Fernand Fafard

The Hon. J. Fernand Fafard
Senator for De la Durantaye, Quebec
In office 29 January 1940 – 14 May 1955
Appointed by	William Lyon Mackenzie King
Preceded by	Émile Fortin
Succeeded by	Jean-François Pouliot
Member of Parliament for L'Islet
In office December 1917 – October 1935
Preceded by	Eugène Paquet
Succeeded by	riding dissolved
Member of Parliament for Montmagny—L'Islet
In office December 1935 – January 1940
Preceded by	riding created
Succeeded by	Léo Kemner Laflamme
Personal details
Born	(1882-08-25)25 August 1882 L'Islet, Quebec
Died	Quebec City, Quebec
Political party	Laurier Liberals Liberal
Spouse(s)	1) Héva Girard m. 5 February 1912 d. 1935 2) A. Paquet
Occupation	land surveyor

Joseph-Fernand Fafard (25 August 1882 – 14 May 1955) was a Laurier Liberal then a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in L'Islet, Quebec and became a land surveyor.

Fafard attended L'Islet College and Levis College. In 1901, he surveyed land 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.

He was first elected to Parliament under the Laurier Liberals party banner at the L'Islet riding in the 1917 general election and re-elected under the Liberal Party there in 1921, 1925, 1926 and 1930. With riding boundary changes, Fafard was re-elected for the Liberals in 1935 at the Montmagny—L'Islet riding.

In 1940, after completing his term in the 18th Canadian Parliament, Fafard was appointed to the Senate for the De la Durantaye, Quebec division and continued in that role until his death on 14 May 1955 in Quebec City following an unidentified brief illness.

External links

• Fernand Fafard – Parliament of Canada biography