David Arthur Lafortune

David Arthur Lafortune was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Montcalm from 1909 to 1917 and Jacques Cartier from 1917 to 1922 in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal.

He was born in Saintsprit, Canada East, the son of Joachim Lafortune and Flicit Beaupr, and was educated at the Collge de LAssomption and the Universit Laval. Lafortune was married twice to Mary Hedwige Messier in 1874 and to ChristinaCorinne Lussier in 1898. He was called to the Quebec bar in 1883. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Quebec assembly in 1886 and 1904. Lafortune was appointed Crown Prosecutor for Montreal in 1905. In 1906, he was named Kings Counsel. Lafortune was first elected to the House of Commons in an 1909 byelection held after Franois Octave Dugas was named a judge. He died in office in Montreal at the age of 74.

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