David Faurschou

David Faurschou (born January 28, 1956) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. From 1997 to 2011, he was a member of the Manitoba legislature.

Faurschou was born in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, the eldest son of Ralph and Ella Faurschou.^[1]^[2] He has a diploma in Agriculture from the University of Manitoba, and a Professional Agronomist degree from the .^{[citation needed]} He served as a summer student with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in The Pas and Arborg and in 1980, after graduation, returned to Portage and the family business.^[2] Faurschou served as vice president and general manager of Faurschou Farms Limited, and served on the Central Plains Farm Business Association.^[1] He was named Manitoba's Outstanding Young Farmer in 1995,^{[citation needed]} and Canada's Outstanding Young Farmer in 1995.^[1]

Faurschou served was a trustee in the Portage la Prairie School Division,^[1] and served as a chairman of the Manitoba Association of School Trustees. He also served as director of the Portage Women's Shelter.^[1] Faurschou was elected to the Manitoba legislature for Portage la Prairie as a Progressive Conservative in a 1997 by-election, replacing Brian Pallister (who had resigned to run federally).^[3] In 1998, Faurschou was appointed legislature assistant to the .^[2]

Faurschou was re-elected in 1999,^[4] and more narrowly re-elected in the 2003 election, defeating Bob Kriski by 3,524 votes to 3,023.^[4] He was returned again in the 2007 election.^[5] He did not run in 2011 election.

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^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "David Faurschou". www.davidfaurschou.ca. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "David Faurschou". www.pcmanitoba.com. Retrieved 2010-06-05.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Portage la Prairie Byelection (1997) Statutory Report Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, Elections Manitoba
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "CBC - Manitoba Votes 2003". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
^ "Manitoba Votes 2007 – Riding Profiles". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2010-06-05.

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[bio-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "David Faurschou". www.davidfaurschou.ca. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-06-05.

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[3] Portage la Prairie Byelection (1997) Statutory Report Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, Elections Manitoba

[cbc03-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b "CBC - Manitoba Votes 2003". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2010-06-05.

[5] "Manitoba Votes 2007 – Riding Profiles". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2010-06-05.

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