Dennis Dawson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Dennis Dawson

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 28-Sep-1949

Place of Birth: Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Profession: politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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Dennis Dawson (born September 28, 1949) is a Canadian politician and administrator.
Dawson is a Canadian Senator and former Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada.
Dawson is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. Born in Quebec City, Quebec, Dawson represented the riding of Louis-Hébert, Quebec in the House of Commons from 1977 to 1984.
He is a former Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour and former Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Employment and Immigration. In 2004, he ran in the federal election as a "star" candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada in the riding of Beauport but was beaten by Bloc Québécois candidate Christian Simard, losing by a ratio of nearly 2:1. On August 2, 2005, Dawson was appointed to the Canadian Senate on the recommendation of Prime Minister Paul Martin.
He sits in the upper house as a Liberal. With the Senate Liberal Caucus facing losing official parliamentary caucus status in 2020 with a third of its caucus facing mandatory retirements on their turning age 75, Senator Joseph Day announced that the Senate Liberal Caucus had been dissolved and a new Progressive Senate Group formed in its wake, with the entire membership joining the new group, including this senator.He has a daughter Cindy another named Kathryn-Anne and a son named Julian.