Dennis Dawson
Dennis Dawson, BA, MBA (born September 28, 1949 in Quebec City, Quebec) is a Canadian Senator.
Dawson is a former Liberal Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Louis-Hébert, Quebec from 1977 to 1984. Dawson is listed as an administrator. He is a former Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour and former Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Employment and Immigration.
In 2004, he ran in the federal election as a "star" candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada in the riding of Beauport but lost to Bloc Québécois candidate Christian Simard by a ratio of nearly 2:1.
On August 2 2005, Dawson was appointed to the Canadian Senate on the recommendation of Prime Minister Paul Martin. He sits in the upper house as a Liberal.
He has a daughter Cindy another named Kathryn-Anne and a son named Julian.| Preceded by: Albanie Morin, Liberal | Members of Parliament from Louis-Hébert | Succeeded by: Suzanne Duplessis, Prog. Cons. |
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