Stephen Fournier

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

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| birth_name = Jean-Étienne Fournier

| birth_date = c. 1852

| death_date = 1929

| birth_place = Trois-Pistoles, Canada East

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| residence = Sudbury, Ontario

| office1 = Mayor of Sudbury, Ontario

| term_start1 = January 1893

| term_end1 = December 1893

| term_start2 = January 1896

| term_end2 = December 1896

| predecessor1 = first mayor

| successor1 = Daniel O'Connor

| predecessor2 = Murray Biggar

| successor2 = Francis Cochrane

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Jean-Étienne (Stephen) Fournier (c. 1852–1929) was a Canadian politician, who served as the first mayor of Sudbury, Ontario.

Fournier was born about 1852 in Trois-Pistoles, Fournier worked for the Central Canada Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway in Petawawa before moving to Sudbury, where he became the community's first postmasterDorian, Charles (1961). The First 75 Years, A Headline History of Sudbury, Canada. Arthur H. Stockwell Limited, Ilfracombe, Devon

Thomas, Ray and Pearsall, Kathy (1994). Sudbury. Boston Mills Press. {{ISBN|978-1-55046-110-7}}.Wallace, C. M.; & Thomson, Ashley (Eds.) (1993). Sudbury: Rail Town to Regional Capital (3rd ed.) Dundurn Press. {{ISBN|978-1-55002-170-7}}. in 1884. In 1885, he established the community's first general store, and was elected reeve of McKim Township. When Sudbury was incorporated as a town in 1893, he became the town's first mayor, and served a second term as mayor in 1896.

Fournier was also chair of the town's first school board; classes were initially held in his own home until the town's first school was built. Fournier Gardens on Louis Street in Sudbury was named in his honour.