# David Faurschou

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

== Biography ==
Faurschou was born in [Portage la Prairie](/source/Portage_la_Prairie%2C_Manitoba), 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](/source/diploma) in [Agriculture](/source/Agriculture) from the [University of Manitoba](/source/University_of_Manitoba), and a Professional [Agronomist](/source/Agronomist) degree from the [Manitoba Institute of Agrologists](/source/Manitoba_Institute_of_Agrologists).{{Citation needed|date=June 2010}}  He served as a summer student with the [Royal Canadian Mounted Police](/source/Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police) in [The Pas](/source/The_Pas) and [Arborg](/source/Arborg%2C_Manitoba) 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](/source/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](/source/Portage_la_Prairie_(provincial_electoral_district)) as a [Progressive Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Manitoba) in a 1997 by-election, replacing [Brian Pallister](/source/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](/source/Manitoba_Minister_of_Rural_Development).<ref name=pcbio/>

Faurschou was re-elected in [1999](/source/1999_Manitoba_general_election),<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](/source/2003_Manitoba_general_election), defeating Bob Kriski by 3,524 votes to 3,023.<ref name=cbc03/>  He was returned again in the [2007 election](/source/2007_Manitoba_general_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](/source/2011_Manitoba_general_election).

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