Léandre Dion (born 13 July 1937) is a Canadian beekeeper and politician from Quebec. From 1994 to 2007 he was Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Quebec, representing the provincial electoral district of Saint-Hyacinthe as a member of the Parti Québécois.Farnsworth, Clyde H. (October 30, 1995)
Quebec's Decision Day, and Many Can't Decide.
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Life and career

Dion earned his bachelor of arts degree from Université Laval in 1959 and a degree in theology from Medellin Theological Seminary in

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en 1965. Later, he earned a Certificate in Laws from Université de Montréal in 1989. Dion ran a farm cooperative in Peru, then directed the regional office of the Canadian University Service Overseas in the early 1970s. He is the founding president of the Quebec Federation of Beekeepers, which he ran from 1978 to 1983. In 1981 he was the founding president of the Citizens' Committee of Saint-Liboire in Saint-Liboire, Quebec. He held various positions within the Parti Québécois from 1983 to 1992. He entered politics in 1982 when he was elected to the municipal council of Saint-Liboire. From 1985 to 1991 he was a commissioner on the Commission for the Protection of Agricultural Land in Quebec. Dion was elected to the National Assembly for the first time in the

1994 Quebec general election The 1994 Quebec general election was held on September 12, 1994, to elect members of the National Assembly of Quebec. The Parti Québécois, led by Jacques Parizeau, defeated the incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Premier Daniel Johnson Jr. ...

. He was re-elected in the

1998 Quebec general election The 1998 Quebec general election was held on November 30, 1998, to elect members of the National Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Parti Québécois, led by Premier Lucien Bouchard, won re-election, defeating the Quebec Li ...

and in the

2003 Quebec general election The 2003 Quebec general election was held on April 14, 2003, to elect members of the National Assembly of Quebec (Canada). The Parti libéral du Québec (PLQ), led by Jean Charest, defeated the incumbent Parti Québécois, led by Premier Bernard ...

. Dion was defeated by

Claude L'Écuyer Claude L'Écuyer (born January 26, 1947, in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec) is a politician from Quebec, Canada. He was an Action démocratique du Québec Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Saint-Hyacinthe from 2007 to 2008. ...

in the

2007 Quebec general election The 2007 Quebec general election was held in the Canadian province of Quebec on March 26, 2007 to elect members of the 38th National Assembly of Quebec. The Quebec Liberal Party led by Premier Jean Charest managed to win a plurality of seats, but ...

. Following his retirement, he published a novel in 2009 titled ''La tourmente''.Dion, Léandre (2009). ''La tourmente''. PRATIKO,

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