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{
"time": "2014-01-30 14:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mrs. Tilly O'Neill Gordon (Miramichi, CPC)",
"fr": "Mme Tilly O'Neill Gordon (Miramichi, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3553908\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I rise in the House today to honour the life of Flora Thibodeau, who recently passed away at the age of 112. Flora held the distinction of being Canada's oldest natural born citizen and the 17th oldest person in the world.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3553909\" data-originallang=\"en\">Born in March 1901, Flora was the mother of seven children and was a widow at a young age. She was also a dedicated teacher for six years before she became the first female bank manager of the local Caisse populaire.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3553910\" data-originallang=\"en\">I had the pleasure of knowing Flora personally and witnessed first-hand her passion for life and her fiercely independent nature. She was a pillar of the tight-knit Acadian community of Rogersville, where her door was always open to visitors. She will be greatly missed.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3553911\" data-originallang=\"en\">I want to express my deepest sympathies to her family and friends and to all of those who will mourn our great loss.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3553908\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je prends la parole aujourd'hui \u00e0 la Chambre pour rendre hommage \u00e0 Flora Thibodeau, qui nous a quitt\u00e9s r\u00e9cemment \u00e0 l'\u00e2ge de 112 ans. Flora \u00e9tait la doyenne des personnes n\u00e9es au Canada et la 17<sup>e</sup> des personnes les plus \u00e2g\u00e9es du monde.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3553909\" data-originallang=\"en\">N\u00e9e en mars 1901, Flora a eu sept enfants et est devenue veuve tr\u00e8s jeune. Elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 une enseignante d\u00e9vou\u00e9e pendant six ans avant de devenir la premi\u00e8re femme \u00e0 g\u00e9rer une caisse populaire.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3553910\" data-originallang=\"en\">Puisque j'ai eu le plaisir de conna\u00eetre personnellement Flora, j'ai pu constater sa passion pour la vie et sa nature farouchement ind\u00e9pendante. Elle \u00e9tait un v\u00e9ritable pilier dans la communaut\u00e9 acadienne tricot\u00e9e serr\u00e9e de Rogersville. Sa porte \u00e9tait toujours ouverte. Elle nous manquera beaucoup.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3553911\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'exprime mes plus sinc\u00e8res condol\u00e9ances \u00e0 ses proches et \u00e0 tous ceux qui pleurent sa perte qui laisse un grand vide.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2014/1/30/tilly-oneill-gordon-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/tilly-oneill-gordon/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1146/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8208200",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Flora Thibodeau",
"fr": "Flora Thibodeau"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2014/1/30/",
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}
}