" 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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Late in 1982, LeBlanc became Minister of Public Works for two years before being nominated by Trudeau to then Governor General Jeanne Sauvé for appointment to the Senate on June 29, 1984.

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.

* October 31-In Sauvé v. Canada ( Chief Electoral Officer ), the Supreme Court rules that all prisoners have the right to vote under Section Three of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, regardless of the stipulation in the Canada Elections Act that prisoners serving sentences of two years or more may not vote

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.

In the Canada Elections Act, inmates serving a sentence of at least two years are prohibited from voting, but on October 31, 2002, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in Sauvé v. Canada that such a law violated the section 3 of the Charter, and was rendered of no force or effect.

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.

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

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.

Paul Sauvé later took over the role of Premier in July It is generally accepted that the revolution ended before the October Crisis of 1970, but Quebec's society has continued to change dramatically since then, notably with the rise of the sovereignty movement, evidenced by the election of the Separatist Parti Québécois ( first in 1976 ), the formation of a separatist political party representing Quebec on the federal level, the Bloc Québécois ( formed in 1991 ), as well as the 1980 and 1995 Sovereignty Referendums.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Though there was some criticism in the final evaluations of her performance as governor general, mostly for a perceived aloofness and sense of self-importance which her closing of the Rideau Hall estate to the public came to symbolise Sauvé was also described as having been elegant, charming, and a person who could mingle well with common Canadians especially children while also maintaining a sense of the dignity of state.

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.

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.

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

The party's last public act was a rally held on November 14, 1965 in Montreal's Paul Sauvé Arena with 850 of Arcand's followers in attendance.