David Faurschou

Template:Short description Template:Use Canadian English Template:Infobox officeholder David Faurschou (born January 28, 1956) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. From 1997 to 2011, he was a member of the Manitoba legislature.

Biography

Faurschou was born in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, the eldest son of Ralph and Ella Faurschou.<ref name=bio>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=pcbio>Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead link</ref> He has a diploma in Agriculture from the University of Manitoba, and a Professional Agronomist degree from the Manitoba Institute of Agrologists.Template: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.<ref name=pcbio/> Faurschou served as vice president and general manager of Faurschou Farms Limited, and served on the Central Plains Farm Business Association.<ref name=bio/> He was named Manitoba's Outstanding Young Farmer in 1995,Template:Citation needed and Canada's Outstanding Young Farmer in 1995.<ref name=bio/>

Faurschou served was a trustee in the Portage la Prairie School Division,<ref name=bio/> and served as a chairman of the Manitoba Association of School Trustees. He also served as director of the Portage Women's Shelter.<ref name="bio" /> 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).<ref>Portage la Prairie Byelection (1997) Statutory Report Template:Webarchive, Elections Manitoba</ref> In 1998, Faurschou was appointed legislature assistant to the Minister of Rural Development.<ref name=pcbio/>

Faurschou was re-elected in 1999,<ref name=cbc03>Template:Cite web</ref> and more narrowly re-elected in the 2003 election, defeating Bob Kriski by 3,524 votes to 3,023.<ref name=cbc03/> He was returned again in the 2007 election.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He did not run in 2011 election.