He represented Last Mountain in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1930 as a Progressive Party member.
[1] 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.
Fansher was involved in the formation of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, the local rural telephone company and the Govan credit union and co-op store.
He raised cattle and was called "Canada's Clover King" by Maclean's magazine.