Viola Léger
Viola Léger | |
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| Senator for L'Acadie, New Brunswick | |
| In office June 13, 2001 – June 29, 2005 | |
| Appointed by | Jean Chrétien |
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| Born | June 29, 1930 Fitchburg, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Alma mater | Boston University |
Viola Léger, OC ONB (born June 29, 1930) is an Acadian-Canadian actress and former Canadian Senator.
Born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Léger received a B.A. and a B.Ed. from the Université de Moncton, and an M.F.A. (Theater Education) from Boston University.
She was appointed to the Senate at the recommendation of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, in 2001, representing the Senatorial division of L'Acadie, New Brunswick. She was a member of the Liberal caucus. Léger retired from the Senate when she reached the age of 75.
In 1989, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2007, she was awarded the Order of New Brunswick.[1] Ms. Léger received a Governor General's Performing Arts Award in 2013 for her work as an actress.[2]
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- 1930 births
- Living people
- Acadian people
- American emigrants to Canada
- American people of French-Canadian descent
- Boston University College of Fine Arts alumni
- Canadian television actresses
- Canadian women senators
- Canadian senators from New Brunswick
- Members of the Order of New Brunswick
- Officers of the Order of Canada
- People from Moncton
- Politicians from Fitchburg, Massachusetts
- Université de Moncton alumni
- Women in New Brunswick politics