Mary John Batten, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician and judge
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Place of Birth: Sifton, Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada
About Mary John Batten
- Mary John Batten (née Fodchuk; August 30, 1921 – October 9, 2015) was a Canadian lawyer, judge and political figure in Saskatchewan.
- She represented Humboldt from 1956 to 1964 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal.
- She was the first woman of Ukrainian origin to be elected to a Canadian provincial parliament.She was born Mary John Fodchuk in 1921 in Sifton, Manitoba and educated in Calder, Saskatchewan, Ituna and Regina and at the University of Saskatchewan.
- She articled with John Diefenbaker and was called to the Saskatchewan bar in 1945, later moving to Humboldt.
- She married M.
- Charles R.
- Batten, also a lawyer.
- After leaving politics in 1964, she was named to the Saskatchewan District Court.
- In 1983, she was named Chief Justice for the Court of Queen's Bench, becoming the first female chief justice for Saskatchewan.
- Batten retired from the bench in 1990.
- Batten died in October 2015 at the age of 94.
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