Léon Dion (9 October 1922 – 20 August 1997) was a Canadian

political scientist Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

. Dion was born in Saint-Arsène,

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. He founded the department of political science at

Université Laval Université Laval is a public research university in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The university was founded by royal charter issued by Queen Victoria in 1852, with roots in the founding of the Séminaire de Québec in 1663 by François de Mont ...

with Gérard Bergeron and Maurice Tremblay in 1954. He is the father of former federal foreign affairs minister and former

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leader

Stéphane Dion Stéphane Maurice Dion (born 28 September 1955) is a Canadian diplomat, academic and former politician who has been the List of ambassadors of Canada to France, Canadian ambassador to France and Monaco since 2022 and special envoy to the Europe ...

Honours

*1965 - Prize of the

Académie française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membershi ...

, ''Les groupes et le pouvoir politique aux États-Unis'' (''Groups and power in the United States'') *1970 - ''Member'' of the Royal Society of Canada *1971 - ''Doctorat honoris causa'' of laws from Queen's University *1972 - ''Member'' of the

Académie des sciences morales et politiques An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, f ...

*1977 -

Prix Léon-Gérin The Prix Léon-Gérin is an award by the Government of Quebec that is part of the Prix du Québec, which "goes to researchers in one of the social sciences". It is named in honour of Léon Gérin. Winners See also * List of social sciences aw ...

*1983 - Prix Arthur-Buies, given during the ''Salon du livre à Rimouski'' *1985 - Prix Esdras-Minville *1986 - Médaille Gloire de l'Escolle *1990 -

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*1990 - ''Officer'' of the

National Order of Quebec The National Order of Quebec, termed officially in French as ''l'Ordre national du Québec'', and in English abbreviation as the Order of Quebec, is an order of merit in the Canadian province of Quebec. Instituted in 1984 when Lieutenant Govern ...

*1993 -

Governor General's Award The Governor General's Awards are a collection of annual awards presented by the Governor General of Canada, recognizing distinction in numerous academic, artistic, and social fields. The first award was conceived and inaugurated in 1937 by the ...

finalist *1996 - ''Officer'' of the

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Biography, from the Prix du Québec
Canadian political scientists Officers of the Order of Canada Officers of the National Order of Quebec Members of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques 1922 births 1997 deaths Academic staff of Université Laval Presidents of the Canadian Political Science Association 20th-century political scientists {{polisci-bio-stub