Fournier Telesphore 1824-1896 Studied Law And Called To The Bar
1846; one of principal editorial writers on Le National; elected to
the House of Commons for Bellechasse, 1870; minister of inland revenue,
in Mackenzie government, 1873; minister of justice, 1874;
postmaster-general, 1875. Appointed judge of Supreme Court the latter
year; resigned, 1895. =Index=: (Sir Georges E. Cartier era) One of the leaders of the Quebec
Liberals, 24; a popular speaker, 25; kept in opposition by radical
programme, 29. =Bib.=: Dent, Can. Por.