5th Quebec Legislature

The 5th Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the provincial legislature in Quebec, Canada that existed from December 2, 1881, to October 14, 1886. The Quebec Conservative Party led Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, Joseph-Alfred Mousseau and John Jones Ross was the governing party. Chapleau was succeeded by Mousseau in 1882 while Ross succeeded Mousseau in 1884. It was the Conservatives last majority government.

Seats per political party

• After the 1881 elections

Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1881 election:

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected in by-elections during the term

• William Joseph Poupore, Quebec Conservative Party, Pontiac, March 6, 1882 ^[1]
• Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel, Quebec Conservative Party, Terrebonne, August 19, 1882 ^[2]
• Joseph-Alfred Mousseau, Quebec Conservative Party, Jacques Cartier, August 26, 1882 ^[3]
• Benjamin Beauchamp, Quebec Conservative Party, Deux-Montagnes, October 21, 1882 ^[4]
• Pierre-Évariste Leblanc, Quebec Conservative Party, Laval, October 30, 1882 ^[5] & July 14, 1884 ^[6]
• François-Xavier Archambault, Quebec Conservative Party, Vaudreuil, October 30, 1882 ^[7]
• Henri-Josué Martin, Quebec Conservative Party, Bonaventure, October 31, 1882 ^[8]
• Louis-Tréfflé Dorais, Conservative Independent, Nicolet, February 5, 1883 ^[9]
• Amédée Gaboury, Quebec Liberal Party, Laval, June 13, 1883 ^[10]
• François-Xavier Lemieux, Quebec Liberal Party, Lévis, November 16, 1883 ^[11]
• Joseph-Émery Robidoux, Quebec Liberal Party, Châteauguay, March 26, 1884 ^[12]
• Arthur Boyer, Quebec Liberal Party, Jacques Cartier, March 26, 1884 ^[13]
• Henri-René-Arthur Turcotte, Conservative Independent, Trois-Rivières, March 26, 1884 ^[14]
• Alfred Lapointe, Quebec Conservative Party, Vaudreuil, June 19, 1884 ^[15]
• John Whyte, Quebec Liberal Party, Mégantic, October 29, 1884 ^[16]
• Alfred McConville, Quebec Conservative Party, Joliette, September 25, 1885 ^[17]
• Édouard-Hippolyte Laliberté, Quebec Liberal Party, Lotbinière, January 30, 1886 ^[18]
• Joseph-Éna Girouard, Quebec Liberal Party, Drummond et Arthabaska, March 24, 1886 ^[19]

Cabinet Ministers

Chapleau Cabinet (1881-1882)

• Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau
• Agriculture and public works: John Jones Ross (1881-1882), Elisée Dionne (1882)
• Crown Lands: Edmund James Flynn
• Railroad: John Jones Ross (1881-1882), William Warren Lych (1882)
• Attorney General: Louis-Onésime Loranger
• Secretary and Registry: Etienne-Théodore Pâquet
• Treasurer: Joseph Gibb Robertson (1881-1882), Jonathan Saxton Campbell Wurtele (1882)
• Solicitor General: William Warren Lynch
• Legislative Council President: John Jones Ross

Mousseau Cabinet (1882-1884)

• Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Joseph-Alfred Mousseau
• Agriculture and public works: Elisée Dionne
• Crown Lands: William Warren Lynch
• Railroad: Henry Starnes
• Attorney General: Joseph-Alfred Mousseau
• Secretary and Registry: Jean Blanchet
• Treasurer: Jonathan Saxton Campbell Wurtele

Ross Cabinet (1884-1886)

• Prime Minister and Executive Council President: John Jones Ross
• Agriculture and public works: John Jones Ross
• Crown Lands: William Warren Lynch
• Railroad: Edmund James Flynn
• Attorney General: Louis-Olivier Taillon
• Secretary and Registry: Jean Blanchet
• Treasurer: Joseph Gibb Robertson
• Solicitor General: Edmund James Flynn (1885-1886)

References

• 1881 election results
• List of historical Cabinet Ministers

Notes

1. ↑ http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-pontiac.html#1882p
2. ↑ http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-terrebonne.html#1882p
3. ↑ http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-jacques-cartier.html#1882p
4. ↑ http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-deux-montagnes.html#1882p
5. ↑ http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-laval.html#1882p
6. ↑ http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-laval.html#1884p
7. ↑ http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-vaudreuil.html#1882p
8. ↑ http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-bonaventure.html#1882p
9. ↑ http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-nicolet.html#1883p
10. ↑ http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-laval.html#1883p
11. ↑ http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-levis.html#1883p
12. ↑ http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-chateauguay.html#1884p
13. ↑ http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-jacques-cartier.html#1884p
14. ↑ http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-trois-rivieres.html#1884p
15. ↑ http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-vaudreuil.html#1884p
16. ↑ http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-megantic.html#1884p
17. ↑ http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-joliette.html#1885p
18. ↑ http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-lotbiniere.html#1886p
19. ↑ http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-drummond-et-arthabaska.html#1886p