# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/judy-lamarsh
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:40:17.078Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/judy-lamarsh"
name: "Judy LaMarsh"
slug: "judy-lamarsh"
description: "Julia Verlyn LaMarsh was a Canadian politician, lawyer, author and broadcaster. In 1963, she became the second woman to serve as a federal Cabinet minister. Under Prime Minister Lester Pearson's minority governments of the middle and late 1960s, she helped push through the legislation that created the Canada Pension Plan and Medicare. As Secretary of State, she was in charge of Canada's Centennial celebrations in 1967. After leaving politics in 1968, she wrote three books, and had her own radio show on CBC Radio. She was stricken with pancreatic cancer in 1979 and was given the Order of Canada at her hospital bed. She died a few days short of the 20th anniversary of her first political election victory, in 1980."
tagline: "Canadian politician, writer, broadcaster and barrister (1924-1980)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mrs_Judy_La_March_%2C_minister_van_Sociale_Zaken_van_Canada_brengt_werkbezoek_aan%2C_Bestanddeelnr_915-4670.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1924-12-20"
deathDate: "1980-10-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.4
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.810332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Judy_LaMarsh"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4"
    title: "جودي لامارش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4"
    title: "جودى لامارش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_LaMarsh"
    title: "Julia LaMarsh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_LaMarsh"
    title: "Judy LaMarsh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_LaMarsh"
    title: "Judy LaMarsh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Judy_LaMarsh"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q724786"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump