Career
He represented Last Mountain in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1930 as a Progressive Party member. He was born in Florence, Ontario, the son of Franklin Fansher and Lucy McLellan. Later that year, he moved to Regina, Saskatchewan, where he operated the city"s light plant.
In 1906, he settled on a farm near Govan, Saskatchewan.
Fansher was involved in the formation of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, the local rural telephone company and the Govan cr union and co-op store. He raised cattle and was called "Canada"s Clover King" by Maclean"s magazine.
Fansher was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1930, 1935 and 1940. He died in Regina at the age of 81.
