Jules Marion Explained

Arthur Jules Marion
Birth Date:November 19, 1884
Birth Place:Duck Lake, North-West Territories
Death Date:April 5, 1941 (aged 56)
Death Place:Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan
Spouse:Victorine Boucher
Residence:Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan
Nationality:Métis
Office:MLA for Athabasca and Île-à-la-Crosse
Term Start:1926
Term End:1941
Predecessor:Deakin Alexander Hall
Successor:Hubert Staines
Occupation:Politician, businessman

Arthur Jules Marion (November 19, 1884 - April 5, 1941) was a Métis politician and businessman. He was first elected as a Liberal MLA in the district of Île-à-la-Crosse in a by-election held in April 1926 after incumbent Joseph Octave Nolin died in office in December 1925. Marion would later be re-elected in the then-recently redrawn district of Athabasca in 1938. Notably, he had been earlier defeated in 1934 by Deakin Alexander Hall, who was also running Liberal.In July 1941, a by-election was held to fill to the seat left vacant by Marion's own death in office in April 1941. Liberal Hubert Staines was elected to replace him.[1] Marion's son Louis Marcien Marion successfully ran in the next Saskatchewan general election, and served as MLA in Athabasca from 1944 to 1952.

Marion was the brother-in-law of federal Liberal Senator William Albert Boucher.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 2009-08-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716005755/http://www.saskarchives.com/web/seld/Elections-Results-by-Electoral-Division.pdf . 2011-07-16 .
  2. Web site: RootsWeb: METISGEN-L Re: [METISGEN-L] MARION, BOUCHER, REDL . 2009-11-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121013125118/http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/METISGEN/2003-02/1045068232 . 2012-10-13 . dead .