Dorion
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In Greece:- An ancient site near DorioDorioDorio is a village and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Oichalia, of which it is a municipal unit. The population of the municipal unit is 4,069, and of the village alone 1,416 . Dorio is 170 m above...
, Messinia
In Canada:
- Vaudreuil-Dorion
- Laurier-DorionLaurier-DorionLaurier-Dorion is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district is located in Montreal and includes the neighbourhoods of Villeray and Parc-Extension...
, a current Quebec provincial electoral district in Montreal- DorionDorion (provincial electoral district)Dorion was a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Montreal region, the riding was formed in 1966 from parts of Montreal-Jeanne-Mance. In 1994, it became part of the new Laurier-Dorion...
, a former Quebec provincial electoral district - Montréal-DorionMontréal-DorionMontréal-Dorion was a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Formed in 1912 from parts of Hochelaga, the Montreal area district remained until 1939 when it was split into two ridings:Montreal-Jeanne-Mance and Montreal-Mercier. Dorion was also used from 1966 to 1994 for...
, a former Quebec provincial electoral district in Montreal
- Dorion
- DorionDorion, OntarioDorion is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the Thunder Bay District. The township had a population of 379 in the Canada 2006 Census. Ouimet Canyon and the Dorion Bible Camp are located in the community.-Demographics:...
, a township in northwestern Ontario - Dorion Township, renamed in 1988 to Cayamant, QuebecCayamant, QuebecCayamant is a municipality in La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. The village of Lac-Cayamant is located at the north end of Lake Cayamant, west of Gracefield....
- Dorion-Rigaud line, a commuter rail line operated in the Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Persons
- Antoine-Aimé DorionAntoine-Aimé DorionSir Antoine-Aimé Dorion, PC was a French Canadian politician and jurist.-Early years:He was born in Lower Canada in 1818, the son of Pierre-Antoine Dorion, a merchant and member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada who supported Louis-Joseph Papineau...
(January 17, 1818 – May 31, 1891), a French Canadian politician and jurist - Dan DorionDan DorionDaniel Norman Dorion is a retired American ice hockey right winger who played four games with the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League between 1985–86 and 1987–88...
(born March 2, 1963), a retired American ice hockey player - Éric DorionÉric DorionÉric Dorion is an administrator and politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. He served in the National Assembly of Quebec from 2007 to 2008, representing Nicolet-Yamaska as a member of the Action démocratique du Québec ....
(born June 24, 1970), a politician from Quebec, Canada - Jacques DorionJacques DorionJacques Dorion was a doctor and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born at Quebec City around 1797 and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec. Dorion studied medicine at Paris and returned to set up practice at Saint-Ours. In 1824, he married Catherine-Louise Lovell, niece of seigneur...
(ca 1797 – December 29, 1877), a doctor and political figure in Lower Canada - Jean DorionJean DorionJean Dorion is a Canadian politician, sociologist and a Quebec nationalist leader. He is the current President of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal , a post he held also from 1989 to 1994. He is additionally the treasurer of the affiliated Mouvement national des Québécoises et des...
, a Canadian sociologist and a Quebec nationalist leader - Jean-Baptiste-Éric DorionJean-Baptiste-Éric DorionJean-Baptiste-Éric Dorion was a journalist and political figure in Canada East.He was born in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Lower Canada in 1826, the son of Pierre-Antoine Dorion. In 1842, he found work as a clerk in a store at Trois-Rivières. He was editor and publisher of a small newspaper there,...
(September 17, 1826 – November 1, 1866), a journalist and political figure in Canada East - Marie Aioe DorionMarie Aioe Dorion"Madame" Marie Aioe Dorion Venier Toupin was the only female member of the Astor Expedition, also known as the Wilson Price Hunt Expedition. Marie Dorion was a member of the Iowa tribe of Native Americans. She was married to Métis expedition member Pierre Dorion...
(c.1786 – September 5, 1850), only female member of the Astor Expedition - Noël DorionNoël DorionNoël Dorion, PC was a law professor, lawyer and Canadian politician.Dorion was called to the bar in 1927, and was the founding president of the Jeune Barreau de Québec in 1934. He was the crown attorney who prosecuted Wilbert Coffin in 1954...
(July 24, 1904 - March 9, 1980), a law professor, lawyer and Canadian politician - Pierre-Antoine DorionPierre-Antoine DorionPierre-Antoine Dorion was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Lower Canada around 1789. He worked as a clerk in a store at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade for Pierre Bureau and then established himself as a lumber merchant there. In 1814, he married Bureau's daughter,...
(ca 1789 – September 12, 1850), a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada - Pierre-Nérée DorionPierre-Nérée DorionPierre-Nérée Dorion was a Quebec land surveyor and political figure. He represented Drummond—Arthabaska in the Canadian House of Commons from 1872 to 1874 as a Liberal member....
(October 16, 1816 – ?), a Quebec land surveyor and political figure
Given name:
- Dorion SaganDorion SaganDorion Sagan is an American science writer, essayist, and theorist. He has written and co-authored many books on culture, evolution, and the history and philosophy of science, most recently "The Sciences of Avatar: from Anthropology to Xenology" and "Death and Sex," which won first place at the...
(born 1959), an American science writer and son of Carl Sagan