Fernand Viau

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

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| birth_place=Montreal, Quebec

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| riding=Saint Boniface

| predecessor=John Power Howden

| successor=Louis Deniset

| term_start=June 1945

| term_end=June 1957

| profession=Military

| party=Liberal

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Fernand Viau (24 May 1909 – 3 June 2000) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Montreal, Quebec and had a military career.

He was first elected at the Saint Boniface riding in the 1945 general election, then re-elected for successive terms there in 1949 and 1953. Viau lost the Liberal party nomination for Saint Boniface for the 1957 election to Louis Deniset. Viau then campaigned in the riding as an Independent Liberal but was defeated by Deniset.{{cite news | title=Manitoba Liberals feuding | first=Michael | last=Best | newspaper=The Globe and Mail | date=11 May 1957 | page=7 }}

Viau died on 3 June 2000.{{cite web|url=http://culturecanada.gc.ca/keyrefsearch.cfm?pr=CHRWALK&cmd=context&id=47ba950e89 |title=Half-Masting of the Flag - 2001 |publisher=Department of Canadian Heritage |year=2001 |accessdate=2009-06-24 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}