Martin Beattie Fisher (January 2, 1881 – December 17, 1941) was a
Canadian politician. He was a Member of the
provincial legislature
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in Quebec.
Background
He was born in
Hemmingford,
Montérégie on January 2, 1881.
Member of the legislature
He successfully ran as a
Conservative candidate and won a
by-election in 1930 in the district of
Huntingdon. Fisher was re-elected in
1931
Events
January
* January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics.
* January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa.
* January 22 – Sir I ...
,
1935
Events
January
* January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims.
* ...
and was re-elected as a
Union Nationale candidate in
1936
Events
January–February
* January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...
.
Cabinet Member
He was appointed to the
Cabinet
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in
1936
Events
January–February
* January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...
and served as Treasurer.
Legislative Councillor
Not long before the
1939 election, Fisher was appointed to the
Legislative Council of Quebec by
Premier of Quebec Maurice Duplessis and served in that function until his death. He represented the division of Inkerman.
Death
He died on December 17, 1941.
Footnotes
1881 births
1941 deaths
Union Nationale (Quebec) MLCs
Conservative Party of Quebec MNAs
Union Nationale (Quebec) MNAs
People from Montérégie
Anglophone Quebec people
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