Joseph-Fernand Fafard (25 August 1882 – 14 May 1955) was a

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and a

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member of the

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. He was born in

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and became a land surveyor. Fafard attended L'Islet College and :fr:Collège de Lévis. In 1901, he studied how to survey lands 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. Fafard was first elected to Parliament under the

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party banner at the L'Islet riding in the 1917 general election. He was re-elected under the Liberal Party there in

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and

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. With riding boundary changes, Fafard was re-elected for the Liberals in

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at the

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riding. In 1940, after completing his term in the 18th Canadian Parliament, Fafard was appointed to the

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for the De la Durantaye, Quebec division. He continued in that role until his death on 14 May 1955 in

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following an unidentified brief illness.

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* * 1882 births 1955 deaths Canadian senators from Quebec Canadian surveyors Laurier Liberals Liberal Party of Canada MPs Liberal Party of Canada senators Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Politicians from Chaudière-Appalaches 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada 20th-century members of the Senate of Canada {{Quebec-senator-stub