Career
He represented L"Islet in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1847 to 1863. He was born in Saint-Jean-Portuguese-Joli, the son of François Fournier and Catherine Miville-Deschênes. Fournier received his commission as a land surveyor in 1826.
He was also a lieutenant colonel in the local militia and a justice of the peace.
Fournier was first elected to the assembly in a by-election held in May 1847. He was defeated by Louis-Bonaventure Caron when he ran for reelection in 1858 but was declared elected later that same year.
He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1863.