4th Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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The 4th Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the provincial legislature in Quebec, Canada that existed from May 1, 1878 to December 2, 1881. The Quebec Liberal Party led by Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière formed the minority government in the first year of the term but lost a confidence vote in 1879. The Quebec Conservative Party led by Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau then formed a minority government for the remainder of the mandate with the support of two Conservative Independent MLA's.

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[edit] Seats per political party

Affiliation Members
     Conservative Party 32
     Liberal Party 31
     Conservative Independent 2
 Total
 65
 Government Majority
 1


[edit] Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1878 provincial elections

Name Party Riding
     Robert Greenshields Meikle Libéral Argenteuil
     Narcisse Blais Libéral Bagot
     Joseph Poirier Libéral Beauce
     Célestin Bergevin Conservative Beauharnois
     Pierre Boutin Libéral Bellechasse
     Joseph Robillard Conservative Berthier
     Joseph-Israël Tarte Conservative Bonaventure
     William Warren Lynch Conservative Brome
     Michel-Dosithée-Stanislas Martel Conservative Chambly
     Dominique-Napoléon Saint-Cyr Conservative Champlain
     Onésime Gauthier Conservative Charlevoix
     Édouard Laberge Libéral Châteauguay-Laprairie
     William Evan Price Conservative Independent Chicoutimi et Saguenay
     Willian Sawyer Conservative Compton
     Charles Laplante Conservative Deux-Montagnes
     Nicodème Audet Conservative Dorchester
     William John Watts Libéral Drummond et Arthabaska
     Edmund James Flynn Libéral Gaspé
     Louis Beaubien Conservative Hochelaga
     Alexander Cameron Libéral Huntingdon
     Louis Molleur Libéral Iberville
     Jean-Baptiste Couillard Dupuis Libéral Islet
     Narcisse Lecavalier Conservative Jacques Cartier
     Vincent-Paul Lavallée Conservative Joliette
     Charles-Antoine-Ernest Gagnon Libéral Kamouraska
     Léon-Benoît-Alfred Charlebois Conservative Laprairie
     Onuphe Peltier Conservative L'Assomption
     Louis-Onésime Loranger Conservative Laval
     Étienne-Théodore Pâquet Conservative Lévis
     Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière Libéral Lotbinière
     Édouard Caron Conservative Maskinongé
     Georges Irvine Libéral Mégantic
     Ernest Racicot Libéral Missisquoi
     Octave Magnan Conservative Montcalm
     Louis-Napoléon Fortin Libéral Montmagny
     Charles Langelier Libéral Montmorency
     Horatio Admiral Nelson Libéral Montréal Centre
     Louis-Oliver Taillon Conservative Montréal Est
     John McShane Libéral Montreal Ouest
     Laurent-David Lafontaine Libéral Napierville
     Charles-Édouard Houde Conservative Nicolet
     Louis Duhamel Conservative Ottawa (Outaouais)
     Levi Ruggles Church Conservative Pontiac
     François Langelier Libéral Portneuf
     David Alexander Ross Libéral Québec (comté de)
     Rémi-Ferdinand Malouin Libéral Québec-Centre
     Joseph Shehyn Libéral Québec-Est
     Arthur H. Murphy Libéral Québec-Ouest
     Michel Mathieu Conservative Richelieu
     Jacques Picard Conservative Richmond et Wolfe
     Alexandre Chauveau Libéral Rimouski
     Solime Bertrand Conservative Rouville
     Pierre Bachand Libéral St. Hyacinthe
     Félix-Gabriel Marchand Libéral St. Jean
     François-Sévère Desaulniers Conservative St. Maurice
     Joseph Lafontaine Libéral Shefford
     Joseph Gibb Robertson Conservative Sherbrooke
     William Duckett Conservative Soulanges
     Henry Lovell Libéral Stanstead
     Georges-Honoré Deschênes Conservative Témiscouata
     Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau Conservative Terrebonne
     Henri-René-Arthur Turcotte Conservative Independent Trois-Rivières
     Émery Lalonde Sr. Conservative Vaudreuil
     Jean-Baptiste Brousseau Libéral Verchères
     Jonathan Saxton Campbell Würtele Conservative Yamaska

[edit] Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected in by-elections during the term

  • Honoré Mercier, Quebec Liberal Party, St. Hyacinthe, June 3, 1879 [1]
  • Flavien-Guillaume Bouthillier, Quebec Liberal Party, Rouville, June 18, 1879 [2]
  • Raymond Préfontaine, Quebec Liberal Party, Chambly, June 26, 1879 [3]
  • Achille Larose, Quebec Liberal Party, Verchères, July 17, 1879 [4]
  • Joseph Parent, Quebec Liberal Party, Rimouski, March 3, 1880 [5]
  • Joseph-Élisée Beaudet, Quebec Conservative Party, Chicoutimi et Saguenay, March 27, 1880 [6]
  • Joseph Marion, Quebec Conservative Party, L'Assomption, June 4, 1880 [7]

[edit] Cabinet Ministers

[edit] Joly de Lotbinière Cabinet (1878-1879)

  • Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
  • Agriculture and public works: Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
  • Crown Lands: François Langelier (1878-1879), Félix-Gabriel Marchand (1879)
  • Attorney General: David Alexander Ross
  • Secretary and Registry: Félix-Gabriel Marchand (1878-1879), Alexandre Chauveau (1879)
  • Treasurer: Pierre Bachand (1878-1879), François Langelier (1879)
  • Solicitor General: Alexandre Chauveau (1878-1879), Honoré Mercier (1879)
  • Legislative Council President: Henry Starnes

[edit] Chauveau Cabinet (1879-1881)

  • Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau
  • Agriculture and public works: Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau (1879-1881), John Jones Ross (1881)
  • Crown Lands: Edmund James Flynn
  • Railroad: Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau (1871), John Jones Ross (1871)
  • Attorney General: Louis-Onesime Loranger
  • Secretary and Registry: Etienne-Théodore Pâquet
  • Treasurer: Joseph Gibb Robertson
  • Solicitor General: William Warren Lynch
  • Legislative Council President: John Jones Ross

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