David Faurschou

{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = David Faurschou |image =  |office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Portage la Prairie |term_start = September 30, 1997 |term_end = October 4, 2011 |predecessor = Brian Pallister |successor = Ian Wishart |birth_name= David Faurschou | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|01|28}} | birth_place = | death_date =  | death_place = | citizenship = | party = Progressive Conservative }} '''David Faurschou''' (born January 28, 1956) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. From 1997 to 2011, he was a member of the Manitoba legislature.

== Biography == Faurschou was born in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, the eldest son of Ralph and Ella Faurschou.<ref name=bio>{{cite web |url=http://www.davidfaurschou.ca/davidfaurschou.html |title=David Faurschou |publisher=www.davidfaurschou.ca |accessdate=2010-06-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706174819/http://www.davidfaurschou.ca/davidfaurschou.html |archivedate=2011-07-06 }}</ref><ref name=pcbio>{{cite web |url=http://www.pcmanitoba.com/Our-Team/davidfaurschou.html |title=David Faurschou |publisher=www.pcmanitoba.com |accessdate=2010-06-05 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He has a diploma in Agriculture from the University of Manitoba, and a Professional Agronomist degree from the Manitoba Institute of Agrologists.{{Citation needed|date=June 2010}} He served as a summer student with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in The Pas and Arborg and in 1980, after graduation, returned to Portage and the family business.<ref name=pcbio/> Faurschou served as vice president and general manager of Faurschou Farms Limited, and served on the Central Plains Farm Business Association.<ref name=bio/> He was named Manitoba's Outstanding Young Farmer in 1995,{{Citation needed|date=June 2010}} and Canada's Outstanding Young Farmer in 1995.<ref name=bio/>

Faurschou served was a trustee in the Portage la Prairie School Division,<ref name=bio/> and served as a chairman of the Manitoba Association of School Trustees. He also served as director of the Portage Women's Shelter.<ref name="bio" /> Faurschou was elected to the Manitoba legislature for Portage la Prairie as a Progressive Conservative in a 1997 by-election, replacing Brian Pallister (who had resigned to run federally).<ref>[http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/galleries/download/Statement_of_Votes/Byelections/1997_Portage_statvotes.pdf Portage la Prairie Byelection (1997) Statutory Report] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717041320/http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/galleries/download/Statement_of_Votes/Byelections/1997_Portage_statvotes.pdf |date=2011-07-17 }}, Elections Manitoba</ref> In 1998, Faurschou was appointed legislature assistant to the Minister of Rural Development.<ref name=pcbio/>

Faurschou was re-elected in 1999,<ref name=cbc03>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/manitobavotes2003/riding/030/ |title=CBC - Manitoba Votes 2003 |publisher=www.cbc.ca |accessdate=2010-06-05 }}</ref> and more narrowly re-elected in the 2003 election, defeating Bob Kriski by 3,524 votes to 3,023.<ref name=cbc03/> He was returned again in the 2007 election.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/manitobavotes2007/riding/030 |title=Manitoba Votes 2007 – Riding Profiles |publisher=www.cbc.ca |accessdate=2010-06-05 }}</ref> He did not run in 2011 election.

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