Jean Noël Desmarais

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Hon.
Jean Noël Desmarais
Senator for Sudbury, Ontario
In office
June 4, 1993 – July 25, 1995
Appointed by Brian Mulroney
Personal details
Born April 11, 1924
Sudbury, Ontario
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Political party Progressive Conservative
Occupation Physician

Jean Noël Desmarais (April 11, 1924 – July 25, 1995) was a Canadian physician, radiologist, and politician.

Born in Sudbury, Ontario, the brother of Louis Desmarais, he wasn't involved in politics before being appointed to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Sudbury, Ontario in 1993.

The Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion, designed by architect Moshe Safdie, in the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is named in his father's honour.

A cigarette smoker, he died of cancer in 1995.

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