Adélard Fontaine


Joseph-Théophile-Adélard Fontaine was a Canadian lawyer and politician. Fontaine was aLiberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin, Quebec and became a lawyer by career.
Fontaine attended seminary at Saint-Hyacinthe then Université Laval and attained B.A. and LL.L degrees. In 1929, he was appointed King's Counsel.
He was first elected to Parliament at the St. Hyacinthe—Rouville riding in the 1930 general election then re-elected there in 1935 and 1940. Fontaine resigned on 27 July 1944 before completing his term in the 19th Canadian Parliament.
Named in 1944 as judge to the Court of Sessions of the Peace, he died on November 21, 1967, after 23 years on the bench.