Fanjoy was born in
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada the son of I. Newton and Muriel G. Seely, and was educated there and at the New Brunswick Institute of Technology. Fanjoy served as
Minister of Supply and Services from 1976 to 1982 and was president of the province's Treasury Board, serving in the cabinet of
Premier Richard Hatfield. He lost his seat to
Kal Seaman in the
1987 election, which saw not only the defeat of the Progressive Conservative government but a clean sweep of the province's seats for the
Liberals. Fanjoy was a former president of the
New Brunswick Genealogical Society and was co-author of
The Seelys of New Brunswick, published in 1992. He married Marilyn Bishop and had two sons. Fanjoy's nephew,
Bruce Fanjoy, is a
Liberal Party of Canada MP for
Carleton. He was elected in the
2025 federal election, defeating
Conservative Party of Canada leader
Pierre Poilievre. == References ==