Stephen Fournier
Stephen Fournier | |
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Mayor of Sudbury, Ontario | |
In office January 1893 – December 1893 | |
Preceded by | first mayor |
Succeeded by | Daniel O'Connor |
In office January 1896 – December 1896 | |
Preceded by | Murray Biggar |
Succeeded by | Francis Cochrane |
Personal details | |
Born | Jean-Étienne Fournier c. 1852 Trois-Pistoles, Canada East |
Died | 1929 |
Residence(s) | Sudbury, Ontario |
Jean-Étienne (Stephen) Fournier (c. 1852–1929) was a Canadian politician, who served as the first mayor of Sudbury, Ontario.
Fournier was born about 1852 in
Petawawa before moving to Sudbury, where he became the community's first postmaster[1]
reeve of McKim Township. When Sudbury was incorporated as a town in 1893, he became the town's first mayor,[3] and served a second term as mayor in 1896.[3]
Fournier was also chair of the town's first
school board
; classes were initially held in his own home until the town's first school was built. Fournier Gardens on Louis Street in Sudbury was named in his honour.
References
- ^ Dorian, Charles (1961). The First 75 Years, A Headline History of Sudbury, Canada. Arthur H. Stockwell Limited, Ilfracombe, Devon
- ISBN 978-1-55046-110-7.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-55002-170-7.
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