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Role
  
Canadian Senator

Name
  
Dennis Dawson


Political party
  
Preceded by
  
Party
  
Liberal Party of Canada

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Born
  
September 28, 1949 (age 75) Quebec City, Quebec (
1949-09-28
)

Office
  
Canadian Senator since 2005

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Dennis Dawson (born September 28, 1949) is a Canadian politician and administrator. Dawson is a Canadian Senator and former Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons. Dawson is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Born in Quebec City, Quebec, Dawson represented the riding of Louis-Hébert, Quebec in the House of Commons from 1977 to 1984. 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 was beaten by Bloc Québécois candidate Christian Simard, losing 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.

References

Dennis Dawson Wikipedia


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