Career
He represented Bellechasse in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1926 as a Liberal. He was born in Street-Charles de Bellechasse, Quebec, the son of Joseph Fournier and Delina Turgeon, and was educated at the Seminaire de Quebec. Fournier moved to the United States in 1892, becoming a druggist in Fitchburg, Massachusetts.
In 1908, he moved to Street-Charles de Bellechasse, where he was employed as a druggist.
He did not run for reelection to the House of Commons in 1926. Fournier died in Quebec City at the age of 69.