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About Joseph-Adolphe Dorion
- Joseph-Adolphe Dorion (March 19, 1832 – October 24, 1900) was a notary and political figure in Quebec.
- He represented Richelieu in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1871 to 1875 as a Conservative. He was born in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada, the son of Jacques Dorion and Catherine-Louise Lovell.
- He was educated at the Séminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe and the Collège de Joliette.
- He was admitted to practice in 1863 and settled at Saint-Ours.
- Dorion was also justice of the peace, coroner, president of the Agricultural Society for Richelieu County and county treasurer.
- He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the legislative assembly for the Province of Canada in 1861.
- In 1865, Dorion married Henriette-Amélie, the daughter of seigneur François-Roch de Saint-Ours.
- In 1882, he was named to the Legislative Council of Quebec for Sorel division and served there until 1897.
- Dorion died in Saint-Ours at the age of 68.
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