Marisa Ferretti Barth OQ (April 28, 1931 – March 28, 2021[1]) was a Canadian Senator.[2]
Marisa Ferretti Barth | |
|---|---|
| Senator for Repentigny, Quebec | |
| In office September 22, 1997 – April 28, 2006 | |
| Appointed by | Jean Chrétien |
| Preceded by | Pietro Rizzuto |
| Succeeded by | Patrick Brazeau |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 28, 1931 Ascoli Piceno, Italy |
| Died | March 28, 2021 (aged 89) |
| Political party | Liberal |
Life and career
editBorn in Ascoli Piceno, Italy, Marisa Ferretti Barth was a social worker, human resources consultant and community organizer before her appointment to the Senate. She established 84 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.[3]
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.[2]
Honours
editIn 2008, she was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec.[4] In 2003, she was made a Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.[5]
References
edit- ^ Addio a Marisa Ferretti Barth Senatrice canadese di Ascoli (in Italian)
- ^ a b Marisa Ferretti Barth – Parliament of Canada biography
- ^ Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal.ca :: Senators :: Marisa Ferretti Barth Archived 2007-02-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 3, 2007.
- ^ "National Order of Quebec citation" (in French).
- ^ "Hansard".