Career
He represented Baie Saint Paul from 1883 to 1886 in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Conservative. He was born in Belle-Rivière, Quebec and was educated at the Carillon Academy. Fairbanks was postmaster at Baie Saint Paul, Manitoba from 1878 to 1883.
He served as warden for the rural municipality of Belcourt (dissolved in 1890).
A few years after leaving politics, Fairbanks moved to Ottawa. He died there in 1924.