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laval -- les Îles raymonde folco canadian laval , quebec 200px new democratic party 25 august 1958 may 2 , 2011 françois pilon
 françois pilon
françois pilon

françois pilon -lrb- born august 25 , 1958 -rrb- is a politician in the canadian province of quebec .
he was elected to the canadian house of commons 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 .
in 1999 , he helped lead his union into the canadian union of public employees .
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 .
