France Dionne (born August 23, 1953) is a politician from Quebec, Canada. She served as a member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1985 to 1997 sitting with the Liberal caucus in government and opposition.

Political career

Dionne ran as a candidate under the

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banner in the

1985 Quebec general election The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

. She was elected winning her first of three terms in office and picking up the seat of Kamouraska-Témiscouata for her party. Dionne easily held her seat in the

1989 Quebec general election The 1989 Quebec general election was held on September 25, 1989, to elect members of the National Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Premier Robert Bourassa, won re-election, defeating the Part ...

winning well over half the popular vote. Dionne's bid for a third term in office would be a struggle. She held her seat against Parti Québécois candidate Hélène Alarie by a margin of nearly 400 votes. She resigned her seat on May 2, 1997 to run as a federal Liberal candidate in the

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. Dionne ran in a hotly contested five-way race in the electoral district of Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Temiscouata—Les Basques. She was defeated by incumbent

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Member of Parliament Paul Crête finishing a very close second by a couple thousand votes and slightly ahead of former Member of Parliament

André Plourde André Plourde (born 12 January 1937 in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec) was a Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a businessman and industrialist by career. He represented the Quebec riding of Kamouraska—Rivi� ...

. Dionne is attempting a political come back, she ran for another term in provincial office under the Liberal banner in the Kamouraska-Témiscouata by-election of November 29, 2010 but lost to the Parti Québécois candidate André Simard.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dionne, France 1953 births Living people People from Rivière-du-Loup Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Candidates in the 1997 Canadian federal election Women MNAs in Quebec 20th-century Canadian women politicians Liberal Party of Canada candidates for the Canadian House of Commons