Joseph-Fernand Fafard Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Hon.
J. Fernand Fafard
Office:Senator for De la Durantaye, Quebec
Appointed:William Lyon Mackenzie King
Predecessor:Émile Fortin
Successor:Jean-François Pouliot
Term Start:29 January 1940
Term End:14 May 1955
Office2:Member of Parliament for L'Islet
Predecessor2:Eugène Paquet
Successor2:riding dissolved
Term Start2:December 1917
Term End2:October 1935
Office3:Member of Parliament for Montmagny—L'Islet
Predecessor3:riding created
Successor3:Léo Kemner Laflamme
Term Start3:December 1935
Term End3:January 1940
Birth Date:1882 8, df=yes
Birth Place:L'Islet, Quebec
Death Place:Quebec City, Quebec
Spouse:1) Héva Girard
m. 5 February 1912
d. 1935[1]
2) A. Paquet
Party:Laurier Liberals
Liberal
Relations:Adine Fafard-Drolet (sister)
Occupation:land surveyor

Joseph-Fernand Fafard (25 August 1882  - 14 May 1955) was a Laurier Liberal then a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in L'Islet, Quebec and became a land surveyor.

Fafard attended L'Islet College and . In 1901, he surveyed land in Alberta and Saskatchewan for his probationary course and in 1905 earned his diploma. He was the first to conduct a land survey of the Abitibi region and also became vice-president of the Quebec Land Surveyors Association.

He was first elected to Parliament under the Laurier Liberals party banner at the L'Islet riding in the 1917 general election and re-elected under the Liberal Party there in 1921, 1925, 1926 and 1930. With riding boundary changes, Fafard was re-elected for the Liberals in 1935 at the Montmagny—L'Islet riding.

In 1940, after completing his term in the 18th Canadian Parliament, Fafard was appointed to the Senate for the De la Durantaye, Quebec division and continued in that role until his death on 14 May 1955 in Quebec City following an unidentified brief illness.[2]

References

  1. Book: Normandin, A.L. . Canadian Parliamentary Guide . 1936.
  2. News: Sen. Fafard Dies / 22 Seats Empty . . 16 May 1955 . 5 .

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