Louis-Roch-Hector Fabre (August 9, 1834 – September 2, 1910) was a French Canadian

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 lawyer

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, journalist

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, diplomat

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, and senator.

He was appointed to the Canadian Senate

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 on 5 February 1875 on the recommendation of Alexander Mackenzie

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. Sitting as a Nationalist, he represented the senatorial division

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 of La Salle, Quebec until his resignation on 12 July 1882.

Following his resignation from the Senate, Fabre was appointed Canada's first General Agent

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 in Paris

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, a position he would occupy until his death in 1910. This appointment marked one of the first diplomatic postings in Canadian history.

In 1886 he was created a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George

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