Gabrielle Léger

Gabrielle Léger, CC (May 25, 1916 – March 10, 1998) was the wife of the 21st Governor General of Canada Jules Léger and was the Viceregal consort of Canada. Born Gabrielle Carmel in Montreal, she was introduced to Jules Léger, a lawyer studying at the Sorbonne, by friends in 1937 while in Paris and they married on August 13, 1938. They had two daughters Francine and Helene. One of them died in May 1968. In 1974, she was made a Companion of the Order of Canada as the "spouse of the twenty-first Governor General of Canada".

Gabrielle Léger

Gabrielle Léger, CC (May 25, 1916 – March 10, 1998) was the wife of the 21st Governor General of Canada Jules Léger and was the Viceregal consort of Canada. Born Gabrielle Carmel in Montreal, she was introduced to Jules Léger, a lawyer studying at the Sorbonne, by friends in 1937 while in Paris and they married on August 13, 1938. They had two daughters Francine and Helene. One of them died in May 1968. In 1974, she was made a Companion of the Order of Canada as the "spouse of the twenty-first Governor General of Canada".