Léon Dion

Léon Dion (9 October 1922 – 20 August 1997) was a Canadian political scientist.

Dion was born in Saint-Arsène, Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality. He co-founded the department of political science at Université Laval with Gérard Bergeron and Maurice Tremblay in 1954.

He is the father of former federal foreign affairs minister and former Liberal leader Stéphane Dion.

Honours 1965 - Prize of the Académie française, Les groupes et le pouvoir politique aux États-Unis (Groups and power in the United States) 1970 - Member of the Royal Society of Canada 1971 - Doctorat honoris causa of laws from Queen's University 1972 - Member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques 1977 - Prix Léon-Gérin 1983 - Prix Arthur-Buies, given during the Salon du livre à Rimouski 1985 - Prix Esdras-Minville 1986 - Médaille Gloire de l'Escolle 1990 - Prix Marcel-Vincent 1990 - Officer of the National Order of Quebec 1993 - Governor General's Award finalist 1996 - Officer of the Order of Canada