Edmond Fortier

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

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.

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

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