Career
He represented Devon in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1814 to 1824. He was born in Saint-Jean-Portuguese-Joli, the son of Louis Fournier and Madeleine Jean, probably on June 2, 1776. He studied as a land surveyor and received his commission in 1799.
Fournier was also a captain and later major in the militia and served as a justice of the peace.
He did not run for reelection in 1824. Fournier died in Saint-Jean-Portuguese-Joli at the age of 60.