Moïse Fortier

City Town Hall of Saint-David, Yamaska

Moïse (Moyse) Fortier (November 6, 1815 – October 17, 1877) was a Quebec businessman and member of Parliament. He was a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada representing Yamaska from 1867 to 1872, defeating Joseph Provencher.

He was born in Saint-Léon in 1815, the son of Charles Fortier and Felecite Blais.[1]

He became a merchant at Saint-David-d'Yamaska and was also president of the Richelieu, Drummond and Arthabaska Railway, later acquired by the Canadian Pacific Railway. He served as mayor of Saint-David for 22 years.

In 1861, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in Yamaska; he was re-elected in 1863 and was elected to the Canadian House of Commons after the Canadian Confederation, which created a new country named Canada.

He died at Saint-David-d'Yamaska in 1877. He was married to Mathilde Paradis, by whom he had 11 children, one of which was Dr. L.-A. Fortier, who married to Marie-Antoinette Lambert, daughter of Mary Victoria Yale and Major F.-X. Lambert.[1][2]

Dr. Fortier's sons were lawyer Maurice Fortier and King's Counsel Jacob Yale Fortier, great-grandsons of Major George Henry Yale, 1st Mayor of Louiseville.[2][3] Others brothers of Fortier included merchant J. J. O Fortier, Dr. Alma Fortier and Rev. Jacob Fortier, Vicar of Yamachiche.[4]

His sisters married to notary Charles Archambault and Dr. Brousseau.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Histoire de Saint-David-d'Yamaska, 150e. Québec, Beaudry & Frappier, 1981, 287 p.
  2. ^ a b Biographies canadiennes-françaises, 1928, 1928 - 1929, p. 302
  3. ^ a b La patrie, 19 novembre 1927, samedi 19 novembre 1927, p. 12
  4. ^ Gazette de Sorel, 23 avril 1879, mercredi 23 avril 1879, p. 2
  • "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
  • Moïse Fortier – Parliament of Canada biography
Parliament of Canada
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 Member of Parliament from Yamaska
1867–1872 		Succeeded by