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♂ Rolland Dion
aliasRolland Dion
Record
16200 · 922

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
Birth 5 July 1938 → 85 years + 9 months ago
Lived 72 years + 10 months
First mandate 22 May 1979 → 44 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 10 months
Death 4 June 2011 → 12 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 26 years + 9 months after 3 September 1984
Special notes
None
 
Rolland Dion (1938–2011) 200x281
© Photo 1980 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 5 3 12

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Marc Ferland  m 
 
 
Eligible: 56,292 Votes: 39,762 Participation: 70.64% Candidacies: 6
Federal
31		 Québec
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4563(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
40
LIB
 1/6 25,297 63.62% +16,967 Loser:
SC
 8,330 20.95% Bernard Lapointe

Service: 8 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 56,292 Votes: 39,967 Participation: 71.00% Candidacies: 6
Federal
32		 Québec
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4281(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LIB
 1/6 29,234 73.86% +25,949 Loser:
NDP
 3,285 8.30% Robert Ferland

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 60,262 Votes: 47,004 Participation: 78.00% Candidacies: 6
Federal
33		 Québec
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3998(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
46
LIB
 2/6 17,687 37.95% -6,110 Winner:
PC
 23,797 51.06% Marc Ferland

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Rolland Dion, M.P.		 17 Dec 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Rolland Dion, député		 17 Dec 2023
FR Wikipédia
Rolland Dion		 17 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Rolland Dion		 17 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 17 Dec 2023 20:00 (but data presented dynamically)

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