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6th Quebec Legislature


The 6th Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the provincial legislature in Quebec, Canada that existed from October 14, 1886, to June 17, 1890. During most of the term, the Quebec Liberal Party, also known as the Parti national as that period, was the governing party. However, the Quebec Conservative Party despite losing the election tried to form a minority government with John Jones Ross and Louis-Olivier Taillon as Premiers but only managed to last a few months before the Liberals led by Honoré Mercier, the founder of the Parti National, formed a narrow majority government with 33 of the 65 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.

Seats per political party

AffiliationMembers
Liberal/Parti national33
27
Conservative Independent3
Nationalistes/Parti National
**Total**
**65**
**Government Majority**
**6**

Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1886 election:

NamePartyRidingFirst elected / previously elected
William OwensConservativeArgenteuil1881
Joseph PilonLiberalBagot1886
Jean BlanchetConservativeBeauce1881
Élie-Hercule BissonLiberalBeauharnois1873, 1886
Édouard Faucher de Saint-MauriceConservativeBellechasse1881
Louis SylvestreLiberalBerthier1871, 1886
Omer Dostaler (1890)Liberal1890
Henri-Josué MartinConservativeBonaventure1882
William Warren LynchConservativeBrome1871
Rufus Nelson England (1889)Conservative1889
Antoine RocheleauLiberalChambly1886
Ferdinand TrudelParti nationalChamplain1886
Joseph MorinLiberalCharlevoix1886
Joseph-Émery RobidouxLiberalChâteauguay1884
Élie Saint-HilaireConservative IndependentChicoutimi et Saguenay1881
Séverin Dumais (1888)Parti national1888
John McIntoshConservativeCompton1886
Benjamin BeauchampConservative IndependentDeux-Montagnes1882
Louis-Napoléon LarochelleConservativeDorchester1871, 1886
Louis-Philippe Pelletier (1888)Nationalist Conservative1888
Joseph-Éna GirouardLiberalDrummond et Arthabaska1886
Edmund James FlynnConservativeGaspé1878
Joseph-Octave VilleneuveConservativeHochelaga1886
Charles Champagne (1888)Liberal1888
Alexander CameronLiberalHuntingdon1874
Alexis-Louis DemersLiberalIberville1881
Georges Duhamel (1886)Parti national1886
François-Gilbert Miville DechêneLiberalIslet1886
Arthur BoyerLiberalJacques Cartier1884
Louis BasinetLiberalJoliette1886
Charles-Antoine-Ernest GagnonLiberalKamouraska1878
Léon-Benoît-Alfred CharleboisConservativeLaprairie1875
Ludger ForestLiberalL'Assomption1886
Pierre-Évariste LeblancConservativeLaval1882
François-Xavier LemieuxLiberalLévis1883
Édouard-Hippolyte LalibertéLiberalLotbinière1886
Édouard CaronConservativeMaskinongé1878
Joseph-Hormisdas Legris (1888)Parti national1888
Andrew Stuart JohnsonConservativeMégantic1886
William Rhodes (1888)Liberal1888
Elijah Edmund SpencerConservativeMissisquoi1881
Jean-Baptiste-Trefflé RichardConservativeMontcalm1881
Louis-Olivier Taillon (1886)Conservative1875, 1886
Nazaire BernatchezLiberalMontmagny1883
Louis-Georges DesjardinsConservativeMontmorency1881
James McShaneLiberalMontréal Centre1878
Laurent-Olivier DavidLiberalMontréal Est1886
John Smythe HallConservativeMontreal Ouest1886
Eugène LafontaineLiberalNapierville1886
Louis-Trefflé DoraisConservative IndependentNicolet1883
Honoré Brunelle Tourigny (1888)Conservative1888
Narcisse-Édouard CormierConservativeOttawa (Outaouais)1886
Alfred Rochon (1887)Liberal1887
William Joseph PouporeConservativePontiac1882
Jules TessierLiberalPortneuf1886
Thomas Chase CasgrainConservativeQuébec-Comté1886
Rémi-Ferdinand Rinfret dit MalouinLiberalQuébec-Centre1874
Joseph ShehynLiberalQuébec-Est1875
Owen MurphyLiberalQuébec-Ouest1886
Louis-Pierre-Paul CardinLiberalRichelieu1886
Jacques PicardConservativeRichmond et Wolfe1867
Édouard-Onésiphore MartinLiberalRimouski1886
Auguste Tessier (1889)Liberal1889
Edmond LareauLiberalRouville1886
Honoré MercierLiberalSt. Hyacinthe1879
Félix-Gabriel MarchandLiberalSt. Jean1867
Nérée DuplessisConservativeSt. Maurice1886
Thomas BrassardLiberalShefford1886
Tancrède Boucher de Grosbois (1888)Liberal1888
Joseph Gibb RobertsonConservativeSherbrooke1867
Avila-Gonzague BourbonnaisParti nationalSoulanges1886
Ozro BaldwinConservativeStanstead1886
Georges-Honoré DeschênesConservativeTémiscouata1875
Guillaume-Alphonse NantelConservativeTerrebonne1882
Henri-René-Arthur TurcotteLiberalTrois-Rivières1876, 1886
Alfred LapointeConservativeVaudreuil1884
Albert-Alexandre LussierLiberalVerchères1886
Victor GladuLiberalYamaska1886

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected during by-elections or in another district between the two general elections

New provincial ridings

The electoral map was reformed in 1890 just a few months prior to the elections later that year. http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/electcomte-1890.html

  • Drummond et Arthabaska was split into two ridings: Drummond and Arthabaska
  • Lac-Saint-Jean was created from parts of Chicoutimi et Saguenay.
  • Matane was created from parts of Rimouski.
  • Montréal-Est was split into three districts called Montréal division no. 1, Montréal division no. 2 and Montréal division no. 3
  • Montréal-Ouest was split into two districts called Montréal division no. 4 and Montréal division no. 5.
  • Montréal-Centre was renamed Montréal division no. 6.
  • Richmond et Wolfe was split into two new riding: Richmond and Wolfe
  • Saint-Sauveur was created from parts of Québec-Est.

Cabinet Ministers

Ross Cabinet (1886-1887)

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

Taillon Cabinet (1887)

  • Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Louis-Olivier Taillon
  • Agriculture and public works: Henry Starnes
  • Crown Lands: William Warren Lynch
  • Attorney General: Louis-Olivier Taillon
  • Secretary and Registry: Jean Blanchet
  • Treasurer: Joseph Gibb Robertson
  • Solicitor General: Edmund James Flynn

Mercier Cabinet (1887-1890)

  • Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Honoré Mercier
  • Agriculture and public works: James McShane (1887-1888)
    • Agriculture and Colonization: Honoré Mercier (1888), William Rhodes (1888-1890)
    • Public Works: Pierre Garneau (1888-1890)
  • Crown Lands: Pierre Garneau (1887-1888), Georges Duhamel (1888-1890)
  • Attorney General: Honoré Mercier (1887-1888), Arthur Turcotte (1888-1890)
  • Secretary and Registry: Charles-Antoine-Ernest Gagnon (1887-1890), Joseph-Émery Robidoux (1890)
  • Treasurer: Joseph Shehyn
  • Solicitor General: Georges Duhamel (1887-1888)
  • Members without portfolios: David Alexander Ross, Arthur Turcotte (1887-1888), Arthur Boyer (1890)

Notes

References

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