Thomas Fortin

Thomas Fortin (15 December 1853 – 31 March 1933) was a lawyer, judge, educator and political figure in Quebec, Canada. He represented Laval in the House of Commons of Canada from 1896 to 1901 as a Liberal.

He was born in St-François-de-la-Beauce, Beauce County, Canada East, the son of Joseph Fortin and Marie-Louis Vachon. He studied law at the Université Laval^[1] and was admitted to the Quebec bar in 1882. Fortin was professor of civil and municipal law at McGill University.^[2] Fortin settled at Sainte-Rose in Laval County in 1885.^[1] He resigned his seat in the House of Commons in 1901 after he was named to the Quebec Superior Court for Montreal district.^{[citation needed]}

Fortin retired from the bench in December 1919. He died at Sainte-Rose-de-Laval at the age of 79.^[1]

Electoral record

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election: Laval
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Fortin	1,821	54.8	+3.3
	Conservative	J.E. Émile Léonard	1,502	45.2	-3.3
Total valid votes			3,323	100.0

v t e 1896 Canadian federal election: Laval
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Fortin	1,541	51.5	+17.9
	Conservative	F.J. Bisaillon	1,449	48.5	-17.9
Total valid votes			2,990	100.0

He was the father of Marc-Aurèle Fortin

References

Thomas Fortin – Parliament of Canada biography

^ ^a ^b ^c Roy, PG Les juges de la province de Québec (1933) p. 217
^ Gemmill, JA The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1897

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[roy-1] Roy, PG Les juges de la province de Québec (1933) p. 217

[2] Gemmill, JA The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1897

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