Alphonse Desjardins (politician)

The Honourable
Alphonse Desjardins
KPO PC
22nd Mayor of Montreal
In office
1893–1894
Preceded by James McShane
Succeeded by Joseph-Octave Villeneuve
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Hochelaga
In office
1874–1892
Preceded by Louis Beaubien
Succeeded by Séverin Lachapelle
Senator for De Lorimier, Quebec
In office
1892–1896
Appointed by John Abbott
Preceded by Alexandre Lacoste
Succeeded by François Béchard
Minister of Militia and Defence
In office
15 January 1896 – 27 April 1896
Prime Minister Mackenzie Bowell
Preceded by Mackenzie Bowell
Succeeded by David Tisdale
Personal details
Born (1841-05-06)6 May 1841
Terrebonne, Province of Canada
Died 4 June 1912(1912-06-04) (aged 71)
Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada
Profession businessman, journalist, lawyer

Alphonse Desjardins, PC, KPO (6 May 1841 – 4 June 1912) was born in Terrebonne, Quebec and was mayor of Montreal from 1893 to 1894 and later a Canadian cabinet minister. He married Virginie Paré in 1864 and remarried Hortense Barsalou in 1880.

He was a lawyer, journalist, businessman and politician. He owned a tile factory and participated in the founding of the Banque Jacques-Cartier, which later became part of the National Bank of Canada. He represented the riding of Hochelaga in the House of Commons for 18 years, serving as a cabinet minister and Minister of Militia and Defence for a few months at the end of the Mackenzie Bowell government and then the short-lived Tupper government in 1896. He was named a senator in 1892. He became mayor of Montreal from 1893–1894. For a time he held all three posts (member of the House of Commons, Senator, mayor) simultaneously.

In 1872, he was created a Knight of the Order of Pius IX in acknowledgment of his services to the Catholic Church.

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