Thomas Fortin (December 15, 1853 – March 31, 1933) was a lawyer, judge, educator and political figure in

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, Canada. He represented Laval in the House of Commons of Canada from 1896 to 1901 as a

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. He was born in St-François-de-la-Beauce,

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, the son of Joseph Fortin and Marie-Louis Vachon. He studied law at the

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Roy, P
''Les juges de la province de Québec'' (1933)
p. 217 and was admitted to the Quebec bar in 1882. Fortin was professor of civil and municipal law at

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.Gemmill, J
''The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1897''
/ref> Fortin settled at Sainte-Rose in Laval County in 1885. He resigned his seat in the House of Commons in 1901 after he was named to the

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for Montreal district. Fortin retired from the bench in December 1919. He died at Sainte-Rose-de-Laval at the age of 79. He was the father of

Marc-Aurèle Fortin Marc-Aurèle Fortin (March 14, 1888 – March 2, 1970) was a Québécois painter. Career Marc-Aurèle Fortin was born in 1888 in Ste-Rose, Quebec, son of Thomas Fortin. He studied in Montreal under Ludger Larose and Edmond Dyonnet, then un ...

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* Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Judges in Quebec 1853 births 1933 deaths People from Chaudière-Appalaches Université Laval alumni Academic staff of McGill University {{Liberal-Quebec-MP-stub