09-13-2020 , 05:44 PM
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/aline-c...-1.5722401 Aline Chrétien, wife of former PM Jean Chrétien, has died at age 84
Former prime minister called wife his most trusted adviser
CBC News · Posted: Sep 13, 2020 12:38 PM ET | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago By all accounts, Aline Chrétien was the quiet strength behind her husband, Jean.
An astute political partner whom former prime minister Jean Chrétien called his most trusted adviser and his "rock of Gibraltar," Aline Chrétien died peacefully Saturday morning at the age of 84.
The two met on a bus in the summer of 1951, when Jean Chrétien was 17 and Aline was 15. The two married in 1957 in a ceremony that was squeezed in between Jean's shifts working at the local mill and his university classes.
From the very beginning, Aline Chrétien said she knew the man who would go on to serve as prime minister for a decade was the one for her. The couple had three children together.
Aline dropped out of school at 16 to help support her family through secretarial work, but her dreams were much grander. She longed to travel overseas and learn multiple languages.
Those aspirations became possible in part because of her husband's political success — but Aline never felt entirely comfortable in the spotlight.
Former prime minister called wife his most trusted adviser
CBC News · Posted: Sep 13, 2020 12:38 PM ET | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago By all accounts, Aline Chrétien was the quiet strength behind her husband, Jean.
An astute political partner whom former prime minister Jean Chrétien called his most trusted adviser and his "rock of Gibraltar," Aline Chrétien died peacefully Saturday morning at the age of 84.
The two met on a bus in the summer of 1951, when Jean Chrétien was 17 and Aline was 15. The two married in 1957 in a ceremony that was squeezed in between Jean's shifts working at the local mill and his university classes.
From the very beginning, Aline Chrétien said she knew the man who would go on to serve as prime minister for a decade was the one for her. The couple had three children together.
Aline dropped out of school at 16 to help support her family through secretarial work, but her dreams were much grander. She longed to travel overseas and learn multiple languages.
Those aspirations became possible in part because of her husband's political success — but Aline never felt entirely comfortable in the spotlight.