Edmond Fortier

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Edmond Louis Philippe Fortier
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Lotbinière
In office
1900–1917
Preceded byCôme Isaïe Rinfret
Succeeded byThomas Vien
Personal details
Born(1849-04-10)April 10, 1849
St-Gervais, Bellechasse County, Canada East
DiedJune 27, 1921(1921-06-27) (aged 72)
Political partyLiberal

Edmond Louis Philippe Fortier (April 10, 1849 – June 27, 1921) was a Canadian politician.

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[edit]

1900 Canadian federal election: Lotbinière
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Edmond Fortier 1,376
Liberal F. Boisvert 805
Conservative Lawrence Stafford 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

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