Background
He was born in Saint-Calixte-de-Somerset, Canada East, the son of Olivier Cormier and Emmérence Beaubien.
politician Member of the National Assembly
He was born in Saint-Calixte-de-Somerset, Canada East, the son of Olivier Cormier and Emmérence Beaubien.
He represented Ottawa electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1886 to 1887 as a Conservative. Cormier lived in New Hampshire from 1861 until 1867, when he moved to Aylmer, Quebec and established himself there as a lumber merchant and grocer. Cormier owned a sawmill in Aylmer and a lumber yard in Petawawa, Ontario.
He was chief fishing and game warden for west Quebec.
He also founded a zoo in Aylmer. Cormier was president of the school board and of the local Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society.
He served as mayor of Aylmer from 1884 to 1887 and was warden for Ottawa County in 1887. Cormier died in Aylmer at the age of 57.