Édouard-Raymond Fabre (15 September 1799 – 16 July 1854) was a Canadian politician and bookseller, the Mayor of Montreal, Quebec between 1849 and 1851. In 1807, he began studies at the

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, where he remained until 1812 after which he was employed at a prominent hardware store owned by Arthur Webster. After nearly a decade there, Fabre spent a year in Paris to gain experience in book retailing at the Galeries Bossange. Fabre remained in the bookselling business for years while supporting the

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for much of this time. In 1848, Fabre entered municipal politics when he was elected a councillor in Montreal's East Ward. The following year he was elected Mayor, prompted a financial restructure of the city's finances, and introduced measures to manage a

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outbreak. Despite his reluctance to serve a second year as Mayor, Fabre served in that role until 1851. Édouard-Raymond Fabre contracted cholera and died in July 1854. Leading politician

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paid tribute, declaring that Fabre "rendered outstanding services to the country." He was entombed at the

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in Montreal. Fabre is commemorated by a street in the Plateau Mont-Royal district and a park in Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve.

References

Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''

Édouard-Raymond Fabre at City of Montreal

Édouard-Raymond Fabre at ''The Canadian Encyclopedia''
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