Joseph Marion

Joseph Marion was a civil [law notary|notary] and political figure in Quebec. He represented L'Assomption in the Legislative
Assembly of Quebec from 1880 to 1886 and from 1890 to 1900 as a Conservative Party of [Quebec (historical)|Conservative].
He was born in Repentigny, Lower Canada, the son of Joseph Marion and Louise Brousseau, and was educated there, at the Collège [de l'Assomption] and the Université Laval. He qualified as a notary in 1863 and set up practice in Saint-Paul-l'Ermite. He also served as postmaster and was secretary-treasurer for the municipality for 30 years and mayor for eight years. In 1864 he married Luce Archambault. He was first elected to the Quebec assembly in an 1880 by-election held after the death of Onuphe Peltier. He was defeated by Ludger [Forest (L'Assomption MLA)|Ludger Forest] when he ran for reelection in 1886 and again in 1888. Marion was defeated by Joseph-Édouard Duhamel in 1900.