Joseph Paul Marion is a retired politician

Politician

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 in Manitoba, Canada

Canada

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. He was briefly a Liberal Party

Manitoba Liberal Party

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 member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

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 during the 1970s, for the riding of St. Boniface

St. Boniface (provincial electoral district)

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Marion 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

Mayor

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 of Winnipeg in 1972-73. Marion was a founder of Club d'Hommes d'Affaires Franco-Manitobain.

In the 1973 provincial election

Manitoba general election, 1973

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, he was elected over Liberal-turned-New Democratic Party

New Democratic Party of Manitoba

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 incumbent Laurent Desjardins

Laurent Desjardins

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 by a single vote. His election was overturned, however, and he lost to Desjardins by 618 votes in a by-election

By-election

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held in late 1974. He did not seek a return to the legislature after this time.