Réjane Laberge-Colas

Réjane Laberge-Colas (8 October 19239 August 2009) was a judge of the Quebec Superior Court, sitting in Montreal, and the first woman to serve as a superior court judge in Canada. She was a founder and the first president of the Fédération des femmes du Québec (FFQ). Laberge-Colas was inducted to the Order of Canada in 1997. Laberge-Colas began her career as in-house counsel to Aluminium Secretariat Ltd, an affiliate of what is now Alcan. In 1957, she took a position as an articling student at Geoffrion et Prud'homme, a corporate law firm. She was named a Queen's Counsel in 1968.

Along with Thérèse Casgrain and Monique Bégin, Laberge-Colas founded the Fédération des femmes du Québec (FFQ) in Montreal during a conference that ran from 23 to 24 April 1966. At the conference, Laberge-Colas was named the FFQ's first president.

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