Joan Dougherty

Joan Dougherty (2 March 1927 – 18 December 2020) was a Canadian politician in the province of Quebec.

Joan Dougherty
MNA for Jacques-Cartier
In office
1981–1987
Preceded byNoël Saint-Germain
Succeeded byNeil Cameron
Personal details
Born(1927-03-02)March 2, 1927
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
DiedDecember 18, 2020(2020-12-18) (aged 93)
Westmount, Quebec, Canada
Political partyLiberal
Professionsocial worker

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

  1. "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
  2. Joan Dougherty, former MNA and advocate for public education, dies at 93


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