Rolland Dion

Rolland Dion (5 July 1938 – 4 June 2011) was the mayor of Saint-Raymond, Quebec, which was also his birthplace. He was also a former Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a businessman by career.

He was mayor of Saint-Raymond from 1973 to 1979. He won the riding of Portneuf in the 1979 federal election and was re-elected there in 1980. Dion was defeated in 1984 by Marc Ferland of the Progressive Conservative party. He served in the 31st and 32nd Canadian Parliaments. He served again as mayor of Saint-Raymond from 2006 until his death in 2011.

1984 Canadian federal election: Portneuf
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Marc Ferland	23,797	51.1	+43.7
	Liberal	(x)Rolland Dion	17,687	38.0	-45.9
	New Democratic	Jacques Pelchat	3,012	6.5	-1.8
	Rhinoceros	Jean Paradis	1,222	2.6	-1.5
	Parti nationaliste	Georges-H. Marcotte	638	1.4
	Social Credit	Renée Roberge-Petitclerc	248	0.5	-5.3
Total valid votes			46,604	100.0

1980 Canadian federal election: Portneuf
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	(x)Rolland Dion	29,234	73.9	+10.2
	New Democratic	Robert Ferland	3,285	8.3	+4.9
	Progressive Conservative	Christian Légaré	2,905	7.3	-1.8
	Social Credit	Bernard Lapointe	2,320	5.9	-15.1
	Rhinoceros	M. Chrétien M. Paquette	1,634	4.1	+1.7
	Union populaire	Richard Corbeil	204	0.5	+0.1
Total valid votes			39,582	100.0

1979 Canadian federal election: Portneuf
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rolland Dion	25,297	63.6	+14.8
	Social Credit	Bernard Lapointe	8,330	20.9	-16.1
	Progressive Conservative	Armand Caron	3,620	9.1	+0.7
	New Democratic	Renée Brisson	1,346	3.4	-2.3
	Rhinoceros	Réjane Mame Bujold	985	2.5
	Union populaire	O'H Ls Gingras	184	0.5
Total valid votes			39,762	100.0

External links

• Rolland Dion – Parliament of Canada biography