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Octave-Cyrille Fortier (August 1, 1810 – 1872 or later) was a physician and political figure in
Canada East Canada East (french: links=no, Canada-Est) was the northeastern portion of the United Province of Canada. Lord Durham's Report investigating the causes of the Upper and Lower Canada Rebellions recommended merging those two colonies. The new ...
. He represented Bellechasse in the
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada was the lower house of the legislature for the Province of Canada, which consisted of the former provinces of Lower Canada, then known as Canada East and later the province of Quebec, and Upper C ...
from 1854 to 1861. He was born in
Quebec City Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Communauté métrop ...
, the son of François Fortier and Madeleine-Béatrice Poulin. Fortier was licensed to practise medicine in 1830 and set up practice in Saint-Gervais. In 1833, he married Henriette-Émilie Ruel, the sister of
Augustin-Guillaume Ruel Augustin-Guillaume Ruel (April 17, 1805 – September 29, 1871) was a notary and political figure in Canada East, in the Province of Canada (now Quebec). He represented Bellechasse in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada f ...
. He was first elected to the assembly in an 1854 by-election held after
Jean Chabot Jean Chabot (October 15, 1806 – May 31, 1860) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Canada East. He was born in Saint-Charles near Lévis in 1806 and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec. He articled in law with Elzéar Bédar ...
was elected in two ridings and chose to represent Quebec City. Fortier was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1861. He served as sergeant at arms for the Legislative Council from 1865 to 1867. His son Edmond served in the Canadian House of Commons.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fortier, Octave-Cyrille 1810 births Year of death missing Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada East Politicians from Quebec City