Télesphore Fournier
Télesphore Fournier , PC (* 5. August 1823 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud , Lower Canada , today Québec ; † 10. May 1896 ) was a Canadian politician of the Liberal Party and a lawyer , who between 1874 and served as Minister of Justice and Attorney General in 1875, and as Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada for twenty years from 1875 to 1895 .
Life
After visiting the Séminaire de Nicolet in 1842, Fournier, son of Guillaume Fournier and Marie-Archange Morin, began studying law in the law firm of René-Édouard Caron , who was both mayor of Québec and vice-governor of the province of Québec . After being admitted to the bar, he began practicing as a lawyer in Québec in 1846 and later became president of the Québec Province Bar. In 1855 he was one of the founders and owners of the daily Le National de Québec .
Fournier began his political career when he was elected to the Lower House of Canada for the Liberal Party on August 15, 1870 in a by-election in the Bellechasse constituency . With brief interruptions, he was a member until October 8, 1875. At the same time he was due to the then still existing provisions from July 1873 to November 19, 1873 also a member of the National Assembly of Québec and represented the constituency of Montmagny in this .
On November 7, 1873, Fournier was appointed Minister of Domestic Taxes to the 2nd Canadian Cabinet by Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie and held this office until July 7, 1874. During his membership in Parliament he also served from March to May 1874 and again between February and April In 1875 as chairman of the Standing Committee on Railways, Canals and Telegraph Lines and also as Chairman of the Standing Committee on Expiring Laws. After a cabinet reshuffle, he served between July 8, 1874 and May 18, 1875 as Minister of Justice and Attorney General. During his tenure as Minister of Justice, on April 8, 1875 the House of Commons passed the law establishing the Supreme Court. After another government reshuffle, he held the post of post minister from May 19, 1875 until his resignation on October 7, 1875.
Shortly before, on September 30, 1875, Fournier's appointment as judge at the Supreme Court of Canada by Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie. Patterson served on the Supreme Court until his resignation on May 10, 1896.
Web links
- Entry on the homepage of the Parliament of Canada
- Entry on the homepage of the National Assembly of Québec
- Supreme Court of Canada - Portrait (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fournier, Télesphore |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian lawyer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 5, 1823 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud , Lower Canada , today: Québec |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 10, 1896 |