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.

The sixty-five members were each elected in a single-member district through First past the post.

Seats per political party

Affiliation Members
Conservative 50
  Liberal/Parti national 14
  Conservative Independent 1
 Total
65
 Government Majority
36

Member list

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

Name Party Riding
  William Owens Conservative Argenteuil
  Antoine Casavant Conservative Bagot
  Jean Blanchet Conservative Beauce
  Célestin Bergevin Conservative Beauharnois
  Édouard Faucher de Saint-Maurice Conservative Bellechasse
  Joseph Robillard Conservative Berthier
  Louis-Joseph Riopel Conservative Bonaventure
  William Warren Lynch Conservative Brome
  Michel-Dosithée-Stanislas Martel Conservative Chambly
  Robert Trudel Conservative Champlain
  Onésime Gauthier Conservative Charlevoix
  Édouard Laberge Liberal Châteauguay
  Élie Saint-Hilaire Conservative Independent Chicoutimi et Saguenay
  William Sawyer Conservative Compton
  Charles Champagne Conservative Deux-Montagnes
  Nicodème Audet Conservative Dorchester
  William John Watts Liberal Drummond et Arthabaska
  Edmund James Flynn Conservative Gaspé
  Louis Beaubien Conservative Hochelaga
  Alexander Cameron Liberal Huntingdon
  Alexis-Louis Demers Liberal Iberville
  Charles Marcotte Conservative Islet
  Narcisse Lecavalier Conservative Jacques Cartier
  Vincent-Paul Lavallée Conservative Joliette
  Charles-Antoine-Ernest Gagnon Liberal Kamouraska
  Léon-Benoît-Alfred Charlebois Conservative Laprairie
  Joseph Marion Conservative L'Assomption
  Louis-Onésime Loranger Conservative Laval
  Étienne-Théodore Pâquet Conservative Lévis
  Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière Liberal Lotbinière
  Édouard Caron Conservative Maskinongé
  George Irvine Liberal Mégantic
  Elijah Edmund Spencer Conservative Missisquoi
  Jean-Baptiste-Trefflé Richard Conservative Montcalm
  Louis-Napoléon Fortin Liberal Montmagny
  Louis-Georges Desjardins Conservative Montmorency
  George Washington Stephens Sr. Liberal Montréal Centre
  Louis-Olivier Taillon Conservative Montréal Est
  James McShane Liberal Montreal Ouest
  François-Xavier Paradis Conservative Napierville
  Charles-Édouard Houde Conservative Nicolet
  Louis Duhamel Conservative Ottawa (Outaouais)
  Thomas Bryson Conservative Pontiac
  Jean-Docile Brousseau Conservative Portneuf
  Pierre Garneau Conservative Québec-Comté
  Rémi-Ferdinand Rinfret dit Malouin Liberal Québec-Centre
  Joseph Shehyn Liberal Québec-Est
  Félix Carbray Conservative Québec-Ouest
  Léon Leduc Conservative Richelieu
  Jacques Picard Conservative Richmond et Wolfe
  Louis-Napoléon Asselin Conservative Rimouski
  Étienne Poulin Conservative Rouville
  Honoré Mercier Liberal St. Hyacinthe
  Félix-Gabriel Marchand Liberal St. Jean
  François-Sévère Desaulniers Conservative St. Maurice
  Isidore Frégeau Conservative Shefford
  Joseph Gibb Robertson Conservative Sherbrooke
  William Duckett Conservative Soulanges
  John Thornton Conservative Stanstead
  Georges-Honoré Deschênes Conservative Témiscouata
  Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau Conservative Terrebonne
  Sévère Dumoulin Conservative Trois-Rivières
  Émery Lalonde, Sr. Conservative Vaudreuil
  Abraham Bernard Liberal Verchères
  Jonathan Saxton Campbell Würtele Conservative Yamaska

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected in by-elections during the term

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

Notes
  1. ^ "Élections par circonscription Pontiac". www.quebecpolitique.com (in French). Archived from the original on 2007-02-08.
  2. ^ "Élections par circonscription Terrebonne". www.quebecpolitique.com (in French). Archived from the original on 2007-02-09.
  3. ^ "Élections par circonscription Jacques-Cartier". www.quebecpolitique.com (in French). Archived from the original on 2007-02-08.
  4. ^ "QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Deux-Montagnes". www.quebecpolitique.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-08.
  5. ^ "QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Laval". www.quebecpolitique.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-08.
  6. ^ "QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Laval". www.quebecpolitique.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-08.
  7. ^ "QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Vaudreuil". www.quebecpolitique.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-08.
  8. ^ "QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Bonaventure". www.quebecpolitique.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-08.
  9. ^ "QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Nicolet". www.quebecpolitique.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-08.
  10. ^ "QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Laval". www.quebecpolitique.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-08.
  11. ^ "QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Lévis". www.quebecpolitique.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-08.
  12. ^ "QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Châteauguay". www.quebecpolitique.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-10.
  13. ^ "QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Jacques-Cartier". www.quebecpolitique.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-08.
  14. ^ "QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Trois-Rivières". www.quebecpolitique.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-08.
  15. ^ "QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Vaudreuil". www.quebecpolitique.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-08.
  16. ^ "QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Mégantic". www.quebecpolitique.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-08.
  17. ^ "QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Joliette". www.quebecpolitique.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-08.
  18. ^ "QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Lotbinière". www.quebecpolitique.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-08.
  19. ^ "QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Drummond et Arthabaska". www.quebecpolitique.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-26.