Mary John Batten, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Mary John Batten

Canadian politician and judge

Date of Birth: 30-Aug-1921

Place of Birth: Sifton, Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada

Date of Death: 09-Oct-2015

Profession: judge, politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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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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