Joseph-Adolphe Dorion (March 19, 1832 – October 24, 1900) was a notary and political figure in Quebec. He represented

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in the

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from 1871 to 1875 as a Conservative. He was born in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada, the son of

Jacques Dorion Jacques Dorion (ca 1797 – December 29, 1877) was a doctor and political figure in Lower Canada. He was born at Quebec City around 1797 and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec. Dorion studied medicine at Paris and returned to set up ...

and Catherine-Louise Lovell. He was educated at the Séminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe and the Collège de Joliette. He was admitted to practice in 1863 and settled at Saint-Ours. Dorion was also

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, president of the Agricultural Society for Richelieu County and county treasurer. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the legislative assembly for the Province of Canada in 1861. In 1865, Dorion married Henriette-Amélie, the daughter of seigneur François-Roch de Saint-Ours. In 1882, he was named to the Legislative Council of Quebec for Sorel division and served there until 1897. Dorion died in Saint-Ours at the age of 68.

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