Edmond Fortier
Edmond Louis Philippe Fortier (April 10, 1849 – June 27, 1921) was a Canadian politician.
Edmond Louis Philippe Fortier | |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Lotbinière | |
| In office 1900–1917 | |
| Preceded by | Côme Isaïe Rinfret |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Vien |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 10, 1849 St-Gervais, Bellechasse County, Canada East |
| Died | June 27, 1921 (aged 72) |
| Political party | Liberal |
Born in St-Gervais, Bellechasse County, Canada East, the son of Octave-Cyrille Fortier, a Quebec politician, and Henriette-Émilie Ruel, Fortier was educated at the Laval Normal School, Quebec. A farmer, he ran unsuccessfully in the electoral district of Beauce against Jean Blanchet for the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in 1890. He was mayor of Lambton, Quebec. He served for nineteen years in the Militia and was Captain of the 23rd Battalion of Beauce. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the electoral district of Lotbinière in a 1900 by-election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1900, 1904, 1908, and 1911.
Electoral record
| 1900 Canadian federal election: Lotbinière | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Edmond Fortier | 1,376 | ||||||
| Liberal | F. Boisvert | 805 | ||||||
| Conservative | STAFFORD, Lawrence | 795 | ||||||
| By-election on 25 January 1900
Rinfret was appointed inspector of Inland Revenue, 25 August 1899 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Edmond Fortier | 1,496 | |||
| Conservative | J.H. Boisvert | 1,324 | |||
| 1904 Canadian federal election: Lotbinière | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Edmond Fortier | 1,670 | ||||||
| Conservative | Napoléon Bergeron | 799 | ||||||
| 1908 Canadian federal election: Lotbinière | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Edmond Fortier | 2,304 | ||||||
| Conservative | Louis Philippe Pelletier | 1,459 | ||||||
| By-election on 26 October 1909
Due to the election being declared void on 29 September 1909 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Edmond Fortier | 1,379 | |||
| Conservative | Théodore Dubé | 1,076 | |||
| 1911 Canadian federal election: Lotbinière | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Edmond Fortier | 1,870 | ||||||
| Conservative | Wilfrid Laliberté | 1,520 | ||||||
References
- Edmond Fortier – Parliament of Canada biography
- The Canadian Parliament; biographical sketches and photo-engravures of the senators and members of the House of Commons of Canada. Being the tenth Parliament, elected November 3, 1904