1st Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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The 1st Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the first ever provincial legislature in Quebec, Canada that existed from September 1867 to June 1871, the first four years of Quebec in the Canadian Confederation. The Quebec Conservative Party led by Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau was the governing party.

Contents 1 Seats per political party 2 Member list 3 Other elected MLAs 4 Cabinet Ministers 5 References

[edit] Seats per political party

• After the 1867 elections

Affiliation		Members
	Conservative Party	51
	Parti libéral du Québec	12
	Independent	1
	Vacant	1
Total		65
Government Majority		39

[edit] Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1867 provincial elections

	Name	Party	Riding
	Sydney Robert Bellingham	Conservative	Argenteuil
	Pierre-Samuel Gendron	Conservative	Bagot
	Christian Henry Pozer	Libéral	Beauce
	Célestin Bergevin	Conservative	Beauharnois
	Onésime Pelletier	Libéral	Bellechasse
	Louis-Joseph Moll	Conservative	Berthier
	Clarence Hamilton	Libéral	Bonaventure
	Christopher Dunkin	Conservative	Brome
	Jean-Baptiste Jodoin	Conservative	Chambly
	John Jones Ross	Conservative	Champlain
	Léon-Charles Clement	Conservative	Charlevoix
	Édouard Laberge	Libéral	Châteauguay
	Pierre-Alexis Tremblay	Independent	Chicoutimi et Saguenay
	James Gibb Ross	Conservative	Compton
	Gédéon Ouimet	Conservative	Deux-Montagnes
	Hector-Louis Langevin	Conservative	Dorchester
	Edward John Hemming	Libéral	Drummond et Arthabaska
	Pierre-Étienne Fortin	Conservative	Gaspé
	Louis Beaubien	Conservative	Hochelaga
	Julius Scriver	Conservative	Huntingdon
	Louis Molleur	Libéral	Iberville
	Pamphile-Gaspard Verreault	Conservative	Islet
	Narcisse Lecavalier	Conservative	Jacques Cartier
	Vincent-Paul Lavallée	Conservative	Joliette
	Vacant (until 1869)		Kamouraska
	Césaire Thérien	Conservative	Laprairie
	Étienne Mathieu	Conservative	L'Assomption
	Joseph-Hyacinthe Bellerose	Conservative	Laval
	Joseph-Godric Blanchet	Conservative	Lévis
	Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière	Libéral	Lotbinière
	Alexis Lesieur Desaulniers	Conservative	Maskinongé
	Georges Irvine	Conservative	Mégantic
	Josiah Sandford Brigham	Conservative	Missisquoi
	Firmin Dugas	Conservative	Montcalm
	Louis-Henri Blais	Libéral	Montmagny
	Joseph-Édouard Cauchon	Conservative	Montmorency
	Edward Brock Carter	Conservative	Montréal Centre
	George-Étienne Cartier	Conservative	Montréal Est
	Alexander Walker Ogilvie	Conservative	Montreal Ouest
	Pierre Basile Benoit	Libéral	Napierville
	Joseph Gaudet	Conservative	Nicolet
	Levi Ruggles Church	Conservative	Ottawa (Outaouais)
	John Poupore	Conservative	Pontiac
	Praxède Larue	Conservative	Portneuf
	Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau	Conservative	Québec (comté de)
	Georges-Honoré Simard	Conservative	Québec-Centre
	Jacques-Philippe Rheaume	Conservative	Québec-Est
	John Hearn	Conservative	Québec-Ouest
	Joseph Graveline	Conservative	Richelieu
	Jacques Picard	Conservative	Richmond et Wolfe
	Joseph Garon	Conservative	Rimouski
	Victor Robert	Libéral	Rouville
	Pierre Bachand	Libéral	St. Hyacinthe
	Félix-Gabriel Marchand	Libéral	St. Jean
	Abraham Lesieur Desaulniers	Conservative	St. Maurice
	Michel-Adrien Bessette	Conservateur	Shefford
	Joseph Gibb Robertson	Conservative	Sherbrooke
	Dominique-Amable Coutlee	Conservative	Soulanges
	Thomas Locke	Conservative	Stanstead
	Élie Mailloux	Conservative	Témiscouata
	Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau	Conservative	Terrebonne
	Louis-Charles Boucher de Niverville	Conservative	Trois-Rivières
	Antoine-Chartier de Lotbinière Harwood	Conservative	Vaudreuil
	André-Boniface Craig	Conservative	Verchères
	Louis-Adélard Sénécal	Libéral	Yamaska

[edit] Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected in by-elections during the term

• Jean-Charles Chapais, Quebec Conservative Party, Champlain, December 16 1867 [1]
• Sévère Dumoulin, Quebec Conservative Party, Trois-Rivières, October 16, 1868 [2]
• Charles-François Roy, Quebec Conservative Party, Kamouraska, February 11, 1869 [3]
• Charles-Borromée Genest, Quebec Conservative Party, Trois-Rivières, October 19, 1869 [4]
• Jean-Baptiste Labelle, Quebec Conservative Party, Richelieu, October 26, 1869 [5]
• William Cantwell, Quebec Conservative Party, Huntingdon, November 6, 1869 [6]
• Laurent-David Lafontaine Quebec Liberal Party, October 11, 1870 [7]

[edit] Cabinet Ministers

• Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau
• Agriculture and public works: Louis Archambault
• Crown Lands: Joseph-Octave Beaubien
• Attorney General: Gédéon Ouimet
• State Education, Secretary and Registry: Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau
• Treasurer: Christopher Dunkin (1867-1869), Joseph Gibb Robertson (1869-1871)
• Solicitor General: Georges Irvine
• Legislative Council President: Charles-Eugène Boucher de Bourcherville

[edit] References

• 1867 election results
• List of Historical Cabinet Ministers

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