Alphonse Fournier

{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = [[The Honourable]] | name = Alphonse Fournier | honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|QC|size=100%}} | image = Alphonse Fournier.jpg | image_size = | office = [[Leader of the Government in the House of Commons]] | prime_minister = [[Louis St. Laurent]] | term_start = May 1, 1948 | term_end = May 8, 1953 | predecessor = [[Ian Alistair Mackenzie]] | successor = [[Walter Edward Harris|Walter Harris]] | office1 = [[Minister of Public Works (Canada)|Minister of Public Works]] | prime_minister1 = Louis St. Laurent<br/>[[W. L. Mackenzie King]] | term_start1 = October 7, 1942 | term_end1 = June 11, 1953 | predecessor1 = [[Joseph-Enoil Michaud]] (acting) | successor1 = Walter Harris (acting) | riding2 = [[Hull (electoral district)|Hull]] | parliament2 = Canadian | term_start2 = July 28, 1930 | term_end2 = August 9, 1953 | predecessor2 = [[Joseph-Éloi Fontaine]] | successor2 = [[Alexis Caron]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1893|03|24}} | birth_place = [[Methuen, Massachusetts|Methuen]], [[Massachusetts]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1961|10|08|1893|03|24}} | death_place = [[Hull, Quebec|Hull]], [[Quebec]], Canada | spouse = {{marriage|Lorette Roy|1917}} | party = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] | relations = [[Joseph-Célestin Nadon]] (cousin) | children = 4, including [[Roy Fournier|Roy]] | alma_mater = [[University of Montreal]] <br/> [[Laval University]] | profession = {{hlist|Lawyer|teacher}} | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Alphonse Fournier''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|QC}} (March 24, 1893 – October 8, 1961) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician.

== Biography == Born in [[Methuen, Massachusetts]], he was first elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]] representing the [[Quebec]] riding of [[Hull (electoral district)|Hull]] in the [[1930 Canadian federal election|1930 federal election]]. A [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]], he was re-elected in [[1935 Canadian federal election|1935]], [[1940 Canadian federal election|1940]], [[1945 Canadian federal election|1945]], and [[1949 Canadian federal election|1949]].<ref name="ParlInfo">{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=5808|nolist=yes}}</ref> [[Image:16th Canadian Ministry.jpg|thumb|right|Hon. Alphone Fournier and colleagues in the 16th Canadian Ministry (Rear, L-R): Hons. J. J. McCann, Paul Martin, Joseph Jean, J. A. Glen, Brooke Claxton, Alphonse Fournier, Ernest Bertrand, A. G. L. McNaughton, Lionel Chevrier, D. C. Abbott, D. L. MacLaren]] From 1942 to 1953, he was the [[List of Canadian Ministers of Public Works|Minister of Public Works]]. From 1948 to 1953, he was the [[List of Canadian Leaders of the Government in the House of Commons|Leader of the Government in the House of Commons]] and Liberal Party House Leader.<ref name="ParlInfo"/>

His son, [[Roy Fournier]], was also a member of the Quebec parliament and solicitor general for the province of Quebec.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/deputes/fournier-roy-3235/biographie.html|title=Roy Fournier|language=fr}}</ref>

There is a Alphonse Fournier [[fonds]] at [[Library and Archives Canada]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alphonse Fournier fonds, Library and Archives Canada|date = 20 July 2017|url=http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=99057&lang=eng}}</ref>

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