5th Quebec Legislature explained

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

AffiliationMembers
50
Liberal/Parti national14
Conservative Independent1
 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:

NamePartyRiding
William OwensConservativeArgenteuil
Antoine CasavantConservative
Jean BlanchetConservative
Célestin BergevinConservativeBeauharnois
Édouard Faucher de Saint-MauriceConservativeBellechasse
Joseph RobillardConservative
Louis-Joseph RiopelConservativeBonaventure
William Warren LynchConservativeBrome
Michel-Dosithée-Stanislas MartelConservative
Robert TrudelConservative
Onésime GauthierConservative
Édouard LabergeLiberal
Élie Saint-HilaireConservative Independent
William SawyerConservative
Charles ChampagneConservativeDeux-Montagnes
Nicodème AudetConservativeDorchester
William John WattsLiberal
Edmund James FlynnConservative
Louis BeaubienConservativeHochelaga
Alexander CameronLiberalHuntingdon
Alexis-Louis DemersLiberalIberville
Charles MarcotteConservativeIslet
Narcisse LecavalierConservative
Vincent-Paul LavalléeConservative
Charles-Antoine-Ernest GagnonLiberal
Léon-Benoît-Alfred CharleboisConservativeLaprairie
Joseph MarionConservative
Louis-Onésime LorangerConservativeLaval
Étienne-Théodore PâquetConservativeLévis
Henri-Gustave Joly de LotbinièreLiberal
Édouard CaronConservative
George IrvineLiberal
Elijah Edmund SpencerConservativeMissisquoi
Jean-Baptiste-Tréfflé RichardConservativeMontcalm
Louis-Napoléon FortinLiberalMontmagny
Louis-Georges DesjardinsConservative
George Washington Stephens Sr.Liberal
Louis-Olivier TaillonConservative
James McShaneLiberalMontreal Ouest
François-Xavier ParadisConservativeNapierville
Charles-Édouard HoudeConservative
Louis DuhamelConservativeOttawa (Outaouais)
Thomas BrysonConservative
Jean-Docile BrousseauConservativePortneuf
Pierre GarneauConservative
Rémi-Ferdinand Rinfret dit MalouinLiberal
Joseph ShehynLiberal
Félix CarbrayConservative
Léon LeducConservative
Jacques PicardConservativeRichmond et Wolfe
Louis-Napoléon AsselinConservative
Étienne PoulinConservative
Honoré MercierLiberal
Félix-Gabriel MarchandLiberalSt. Jean
François-Sévère DesaulniersConservative
Isidore FrégeauConservative
Joseph Gibb RobertsonConservative
William DuckettConservativeSoulanges
John ThorntonConservative
Georges-Honoré DeschênesConservativeTémiscouata
Joseph-Adolphe ChapleauConservative
Sévère DumoulinConservative
Émery Lalonde, Sr.Conservative
Abraham BernardLiberalVerchères
Jonathan Saxton Campbell WürteleConservative

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected in by-elections during the term

Cabinet Ministers

Chapleau Cabinet (1881-1882)

Mousseau Cabinet (1882-1884)

Ross Cabinet (1884-1886)

References

Notes
  1. Web site: Élections par circonscription Pontiac . www.quebecpolitique.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070208213136/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-pontiac.html . 2007-02-08 . fr.
  2. Web site: Élections par circonscription Terrebonne . www.quebecpolitique.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070209184408/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-terrebonne.html . 2007-02-09 . fr.
  3. Web site: Élections par circonscription Jacques-Cartier . www.quebecpolitique.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070208213538/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-jacques-cartier.html . 2007-02-08 . fr.
  4. Web site: QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Deux-Montagnes . www.quebecpolitique.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070208174327/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-deux-montagnes.html . 2007-02-08.
  5. Web site: QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Laval . www.quebecpolitique.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070208123651/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-laval.html . 2007-02-08.
  6. Web site: QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Laval . www.quebecpolitique.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070208123651/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-laval.html . 2007-02-08.
  7. Web site: QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Vaudreuil . www.quebecpolitique.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070208213116/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-vaudreuil.html . 2007-02-08.
  8. Web site: QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Bonaventure . www.quebecpolitique.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070208123750/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-bonaventure.html . 2007-02-08.
  9. Web site: QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Nicolet . www.quebecpolitique.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070208173959/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-nicolet.html . 2007-02-08.
  10. Web site: QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Laval . www.quebecpolitique.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070208123651/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-laval.html . 2007-02-08.
  11. Web site: QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Lévis . www.quebecpolitique.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070208123632/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-levis.html . 2007-02-08.
  12. Web site: QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Châteauguay . www.quebecpolitique.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070210112052/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-chateauguay.html . 2007-02-10.
  13. Web site: QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Jacques-Cartier . www.quebecpolitique.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070208213538/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-jacques-cartier.html . 2007-02-08.
  14. Web site: QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Trois-Rivières . www.quebecpolitique.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070208123922/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-trois-rivieres.html . 2007-02-08.
  15. Web site: QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Vaudreuil . www.quebecpolitique.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070208213116/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-vaudreuil.html . 2007-02-08.
  16. Web site: QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Mégantic . www.quebecpolitique.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070208174200/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-megantic.html . 2007-02-08.
  17. Web site: QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Joliette . www.quebecpolitique.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070208212858/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-joliette.html . 2007-02-08.
  18. Web site: QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Lotbinière . www.quebecpolitique.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070208173829/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-lotbiniere.html . 2007-02-08.
  19. Web site: QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Drummond et Arthabaska . www.quebecpolitique.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070926231247/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-drummond-et-arthabaska.html . 2007-09-26.