Moïse Fortier

Moïse (Moyse) Fortier (November 6, 1815 – October 17, 1877) was a Quebec businessman and member of Parliament.

He was a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada representing Yamaska from 1867 to 1872, defeating Joseph Provencher.

He was born in Saint-Léon in 1815, the son of Charles Fortier and Felecite Blais.

In 1861, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in Yamaska; he was re-elected in 1863 and was elected to the Canadian House of Commons after the Canadian Confederation, which created a new country named Canada.

Fortier, who married to Marie-Antoinette Lambert, daughter of Mary Victoria Yale and Major F.-X.