Marisa Ferretti Barth

The Hon. Marisa Ferretti Barth
Senator for Repentigny, Quebec
In office September 23, 1997 – April 28, 2006
Appointed by	Jean Chrétien
Preceded by	Pietro Rizzuto
Succeeded by	Patrick Brazeau
Personal details
Born	April 28, 1931 (1931-04-28) (age 80) 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]

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]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Marisa Ferretti Barth - Parliament of Canada biography
2. ^ Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal.ca :: Senators :: Marisa Ferretti Barth. Retrieved March 3, 2007.
3. ^ "National Order of Quebec citation" (in French). http://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/recherche_details.asp?id=688. 
4. ^ "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. 

Persondata
Name	Ferretti Barth, Marisa
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Date of birth	April 28, 1931
Place of birth	Ascoli Piceno, Italy
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