Marisa Ferretti Barth
| The Hon. Marisa Ferretti Barth |
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| Senator for Repentigny, Quebec | |
| In office September 23, 1997 – April 28, 2006 |
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| Appointed by | Jean Chrétien |
| Preceded by | Pietro Rizzuto |
| Succeeded by | Patrick Brazeau |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 28, 1931 Ascoli Piceno, Italy |
| Political party | Liberal |
Marisa Ferretti Barth (born April 28, 1931) was a Canadian Senator.[1]
Born in Ascoli Piceno, Italy, Ferreti Barth was a social worker, human resources consultant and community organizer before her appointment to the Senate. She established 68 seniors' clubs for Italian-Canadians as well as helping found a seniors' club for Chinese Canadians in Montreal as well as seniors organizations for other ethnic groups. She founded the Regional Council of Italian-Canadian Seniors serving as its executive director since 1975 and also was a board member of the National Congress of Italian Canadians in the 1980s.[2]
She was appointed to the Senate on September 22, 1997 on the advice of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and represented the province of Quebec. She sat as a Liberal, until her mandatory retirement at the age of 75 on April 28, 2006.[1]
[edit] Honours
In 2008, she was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec.[3] In 2003, she was made a Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Marisa Ferretti Barth - Parliament of Canada biography
- ^ Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal.ca :: Senators :: Marisa Ferretti Barth. Retrieved March 3, 2007.
- ^ "National Order of Quebec citation" (in French). http://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/recherche_details.asp?id=688.
- ^ "Hansard". http://www.parl.gc.ca/37/2/parlbus/chambus/senate/deb-e/061db_2003-06-03-e.htm?Language=E&Parl=37&Ses=2#5.
