paris, where Sauvé obtained her degree in Culture of France | French civilizaiton

After working for several years as a labour mediator, columnist and broadcaster, in 1984 Lewis was appointed Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations by Governor General Jeanne Sauvé, on the advice of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.

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.

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 did, however, find success in implementing reforms that professionalised the speaker's tasks of managing expenses and staff for the House of Commons, cutting back on the excess bureaucracy, personnel, overtime waste, and costs she discovered upon her installation.

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

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

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.

** Jeanne Sauvé, Canadian Governor General ( b. 1922 )

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

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.

" 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.

During her time as vicereine, Sauvé established in commemoration of her state visit to Brazil the Governor General Jeanne Sauvé Fellowship, awarded each year to a Brazilian graduate student in Canadian studies.

In their final summary of Hnatyshyn's years in office, though, the former governor general was generally viewed to have not stood up for the Canadian Crown that he represented, choosing to follow, instead of Vincent Massey's example, that of Sauvé, who was herself seen as a republican.

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.

Arthur Sauvé, his father, had been leader of the Conservative party during the Premiership of Liberal Louis-Alexandre Taschereau and left the provincial politics when elected to the Canadian Parliament in 1930 and became Postmaster General in the R. B. Bennett government.

In accordance with Canadian constitutional practice, Sauvé granted the request and set an election for September 4.

* Jeanne Sauvé, Canadian politician

From 1984 to 1989, the service used a variant of Superchannel's: File: Superchannel-paytv. jpg | star logo. In 1976, Communications Minister Jeanne Sauvé was quoted as saying "( Canadian ) pay television is inevitable ".

Maurice Sauvé, ( September 20, 1923 – April 13, 1992 ) was a Canadian economist, politician, cabinet minister, businessman, and husband of Jeanne Sauvé, 23rd Governor General of Canada.

* Maurice Sauvé at The Canadian Encyclopedia

Two years later, on 4 June 1988, then-Governor General Jeanne Sauvé authorized the creation of the Canadian Heraldic Authority, made possible by Letters Patent, signed by the Queen on the advice of her Canadian Privy Council, and presented by Prince Edward.