Hyacinthe-Adélard Fortier (11 December 1875 – 18 January 1966) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in

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. He represented

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in the

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from 1912 to 1917 and

in the

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from 1917 to 1925 as a Liberal. He was born in Saint-Hermas, Quebec, the son of Isidore Fortier and Elmire Lalande, and was educated at the Séminaire de Sainte-Thérèse and the

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. Fortier articled with Dandurand et Brodeur, was called to the Quebec bar in 1899 and set up practise in

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with

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. He married his partner's daughter Anne-Marie Major in 1901. Fortier was crown attorney for Ottawa district and was bâtonnier for Hull district from 1912 to 1916. He served on the municipal council for Hull in 1912. In the same year, Fortier was named

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. He resigned his seat in the Quebec assembly to run for a seat in the House of Commons in 1917. From 1925 to 1958, he was a judge in the

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for Trois-Rivières district. Fortier died in Hull at the age of 91 and was buried in the Notre-Dame-de-Lorette cemetery there.

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Hyacinthe-Adélard Fortier at Assemblée Nationale du Quebec
Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Judges in Quebec 1875 births 1966 deaths Politicians from Laurentides Canadian King's Counsel 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada 20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec {{Liberal-Quebec-MP-stub