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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
- After the 1886 elections
| Affiliation | Members |
|---|---|
| Liberal/Parti national | 33 |
| 27 | |
| Conservative Independent | 3 |
| 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:
| Name | Party | Riding | First elected / previously elected |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Owens | Conservative | Argenteuil | 1881 |
| Joseph Pilon | Liberal | Bagot | 1886 |
| Jean Blanchet | Conservative | Beauce | 1881 |
| Élie-Hercule Bisson | Liberal | Beauharnois | 1873, 1886 |
| Édouard Faucher de Saint-Maurice | Conservative | Bellechasse | 1881 |
| Louis Sylvestre | Liberal | Berthier | 1871, 1886 |
| Omer Dostaler (1890) | Liberal | 1890 | |
| Henri-Josué Martin | Conservative | Bonaventure | 1882 |
| William Warren Lynch | Conservative | Brome | 1871 |
| Rufus Nelson England (1889) | Conservative | 1889 | |
| Antoine Rocheleau | Liberal | Chambly | 1886 |
| Ferdinand Trudel | Parti national | Champlain | 1886 |
| Joseph Morin | Liberal | Charlevoix | 1886 |
| Joseph-Émery Robidoux | Liberal | Châteauguay | 1884 |
| Élie Saint-Hilaire | Conservative Independent | Chicoutimi et Saguenay | 1881 |
| Séverin Dumais (1888) | Parti national | 1888 | |
| John McIntosh | Conservative | Compton | 1886 |
| Benjamin Beauchamp | Conservative Independent | Deux-Montagnes | 1882 |
| Louis-Napoléon Larochelle | Conservative | Dorchester | 1871, 1886 |
| Louis-Philippe Pelletier (1888) | Nationalist Conservative | 1888 | |
| Joseph-Éna Girouard | Liberal | Drummond et Arthabaska | 1886 |
| Edmund James Flynn | Conservative | Gaspé | 1878 |
| Joseph-Octave Villeneuve | Conservative | Hochelaga | 1886 |
| Charles Champagne (1888) | Liberal | 1888 | |
| Alexander Cameron | Liberal | Huntingdon | 1874 |
| Alexis-Louis Demers | Liberal | Iberville | 1881 |
| Georges Duhamel (1886) | Parti national | 1886 | |
| François-Gilbert Miville Dechêne | Liberal | Islet | 1886 |
| Arthur Boyer | Liberal | Jacques Cartier | 1884 |
| Louis Basinet | Liberal | Joliette | 1886 |
| Charles-Antoine-Ernest Gagnon | Liberal | Kamouraska | 1878 |
| Léon-Benoît-Alfred Charlebois | Conservative | Laprairie | 1875 |
| Ludger Forest | Liberal | L'Assomption | 1886 |
| Pierre-Évariste Leblanc | Conservative | Laval | 1882 |
| François-Xavier Lemieux | Liberal | Lévis | 1883 |
| Édouard-Hippolyte Laliberté | Liberal | Lotbinière | 1886 |
| Édouard Caron | Conservative | Maskinongé | 1878 |
| Joseph-Hormisdas Legris (1888) | Parti national | 1888 | |
| Andrew Stuart Johnson | Conservative | Mégantic | 1886 |
| William Rhodes (1888) | Liberal | 1888 | |
| Elijah Edmund Spencer | Conservative | Missisquoi | 1881 |
| Jean-Baptiste-Trefflé Richard | Conservative | Montcalm | 1881 |
| Louis-Olivier Taillon (1886) | Conservative | 1875, 1886 | |
| Nazaire Bernatchez | Liberal | Montmagny | 1883 |
| Louis-Georges Desjardins | Conservative | Montmorency | 1881 |
| James McShane | Liberal | Montréal Centre | 1878 |
| Laurent-Olivier David | Liberal | Montréal Est | 1886 |
| John Smythe Hall | Conservative | Montreal Ouest | 1886 |
| Eugène Lafontaine | Liberal | Napierville | 1886 |
| Louis-Trefflé Dorais | Conservative Independent | Nicolet | 1883 |
| Honoré Brunelle Tourigny (1888) | Conservative | 1888 | |
| Narcisse-Édouard Cormier | Conservative | Ottawa (Outaouais) | 1886 |
| Alfred Rochon (1887) | Liberal | 1887 | |
| William Joseph Poupore | Conservative | Pontiac | 1882 |
| Jules Tessier | Liberal | Portneuf | 1886 |
| Thomas Chase Casgrain | Conservative | Québec-Comté | 1886 |
| Rémi-Ferdinand Rinfret dit Malouin | Liberal | Québec-Centre | 1874 |
| Joseph Shehyn | Liberal | Québec-Est | 1875 |
| Owen Murphy | Liberal | Québec-Ouest | 1886 |
| Louis-Pierre-Paul Cardin | Liberal | Richelieu | 1886 |
| Jacques Picard | Conservative | Richmond et Wolfe | 1867 |
| Édouard-Onésiphore Martin | Liberal | Rimouski | 1886 |
| Auguste Tessier (1889) | Liberal | 1889 | |
| Edmond Lareau | Liberal | Rouville | 1886 |
| Honoré Mercier | Liberal | St. Hyacinthe | 1879 |
| Félix-Gabriel Marchand | Liberal | St. Jean | 1867 |
| Nérée Duplessis | Conservative | St. Maurice | 1886 |
| Thomas Brassard | Liberal | Shefford | 1886 |
| Tancrède Boucher de Grosbois (1888) | Liberal | 1888 | |
| Joseph Gibb Robertson | Conservative | Sherbrooke | 1867 |
| Avila-Gonzague Bourbonnais | Parti national | Soulanges | 1886 |
| Ozro Baldwin | Conservative | Stanstead | 1886 |
| Georges-Honoré Deschênes | Conservative | Témiscouata | 1875 |
| Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel | Conservative | Terrebonne | 1882 |
| Henri-René-Arthur Turcotte | Liberal | Trois-Rivières | 1876, 1886 |
| Alfred Lapointe | Conservative | Vaudreuil | 1884 |
| Albert-Alexandre Lussier | Liberal | Verchères | 1886 |
| Victor Gladu | Liberal | Yamaska | 1886 |
Other elected MLAs
Other MLAs were elected during by-elections or in another district between the two general elections
- Georges Duhamel, Parti national, Iberville, December 11, 1886 http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-iberville.html#1886p
- Louis-Olivier Taillon, Quebec Conservative Party, Montcalm, December 11, 1886 http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-montcalm.html#1886p
- Odilon Goyette, Parti national, St. Hyacinthe, July 30, 1887, http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-laprairie.html#1887p
- Alfred Rochon, Quebec Liberal Party, Ottawa (Outaouais), September 14, 1887 http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-hull.html#1887p
- Louis-Phillippe Pelletier, Nationalist Conservative, Dorchester, December 20, 1888 http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-beauce-nord.html#1888p
- Charles Champagne, Quebec Liberal Party, Hochelaga, April 28, 1888 http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-hochelaga.html#1888p
- Joseph-Hormidas Legris, Parti national, Maskinongé, April 28, 1888 http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-maskinonge.html#1888p
- Tancrède Boucher de Grosbois, Quebec Liberal Party, Shefford, May 18, 1888 http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-shefford.html#1888p
- Séverin Dumais, Parti national, Chicoutimi et Saguenay, June 18, 1888 http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-chicoutimi-et-saguenay.html#1888p
- Honoré Brunelle Tourigny, Quebec Conservative Party, Nicolet, July 17, 1888 http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-nicolet.html#1888p
- William Rhodes, Quebec Liberal Party, Mégantic, December 27, 1888 http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-megantic.html#1888p
- Rufus Nelson England, Quebec Conservative Party, Brome, November 28, 1889 http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-brome.html#1889p
- Auguste Tessier, Quebec Liberal Party, Rimouski, December 4, 1889, http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-rimouski.html#1889p
- Omer Dostaler, Quebec Liberal Party, Berthier, Janvier 15, 1890 http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-berthier.html#1890p
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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