J. Paul Marion

J. Paul Marion
Member of the Manitoba Assembly
for St. Boniface
In office
June 28, 1973 (1973-06-28) – December 20, 1974 (1974-12-20)
Personal details
Born
Joseph Paul Marion

(1927-12-08)December 8, 1927
Saint Boniface, Manitoba, Canada
DiedJanuary 15, 2023(2023-01-15) (aged 95)
Political partyManitoba Liberal Party
OccupationBusinessman

Joseph Paul Marion (December 8, 1927 – January 15, 2023)[1] was politician from Manitoba, Canada. He was briefly a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba during the 1970s, for the riding of St. Boniface.[2]

Marion was born in St. Boniface, Manitoba, and was educated at the Angus School of Commerce and Ryerson Polytechnical Institute. He was a successful businessman before entering political life, and served as a company president.

He served as a school trustee from 1967 to 1970, and was a councilor and acting mayor of Winnipeg in 1972–1973. Marion was a founder of Club d'Hommes d'Affaires Franco-Manitobain.

In the 1973 provincial election, he was elected over Liberal-turned-New Democratic Party incumbent Laurent Desjardins by a single vote. His election was overturned, however, and he lost to Desjardins by 618 votes in a by-election held in late 1974.[3] He did not seek a return to the legislature after this time.[2]

References

  1. ^ https://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/members/mla_bio_deceased.html#M0
  2. ^ a b "Legislative Assembly of Manitoba entry". Archived from the original on 2014-03-30.
  3. ^ "St. Boniface". Manitoba. CBC News. Retrieved 2014-03-29.