Édouard-Raymond Fabre

Édouard-Raymond Fabre (15 September 1799 – 16 July 1854) was a Canadian politician and bookseller, the Mayor of Montreal, Quebec between 1849 and 1851.

Mayor

Édouard-Raymond Fabre
6th Mayor of Montreal
In office
1849–1851
Preceded byJoseph Bourret
Succeeded byCharles Wilson
ConstituencyEast
Personal details
Born(1799-09-15)15 September 1799
Montreal, Lower Canada
Died16 July 1854(1854-07-16) (aged 54)
Montreal, Canada East
Resting placeNotre Dame des Neiges Cemetery
ChildrenHector Fabre, Édouard-Charles Fabre
Professionbookseller

In 1807, he began studies at the Petit Séminaire de Montréal, where he remained until 1812 after which he was employed at a prominent hardware store owned by Arthur Webster. After nearly a decade there, Fabre spent a year in Paris to gain experience in book retailing at the Galeries Bossange.

Fabre remained in the bookselling business for years while supporting the Patriote movement for much of this time.

In 1848, Fabre entered municipal politics when he was elected a councillor in Montreal's East Ward. The following year he was elected Mayor, prompted financially restructuring of the city's finances and introduced measures to manage a cholera outbreak. Despite his reluctance to serve a second year as Mayor, Fabre served in that role until 1851.

Édouard-Raymond Fabre contracted cholera and died in July 1854. Leading politician Louis-Joseph Papineau paid tribute, declaring that Fabre "rendered outstanding services to the country." He was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.[1]

Fabre is commemorated by a street in the Plateau Mont-Royal district and a park in Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve.

References
  1. Répertoire des personnages inhumés au cimetière ayant marqué l'histoire de notre société (in French). Montreal: Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery.
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