Joan Dougherty
Joan Dougherty | |
|---|---|
| MNA for Jacques-Cartier | |
| In office 1981–1987 | |
| Preceded by | Noël Saint-Germain |
| Succeeded by | Neil Cameron |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 2, 1927 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | December 18, 2020 (aged 93) Westmount, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Profession | social worker |
Joan Dougherty (2 March 1927 – 18 December 2020) was a Canadian politician in the province of Quebec.
Biography
Born in Montreal, Quebec, to Edward Mason, a physician, and Loretta O'Reilly, Dougherty studied at The Study, a private girls' school, and received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1947 and a Masters in histology in 1950 from McGill University. She did post-graduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in biophysics.[1][2]
Dougherty represented Jacques-Cartier in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1981 to 1987.[1]
She died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
- ^ a b Joan Dougherty, former MNA and advocate for public education, dies at 93
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