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.William McAteer (2008) To be a nation: being the third part of The history of Seychelles, 1920-1976, p428 The couple moved to Seychelles in 1946, where both worked as barristers. In 1947 Charles was appointed Attorney General, and the following year became a member of the Legislative Council. In the same year, Marie was also appointed to the Legislative Council as a replacement for Nageon de Lestang,The London Gazette 25 June 1948, p3723McAteer, p218 becoming its first female member. She served on the Council until 1950.Francis E. MacGregor (2004) A Parliamentary History of Seychelles, pp118, 141
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