Louis-Napoléon Fortin

Louis-Napoléon Fortin
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Montmagny
In office
1876–1883
Preceded by Auguste Charles Philippe Robert Landry
Succeeded by Nazaire Bernatchez
Personal details
Born August 8, 1850
Cap-Saint-Ignace, Canada East
Died March 31, 1892 (aged 41)
Cap-Saint-Ignace, Quebec
Political party Liberal (1876-1879)
onservative (1879-1883)
Relations Jean-Baptiste Fortin, grandfather

Louis-Napoléon Fortin (August 8, 1850 – March 31, 1892) was a physician and political figure in Quebec. He represented Montmagny in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1876 to 1883 as a Liberal and then Conservative member.

He was born in Cap-Saint-Ignace, the son of Louis Fortin and Marguerite Bernier. Fortin was the grandson of Jean-Baptiste Fortin. He was educated at the Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière and the Université Laval. He qualified to practise in 1874 and set up his practice at Cap-Saint-Ignace. Fortier was first elected to the Quebec assembly in an 1876 by-election held after the election of Auguste-Charles-Philippe Landry was overturned. In 1879, he joined the Conservative caucus with three other members, leading to the defeat of the Liberal government. His election in 1881 was overturned after a decision by the Quebec Superior Court in 1883. Fortin was mayor of Cap-Saint-Ignace from 1881 to 1883. In 1881, he married Marie-Sophie-Laurette Larue. He was named a colonization inspector but was dismissed from that post in 1887. Fortin died at Cap-Saint-Ignace at the age of 41.

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