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Marie-Claire Kirkland-Casgrain

Published: 24 March 2016

The first woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec and first female judge in Quebec, grad Marie-Claire Kirkland-Casgrain (CM, CQ)  (BA'47, BCL'50, LLD'97) has died. She was 91 years old.

Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard has announced that Kirkland-Casgrain will receive a national funeral

Interview from the McGill News archives (1998) on presentation of her honorary doctorate 

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Photo: Old McGill Yearbook 1946​ (edited)

 

 

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