Edmond Louis Philippe Fortier
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Lotbinière
In office
1900–1917
Preceded byCôme Isaïe Rinfret
Succeeded byThomas Vien
Personal details
Born(1849-04-10)April 10, 1849
St-Gervais, Bellechasse County, Canada East
DiedJune 27, 1921(1921-06-27) (aged 72)
Political partyLiberal

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
LiberalEdmond Fortier1,376
LiberalF. Boisvert805
ConservativeLawrence Stafford795
By-election on 25 January 1900

Rinfret was appointed inspector of Inland Revenue, 25 August 1899

Party Candidate Votes
LiberalEdmond Fortier1,496
ConservativeJ.H. Boisvert1,324
1904 Canadian federal election: Lotbinière
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalEdmond Fortier1,670
ConservativeNapoléon Bergeron799
1908 Canadian federal election: Lotbinière
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalEdmond Fortier2,304
ConservativeLouis Philippe Pelletier1,459
By-election on 26 October 1909

Due to the election being declared void on 29 September 1909

Party Candidate Votes
LiberalEdmond Fortier1,379
ConservativeThéodore Dubé1,076
1911 Canadian federal election: Lotbinière
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalEdmond Fortier1,870
ConservativeWilfrid Laliberté1,520

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