- Hector Fabre
Louis-Roch-Hector Fabre (
9 August 1834 –2 September 1910 ) was aFrench Canadian lawyer ,journalist ,diplomat , andsenator .He was appointed to the
Canadian Senate on5 February ,1875 on the recommendation ofAlexander Mackenzie . Sitting as a Nationalist, he represented the senatorial division ofLa Salle, Quebec until his resignation on12 July ,1882 .Following his resignation from the Senate, Fabre was appointed Canada's first
General Agent inParis , a position he would occupy until his death in 1910. This appointment marked one of the first diplomatic postings in Canadian history.In 1886 he was created a Companion of the
Order of St Michael and St George .External links
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=6702 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?lang=E&query=1996&s=M Political biography from the Library of Parliament]
* [http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/department/history/hplSearch_results-en.asp?frm=person&lan=1&prsnid=887 Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada diplomatic history]
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