- Edmond Fortier
Edmond Louis Philippe Fortier (
April 10 ,1849 – after 1917) was a Canadian politician.Born in St-Gervais, Bellechasse County,
Canada East , the son ofOctave-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 againstJean Blanchet for theLegislative Assembly of Quebec in 1890. He was mayor ofLampton, Quebec . He served for nineteen years in the Militia and was Captain of the 23rd Battalion of Beauce. He was first elected to theCanadian House of Commons for the electoral district of Lotbinière in a 1900 by-election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1900, 1904, 1908, and 1911.References
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