Birth Name: | Jean-Étienne Fournier |
Birth Date: | c. 1852 |
Death Date: | 1929 |
Birth Place: | Trois-Pistoles, Canada East |
Residence: | Sudbury, Ontario |
Office1: | Mayor of Sudbury, Ontario |
Term Start1: | January 1893 |
Term End1: | December 1893 |
Term Start2: | January 1896 |
Term End2: | December 1896 |
Predecessor1: | first mayor |
Successor1: | Daniel O'Connor |
Predecessor2: | Murray Biggar |
Successor2: | Francis Cochrane |
Jean-Étienne (Stephen) Fournier (c. 1852 - 1929) was a Canadian politician, who served as the first mayor of Sudbury, Ontario.
Fournier was born about 1852 in Trois-Pistoles, Fournier worked for the Central Canada Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway in Petawawa before moving to Sudbury, where he became the community's first postmaster[1] [2] [3] in 1884. In 1885, he established the community's first general store, and was elected reeve of McKim Township. When Sudbury was incorporated as a town in 1893, he became the town's first mayor,[3] and served a second term as mayor in 1896.[3]
Fournier was also chair of the town's first school board; classes were initially held in his own home until the town's first school was built. Fournier Gardens on Louis Street in Sudbury was named in his honour.