Marie-Cécile Collet

Marie-Cécile Collet
Marie-Cécile Collet
Nominated Member of the Legislative Council
	In office; 1948–1950

Marie-Cécile Helene Collet was a French lawyer and politician in the Seychelles. In 1948 she became the first female member of the islands' Legislative Council.

Biography

A lawyer, Collet met her husband Charles Évariste Collet while he was studying medicine in France. She encouraged him to become a barrister.^[1] The couple moved to Seychelles in 1946, where both worked as barristers.^[1] In 1947 Charles was appointed Attorney General, and the following year became a member of the Legislative Council.^[1] In the same year, Marie was also appointed to the Legislative Council as a replacement for Nageon de Lestang,^[2]^[3] becoming its first female member.^[4] She served on the Council until 1950.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c William McAteer (2008) To be a nation: being the third part of The history of Seychelles, 1920-1976, p428
^ The London Gazette 25 June 1948, p3723
^ McAteer, p218
^ ^a ^b Francis E. MacGregor (2004) A Parliamentary History of Seychelles, pp118, 141

[WM-1] William McAteer (2008) To be a nation: being the third part of The history of Seychelles, 1920-1976, p428

[2] The London Gazette 25 June 1948, p3723

[3] McAteer, p218

[FM-4] Francis E. MacGregor (2004) A Parliamentary History of Seychelles, pp118, 141

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Marie-Cécile Collet

Nominated Member of the Legislative Council
In office 1948–1950