Solange Chaput-Rolland

The Hon.
Solange Chaput-Rolland
Senator for Mille Isles, Quebec
In office
1988–1994
Appointed byBrian Mulroney
Preceded byRenaude Lapointe
Succeeded byJean-Louis Roux
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Prévost
In office
1979–1981
Preceded byJean-Guy Cardinal
Succeeded byRobert Dean
Personal details
Born(1919-05-14)May 14, 1919
Montreal, Quebec
DiedNovember 1, 2001(2001-11-01) (aged 82)
Sainte-Marguerite-Estérel, Quebec
Political partyProgressive Conservative

Solange Chaput-Rolland, OC OQ (May 14, 1919 – November 1, 2001) was a Canadian journalist, author, lecturer, politician, and Senator.

Born in Montreal, the daughter of Émile Chaput and Rosalie Loranger, she received her education from the Couvent d'Outremont, the Sorbonne and the Institut Catholique de Paris. Her brother, Yves Chaput was the husband of Françoise Poliquin, daughter of Jean Poliquin, grandfather of Jean-Nicolas De Surmont.

During the 1950s she worked as a journalist for the CBC with a young Jeanne Sauvé with whom she remained friends until Sauvé's death.

In 1979, she was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in a by-election in the riding of Prevost. She was defeated in 1981.

She was appointed to the Senate in 1988 representing the senatorial division of Mille Isles, Quebec. She sat as a Progressive Conservative and retired in 1994.

In 1975, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1985, she was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec.

In 1941, she married André Rolland.