Answer the following question: Facts: - death date: 20 august 1997 - awards: order of canada national order of quebec - birth date: 9 october 1922 - name: leon dion - death place: sillery , quebec city , quebec - birth place: saint-arsene , quebec Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of leon dion .
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leon dion , -lrb- 9 october 1922 -- 20 august 1997 -rrb- was a quebec political scientist .dion was born in saint-arsene de riviere-du-loup .he founded the department of political science at universite laval with gerard bergeron and maurice tremblay in 1954 .he was the father of the former federal minister and former liberal leader stephane dion .