Viola Leger had an estimated net worth of $2.5 million. This is from her career as an actress and a politician.
Leger was appointed to the Senate at the recommendation of Prime Minister Jean Chretien, in 2001, representing the Senatorial division of L’Acadie, New Brunswick. She was a member of the Liberal caucus.
Leger retired from the Senate when she reached the age of 75. In 1989, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
In 2007, she was awarded the Order of New Brunswick. Leger received a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award in 2013 for her work as an actress.