François Fournier (1776 – October 18, 1836) was a land surveyor and political figure in

Lower Canada The Province of Lower Canada (french: province du Bas-Canada) was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence (1791–1841). It covered the southern portion of the current Province of Quebec an ...

. He represented Devon in the

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from 1814 to 1824. He was born in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, the son of Louis Fournier and Madeleine Jean, probably on June 2, 1776. He studied as a land surveyor and received his commission in 1799. Fournier was also a captain and later major in the militia and served as a

justice of the peace A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...

. In 1804, he married Catherine Miville-Deschênes. He did not run for reelection in 1824. Fournier died in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli at the age of 60. His son Charles-François served in the assembly for the Province of Canada.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fournier, Francois 1776 births 1836 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada Canadian justices of the peace