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Pauline Vanier

Canadian viceregal consort (1898-1991) · Canada · On the map · Writers · Died at 92

Pauline Vanier, PC, CC, DStJ was a Canadian humanitarian who was married to Georges Vanier. Her husband was one of Canada's first professional diplomats, Canada's first ambassador to France, and the first French-Canadian Governor General of Canada from 1959 until his death in 1967.

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Honorary Doctorate at the Laval University1966
Companion of the Order of Canada
Order of Saint John

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She was the first woman Chancellor of the University of Ottawa as well as the first non-Roman Catholic Bishop to hold the role following the University's reorganization into a public university.

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Canada
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
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Deceased
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Lived 1898 to 1991 · aged 92