Marie-Cécile Helene Collet was a French lawyer and politician in the

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. 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

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, 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,McAteer, 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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