Moïse (Moyse) Fortier (November 6, 1815 – October 17, 1877) was a

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businessman and member of Parliament. He was a Liberal member of the

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representing Yamaska from 1867 to 1872, defeating Joseph Provencher. He was born in Saint-Léon in 1815, the son of Charles Fortier and Felecite Blais.Histoire de Saint-David-d'Yamaska
150e. Québec, Beaudry & Frappier, 1981, 287 p. He became a merchant at Saint-David-d'Yamaska and was also president of the Richelieu, Drummond and Arthabaska Railway, later acquired by the

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. He served as mayor of Saint-David for 22 years. In 1861, he was elected to the

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in Yamaska; he was re-elected in 1863 and was elected to the Canadian House of Commons after the

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, which created a new country named Canada. He died at Saint-David-d'Yamaska in 1877. He was married to Mathilde Paradis, by whom he had 11 children, one of which was Dr. L.-A. Fortier, who married to Marie-Antoinette Lambert, daughter of Mary Victoria Yale and Major F.-X. Lambert. Dr. Fortier's sons were lawyer Maurice Fortier and

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Jacob Yale Fortier, great-grandsons of Major George Henry Yale, 1st Mayor of

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.Biographies canadiennes-françaises
1928, 1928 - 1929, p. 302 Others brothers of Fortier included merchant J. J. O Fortier, Dr. Alma Fortier and Rev. Jacob Fortier,

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of Yamachiche.Gazette de Sorel
23 avril 1879, mercredi 23 avril 1879, p. 2 His sisters married to notary Charles Archambault and Dr. Brousseau.La patrie
19 novembre 1927, samedi 19 novembre 1927, p. 12

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fortier, Moise 1815 births 1877 deaths Yale family Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada East Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec 19th-century mayors of places in Quebec Politicians from Montérégie 19th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada