Edmond Fortier

Edmond Louis Philippe 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	April 10, 1849; St-Gervais, Bellechasse County, Canada East
Died	June 27, 1921 (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.

Electoral record

1900 Canadian federal election: Lotbinière
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edmond Fortier	1,376
	Liberal	F. Boisvert	805
	Conservative	Lawrence Stafford	795

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 25 January 1900 Rinfret was appointed inspector of Inland Revenue, 25 August 1899
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 26 October 1909 Due to the election being declared void on 29 September 1909
	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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