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{{short description|Canadian politician}}
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| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
| name             = Joseph Aubin Doiron
| honorific-suffix = [[Order of Canada|CM]]
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| order            = 22nd
| office           = Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island
| predecessor      = [[Gordon Lockhart Bennett]]
| successor        = [[Lloyd MacPhail]]
| term_start       = January 14, 1980 
| term_end         = August 1, 1985
| monarch          = [[Elizabeth II]]
| governor_general = [[Edward Schreyer]]<br>[[Jeanne Sauvé]]
| premier          = [[Angus MacLean|J. Angus MacLean]]<br>[[James Lee (Canadian politician)|James M. Lee]]
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1922|06|10}}
| birth_place      = [[North Rustico]], [[Prince Edward Island]]
| death_date       = {{death date and age|1995|01|29|1922|06|10}}
| death_place      = [[Summerside, Prince Edward Island|Summerside]], [[Prince Edward Island]]{{fact|date=October 2023}}
| nationality      = Canadian
| spouse           = Rose Bernice Gallant
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| children         = Paul, Robert, Pierre, Simonne, Colette, Omer and Marc
| residence        = [[Summerside, Prince Edward Island]]
| alma_mater       = [[Université de Montréal]]
| occupation       = Dentist
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'''Joseph Aubin Doiron''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CM}} (June 10, 1922 &ndash;  January 29, 1995) was the [[List of lieutenant governors of Prince Edward Island#Lieutenant Governors of Prince Edward Island, 1873-present|22nd]] [[Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island]] from 1980 to 1985, becoming the province's second [[Acadian]] to hold this position.

Doiron was born in [[North Rustico]] in 1922. Following his early education in local schools, he went on to receive his [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] from [[Université Sainte-Anne|Sainte-Anne's College]] in [[Nova Scotia]] and his [[Doctor of Dental Surgery|D.D.S]] from the [[Université de Montréal]] in 1951.

He was married to Rose Bernice Gallant of Duvar, PEI, and together they had seven children. Before his appointment as Lieutenant-Governor, Doiron practiced dentistry in [[Summerside, Prince Edward Island|Summerside]].

Aubin Doiron was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island on January 14, 1980. Doiron had always been active in Acadian affairs, and was the founding President and Chairman of the Acadian Mardi Gras Association, as well as a charter member and President of the Acadian Museum Association in [[Miscouche, Prince Edward Island|Miscouche]].

He was also a past President of the Dental Association of Prince Edward Island and a representative on the Board of Governors of the Canadian Dental Association. Doiron was also a member of the Greater Summerside and Area Chamber of Commerce and a past director of the Prince Edward Island Heritage Foundation.

In 1994, he was made a Member of the [[Order of Canada]].

Joseph Aubin Doiron died at the age of 72 in 1995.

==References==
* [http://www.gov.pe.ca/olg/gallery/picture_setup.php?lg=35Doiron Government of Prince Edward Island, Canada biography]

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[[Category:1922 births]]
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[[Category:Lieutenant governors of Prince Edward Island]]
[[Category:Members of the Order of Canada]]
[[Category:Politicians from Queens County, Prince Edward Island]]
[[Category:Politicians from Summerside, Prince Edward Island]]
[[Category:Université de Montréal alumni]]


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