Léandre Dion (13 July 1937 – 29 October 2022) was a Canadian

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and politician from

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. From 1994 to 2007 he was Member of Parliament in the

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, representing the provincial electoral district of

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as a member of the

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.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

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in 1959 and a degree in theology from Medellin Theological Seminary in

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in 1965. Later, he earned a Certificate in Laws from

Université de Montréal The Université de Montréal (; UdeM; ) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce on M ...

in 1989. Dion ran a farm cooperative in Peru, then directed the regional office of the

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in the early 1970s. He was 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 Saint-Liboire (; formerly Saint-Liboire-de-Bagot) is a municipality in the municipalité régionale de comté des Maskoutains in Québec, Canada, located in the administrative region of Montérégie. The population as of the 2011 Canadian C ...

. 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

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. He was re-elected in the

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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 Berna ...

. 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

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

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