Alphonse Fournier

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Alphonse Fournier PC QC (born March 24, 1893 in Methuen , Massachusetts , † October 8, 1961 ) was a Canadian lawyer and politician of the Liberal Party of Canada , the Minister in the 16th Canadian cabinet of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and in the 17th cabinet of Prime Minister Louis Saint-Laurent and was Associate Justice of the Supreme Tax Court of Canada for several years.

Life

After attending school, Fournier studied law and graduated with a Licenciate of Laws (LL.L.). After his legal admission he took a job as a lawyer and was for his lawyer's merits later Attorney-General (Queen's Counsel) appointed.

As a candidate of the Liberal Party Fournier was in the elections of July 28, 1930 for the first time as a member of the House appointed and represented there about 23 years until his mandate waiver on June 11, 1953 in Quebec City located constituency Hull . During his membership in the House of Commons he was from January 27 to July 1, 1938 chairman of a House of Commons special committee for the civil service law and then from January 12 to June 3, 1939 chairman of a House of Commons special committee for the implementation of this law. He was later from January 22, 1942 to January 27, 1943 Chairman of the House of Commons Special Committee on War Expenses.

On October 7, 1942, Fournier was appointed Minister for Public Works in the 16th Canadian Cabinet by Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and also held this office in the subsequent 17th Canadian Cabinet, which Prime Minister Louis Saint-Laurent formed on November 15, 1948 would have. He kept the ministerial office until his resignation on June 11, 1953, and from May 1, 1948 to May 8, 1953, as chairman of the Liberal Party faction, he was also the leader of the governing majority in the lower house.

After resigning as minister and resigning from the House of Commons, Fournier was appointed associate judge at the Supreme Tax Court of Canada on June 12, 1953, and held that judge's office until his death.

He was the father of Roy Fournier , who from 1962 to 1972 was a member of the National Assembly of Québec , Minister of State and Solicitor General in the Government of Québec under Prime Minister Robert Bourassa, and from 1972 to 1982 a judge at the Provincial Court of Québec.

Alphonse Fournier's cousin Joseph-Célestin Nadon was also a member of the Legislative Assembly of Québec for several years and also a member of the Canadian House of Commons between 1949 and 1953.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography on the homepage of the National Assembly of Québec
personal data
SURNAME Fournier, Alphonse
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian politician (Liberal Party)
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Methuen , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH October 8, 1961