| François Pilon | |
| Riding: | Laval—Les Îles |
| Parliament: | Canadian |
| Term Start: | May 2, 2011 |
| Term End: | October 19, 2015 |
| Predecessor: | Raymonde Folco |
| Successor: | Fayçal El-Khoury |
| Birth Date: | 25 August 1958 |
| Birth Place: | Laval, Quebec |
| Party: | New Democratic Party Parti Laval |
| Alma Mater: | Collège Montmorency |
François Pilon (born August 25, 1958) is a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 federal election as the member for Laval—Les Îles. Pilon is a member of the New Democratic Party.
Pilon was born in 1958 in Laval and has a background in architectural design. He is active in the labour movement, having served as vice-president of the Syndicat des Cols Bleus de la Ville de Laval from late 1998 to 2006.[1] [2] [3] In 1999, he helped lead his union into the Canadian Union of Public Employees.[4]
He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons on his fourth attempt, previously running in the riding of Honoré-Mercier, which the NDP also took in 2011.
He is not to be confused with another François Pilon who has run for the Green Party in Montreal.
| 2017 Laval City Council Election Laval-les-Îles District (17) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Council candidate | Vote | % | ||
| bgcolor=#CA0000 | Mouvement lavallois - Équipe Marc Demers | Nicholas Borne (X) | 2,526 | 45.86 | |
| bgcolor=#41B5DA | Parti Laval - Équipe Michel Trottier | François Pilon | 1,138 | 20.66 | |
| bgcolor=#119900 width="30px" | Avenir Laval - Équipe Sonia Baudelot | Josée Trépanier | 981 | 17.81 | |
| bgcolor=#008EE6 | Action Laval - Équipe Jean Claude Gobé | Cesar Augusto Maldonado | 676 | 12.27 | |
| bgcolor=#006699 | Alliance des conseillers autonomes - Équipe Alain Lecompte et Cynthia Leblanc | Cynthia Leblanc | 187 | 3.40 | |