Napoléon Dion (May 5, 1849 – February 4, 1919) was a Canadian politician. Born in

Trois-Pistoles Trois-Pistoles is a city in Les Basques Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. It is also the county seat. The town is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. A ferry crosses the river t ...

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, Dion was a member of the Municipal council of Fraserville (

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) from 1885 to 1889, in 1898, and in 1899. He was acclaimed to the

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for Témiscouata in 1900. A

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, he was re-elected in 1904 and 1908. In 1912, he was appointed

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to the

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, a post he served in until his death in Fraserville in 1919.

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