Fonse Faour

{{Short description|Canadian politician (born 1951)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | image = | name = | honorific_suffix = MP | office = Leader of the New Democratic Party of Newfoundland | term_start = {{start date|1980|11|10}} | term_end = {{end date|1981|11|09}} | predecessor = John Greene | successor = Peter Fenwick | parliament1 = Canadian | riding1 = Humber—St. George's—St. Barbe | term_start1 = {{start date|1978|10|16}} | term_end1 = {{end date|1980|02|19}} | predecessor1 = Jack Marshall | successor1 = Brian Tobin | birth_name = Alphonsus Faour | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|11|16}} | birth_place = Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada | party = New Democratic | occupation = Lawyer

}} '''Alphonsus "Fonse" Faour''' (born November 16, 1951) is a Canadian lawyer and former politician. Faour represented the electoral district of Humber—St. George's—St. Barbe, which he won in a 1978 by-election following the resignation of Jack Marshall.<ref>{{cite news|title=Faour assured of a footnote|work=The Globe and Mail|date=October 23, 1978}}</ref> In the general election the following year, Faour retained the renamed seat of Humber—Port au Port—St. Barbe. However, in the 1980 election, Faour was defeated by Brian Tobin.<ref>{{cite news|title=Liberals gain 6 seats in Maritimes|work=The Globe and Mail|date=February 19, 1980}}</ref>

After the election, he became leader of the Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party from 1980 to 1981. He resigned due to difficulties in concurrently maintaining his law practice and leading the party without a seat in the legislature.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fonse Faour, the only New Democrat who ever won... |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/10/22/Fonse-Faour-the-only-New-Democrat-who-ever-won/8154372571200/ |accessdate=August 23, 2020 |work=United Press International |date=October 22, 1981}}</ref>

In 2003, Faour was appointed to the trial division of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador.

== Archives == There is an Alphonsus Faour fonds at Library and Archives Canada.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Finding aid to Alphonsus Faour fonds at Library and Archives Canada|url=https://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000332.pdf|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> Archival reference number is R3766.

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