François Fournier was a land surveyor and political figure in Lower Canada

Lower Canada

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. He represented Devon in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

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 from 1814 to 1824.

He was born in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli

Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec

Saint-Jean-Port-Joli is a village in the Regional County Municipality of L'Islet within the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River and is the county seat. The village is located off the Trans-Canada Highway, Autoroute 20...

, the son of Louis Fournier and Madeleine Jean, probably on June 2, 1776. He studied as a land surveyor and received his commission in 1799. Fournier was also a captain and later major in the militia and served as a justice of the peace

Justice of the Peace

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. In 1804, he married Catherine Miville-Deschênes. He did not run for reelection in 1824. Fournier died in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli at the age of 60.

His son Charles-François

Charles-François Fournier

Charles-François Fournier was a land surveyor and political figure in Canada East. He represented L'Islet in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1847 to 1863....

served in the assembly for the Province of Canada.