Joseph Marion was a notary

Civil law notary

Civil-law notaries, or Latin notaries, are lawyers of noncontentious private civil law who draft, take, and record legal instruments for private parties, provide legal advice and give attendance in person, and are vested as public officers with the authentication power of the State...

 and political figure in Quebec

Quebec

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. He represented L'Assomption

L'Assomption (provincial electoral district)

L'Assomption is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. Created in 1829 and located in the Lanaudière region, the district includes the municipalities of Saint-Sulpice and L'Assomption and portions of the city of Repentigny.-Members...

 in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec

Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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 from 1880 to 1886 and from 1890 to 1900 as a Conservative.

He was born in Repentigny

Repentigny, Quebec

Repentigny is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in the province of Quebec, located north of Montreal, on the lower end of the L'Assomption River and on the Saint Lawrence River. Repentigny and Charlemagne are the first towns off the island of Montreal.-History:...

, Lower Canada

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, the son of Joseph Marion and Louise Brousseau, and was educated there, at the Collège de l'Assomption and the Université Laval

Université Laval

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. He qualified as a notary in 1863 and set up practice in Saint-Paul-l'Ermite (later Le Gardeur

Le Gardeur, Quebec

Le Gardeur was a town in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the L'Assomption River in the Regional County Municipality of L'Assomption, and connected to Montreal by Route 138, Autoroute 40, and Via Rail on the Canadian National rail line....

). 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

Onuphe Peltier

Onuphe Peltier was an entrepreneur and political figure in Quebec. He represented L'Assomption in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1871 to 1880 as a Conservative....

. He was defeated by Ludger Forest

Ludger Forest (doctor)

Ludger Forest was a physician and political figure in Quebec. He represented L'Assomption in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1886 to 1890 as a Liberal....

 when he ran for reelection in 1886 and again in 1888. Marion was defeated by Joseph-Édouard Duhamel in 1900.