Editing David Faurschou (section)

== Biography ==
Faurschou was born in [[Portage la Prairie, Manitoba|Portage la Prairie]], Manitoba, the eldest son of Ralph and Ella Faurschou.<ref name=bio>{{cite web |url=http://www.davidfaurschou.ca/davidfaurschou.html |title=David Faurschou |publisher=www.davidfaurschou.ca |accessdate=2010-06-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706174819/http://www.davidfaurschou.ca/davidfaurschou.html |archivedate=2011-07-06 }}</ref><ref name=pcbio>{{cite web |url=http://www.pcmanitoba.com/Our-Team/davidfaurschou.html |title=David Faurschou |publisher=www.pcmanitoba.com |accessdate=2010-06-05 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>  He has a [[diploma]] in [[Agriculture]] from the [[University of Manitoba]], and a Professional [[Agronomist]] degree from the [[Manitoba Institute of Agrologists]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2010}}  He served as a summer student with the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] in [[The Pas]] and [[Arborg, Manitoba|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,{{Citation needed|date=June 2010}} 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 (provincial electoral district)|Portage la Prairie]] as a [[Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba|Progressive Conservative]] in a 1997 by-election, replacing [[Brian Pallister]] (who had resigned to run federally).<ref>[http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/galleries/download/Statement_of_Votes/Byelections/1997_Portage_statvotes.pdf Portage la Prairie Byelection (1997) Statutory Report] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717041320/http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/galleries/download/Statement_of_Votes/Byelections/1997_Portage_statvotes.pdf |date=2011-07-17 }}, Elections Manitoba</ref> In 1998, Faurschou was appointed legislature assistant to the [[Manitoba Minister of Rural Development|Minister of Rural Development]].<ref name=pcbio/>

Faurschou was re-elected in [[1999 Manitoba general election|1999]],<ref name=cbc03>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/manitobavotes2003/riding/030/ |title=CBC - Manitoba Votes 2003 |publisher=www.cbc.ca |accessdate=2010-06-05 }}</ref> and more narrowly re-elected in the [[2003 Manitoba general election|2003 election]], defeating Bob Kriski by 3,524 votes to 3,023.<ref name=cbc03/>  He was returned again in the [[2007 Manitoba general election|2007 election]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/manitobavotes2007/riding/030 |title=Manitoba Votes 2007 – Riding Profiles |publisher=www.cbc.ca |accessdate=2010-06-05 }}</ref>
He did not run in [[2011 Manitoba general election|2011 election]].