Joan Dougherty

Joan Dougherty (born March 2, 1927) was a Canadian politician in the province of Quebec, who represented Jacques-Cartier in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1981 to 1987.Born in Montreal, Quebec, Dougherty received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1947 and a Masters in histology in 1950 from McGill University. She did post-graduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in biophysics.