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9th Quebec Legislature

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The 9th Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the provincial legislature in Quebec, Canada that existed from May 11, 1897, to December 7, 1900. The Quebec Liberal Party led by Félix-Gabriel Marchand was the governing party. The Liberals would hold on to power until 1936.

Seats per political party

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Affiliation Members
Liberal 51
Conservative 23
 Total
74
 Government Majority
28

Member list

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This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1897 election:

Name Party Riding
  William Alexander Weir Liberal Argenteuil
  Joseph-Éna Girouard Liberal Arthabaska
  Milton McDonald Conservative Bagot
  Henri-Séverin Béland Liberal Beauce
  Élie-Hercule Bisson Liberal Beauharnois
  Adélard Turgeon Liberal Bellechasse
  Cuthbert-Alphonse Chênevert Liberal Berthier
  François-Xavier Lemieux Liberal Bonaventure
  Henry Thomas Duffy Liberal Brome
  Antoine Rocheleau Liberal Chambly
  Pierre Grenier Conservative Champlain
  Pierre D'Auteuil Conservative Charlevoix
  Joseph-Émery Robidoux Liberal Châteauguay
  Honoré Petit Conservative Chicoutimi et Saguenay
  James Hunt Liberal Compton
  Hector Champagne Liberal Deux-Montagnes
  Louis-Philippe Pelletier Conservative Dorchester
  William John Watts Liberal Drummond
  Edmund James Flynn Conservative Gaspé
  Daniel-Jérémie Décarie Liberal Hochelaga
  George Washington Stephens Sr. Liberal Huntingdon
  François Gosselin Liberal Iberville
  Patrick Peter Delaney Liberal Îles-de-la-Madeleine
  Joseph-Adolphe Chauret Liberal Jacques Cartier
  Joseph-Mathias Tellier Conservative Joliette
  Louis-Rodolphe Roy Liberal Kamouraska
  Joseph Girard Conservative Lac St-Jean
  Côme-Séraphin Cherrier Liberal Laprairie
  Joseph Marion Conservative L'Assomption
  Pierre-Évariste Leblanc Conservative Laval
  François-Xavier Lemieux Liberal Lévis
  François-Gilbert Miville Dechêne Liberal L'Islet
  Édouard-Hippolyte Laliberté Liberal Lotbinière
  Hector Caron Liberal Maskinongé
  Louis-Félix Pinault Liberal Matane
  George Robert Smith Liberal Mégantic
  James Sarsfield McCorkill Liberal Missisquoi
  Pierre-Julien-Léonidas Bissonnette Liberal Montcalm
  Joseph-Couillard Lislois Liberal Montmagny
  Édouard Bouffard Conservative Montmorency
  Georges-Albini Lacombe Liberal Montréal division no. 1
  Lomer Gouin Liberal Montréal division no. 2
  Henri-Benjamin Ranville Liberal Montréal division no. 3
  Albert William Atwater Conservative Montréal division no. 4
  Robert Bickerdike Liberal Montréal division no. 5
  James John Edmond Guérin Liberal Montréal division no. 6
  Dominique Monet Liberal Napierville
  Georges Ball Conservative Nicolet
  Charles Beautron Major Liberal Ottawa
  David Gillies Liberal Pontiac
  Jules Tessier Liberal Portneuf
  Némèse Garneau Liberal Québec-Comté
  Amédée Robitaille Liberal Québec-Centre
  Joseph Shehyn Liberal Québec-Est
  Félix Carbray Conservative Québec-Ouest
  Louis-Pierre-Paul Cardin Liberal Richelieu
  Joseph Bédard Conservative Richmond
  Auguste Tessier Liberal Rimouski
  Alexandre-Napoléon Dufresne Conservative Rouville
  Georges-Casimir Dessaulles Liberal St. Hyacinthe
  Félix-Gabriel Marchand Liberal St. Jean
  Nérée Duplessis Conservative St. Maurice
  Simon-Napoléon Parent Liberal St. Sauveur
  Tancrède Boucher de Grandbois Liberal Shefford
  Louis-Edmond Panneton Conservative Sherbrooke
  Avila-Gonzague Bourbonnais Liberal Soulanges
  Michael Felix Hackett Conservative Stanstead
  Félix-Alonzo Talbot Liberal Témiscouata
  Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel Conservative Terrebonne
  Télesphore-Eusèbe Normand Conservative Trois-Rivières
  Émery Lalonde, Jr. Liberal Vaudreuil
  Étienne Blanchard Liberal Verchères
  Jérôme-Adolphe Chicoyne Conservative Wolfe
  Albéric-Archie Mondou Conservative Yamaska

Other elected MLAs

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Other MLAs were elected during this term in by-elections.

Cabinet Ministers

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  • Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Félix-Gabriel Marchand
  • Agriculture: François-Gilbert Miville Dechêne
  • Colonization and Mines: Adélard Turgeon
  • Public Works: Henri Thomas Duffy
  • Crown Lands: Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel (1896-1897)
  • Lands, Forests and Fishing: Simon-Napoléon Parent
  • Attorney General:Horace Archambault
  • Provincial secretary: Felix-Gabriel Marchand (1897), Joseph-Émery Robidoux (1897-1900)
  • Treasurer: Félix-Gabriel Marchand
  • Members without portfolios, George Washington Stephens, Joseph Shehyn, James John Guerin

References

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