9th Quebec Legislature

The 9th Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the provincial legislature in Quebec, Canada that existed from May 11, 1897, to December 7, 1900. The Quebec Liberal Party led by Félix-Gabriel Marchand was the governing party. The Liberals would hold on to power until 1936.

Seats per political party

Affiliation Members
Liberal 51
Conservative 23
 Total
74
 Government Majority
28

Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1897 election:

Name Party Riding
  William Alexander Weir Liberal Argenteuil
  Joseph-Éna Girouard Liberal Arthabaska
  Milton McDonald Conservative Bagot
  Henri-Séverin Béland Liberal Beauce
  Élie-Hercule Bisson Liberal Beauharnois
  Adélard Turgeon Liberal Bellechasse
  Cuthbert-Alphonse Chênevert Liberal Berthier
  François-Xavier Lemieux Liberal Bonaventure
  Henry Thomas Duffy Liberal Brome
  Antoine Rocheleau Liberal Chambly
  Pierre Grenier Conservative Champlain
  Pierre D'Auteuil Conservative Charlevoix
  Joseph-Émery Robidoux Liberal Châteauguay
  Honoré Petit Conservative Chicoutimi et Saguenay
  James Hunt Liberal Compton
  Hector Champagne Liberal Deux-Montagnes
  Louis-Philippe Pelletier Conservative Dorchester
  William John Watts Liberal Drummond
  Edmund James Flynn Conservative Gaspé
  Daniel-Jérémie Décarie Liberal Hochelaga
  George Washington Stephens Sr. Liberal Huntingdon
  François Gosselin Liberal Iberville
  Patrick Peter Delaney Liberal Îles-de-la-Madeleine
  Joseph-Adolphe Chauret Liberal Jacques Cartier
  Joseph-Mathias Tellier Conservative Joliette
  Louis-Rodolphe Roy Liberal Kamouraska
  Joseph Girard Conservative Lac St-Jean
  Côme-Séraphin Cherrier Liberal Laprairie
  Joseph Marion Conservative L'Assomption
  Pierre-Évariste Leblanc Conservative Laval
  François-Xavier Lemieux Liberal Lévis
  François-Gilbert Miville Dechêne Liberal L'Islet
  Édouard-Hippolyte Laliberté Liberal Lotbinière
  Hector Caron Liberal Maskinongé
  Louis-Félix Pinault Liberal Matane
  George Robert Smith Liberal Mégantic
  James Sarsfield McCorkill Liberal Missisquoi
  Pierre-Julien-Léonidas Bissonnette Liberal Montcalm
  Joseph-Couillard Lislois Liberal Montmagny
  Édouard Bouffard Conservative Montmorency
  Georges-Albini Lacombe Liberal Montréal division no. 1
  Lomer Gouin Liberal Montréal division no. 2
  Henri-Benjamin Ranville Liberal Montréal division no. 3
  Albert William Atwater Conservative Montréal division no. 4
  Robert Bickerdike Liberal Montréal division no. 5
  James John Edmond Guérin Liberal Montréal division no. 6
  Dominique Monet Liberal Napierville
  Georges Ball Conservative Nicolet
  Charles Beautron Major Liberal Ottawa
  David Gillies Liberal Pontiac
  Jules Tessier Liberal Portneuf
  Némèse Garneau Liberal Québec-Comté
  Amédée Robitaille Liberal Québec-Centre
  Joseph Shehyn Liberal Québec-Est
  Félix Carbray Conservative Québec-Ouest
  Louis-Pierre-Paul Cardin Liberal Richelieu
  Joseph Bédard Conservative Richmond
  Auguste Tessier Liberal Rimouski
  Alexandre-Napoléon Dufresne Conservative Rouville
  Georges-Casimir Dessaulles Liberal St. Hyacinthe
  Félix-Gabriel Marchand Liberal St. Jean
  Nérée Duplessis Conservative St. Maurice
  Simon-Napoléon Parent Liberal St. Sauveur
  Tancrède Boucher de Grandbois Liberal Shefford
  Louis-Edmond Panneton Conservative Sherbrooke
  Avila-Gonzague Bourbonnais Liberal Soulanges
  Michael Felix Hackett Conservative Stanstead
  Félix-Alonzo Talbot Liberal Témiscouata
  Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel Conservative Terrebonne
  Télesphore-Eusèbe Normand Conservative Trois-Rivières
  Émery Lalonde, Jr. Liberal Vaudreuil
  Étienne Blanchard Liberal Verchères
  Jérôme-Adolphe Chicoyne Conservative Wolfe
  Albéric-Archie Mondou Conservative Yamaska

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected during this term in by-elections.

Cabinet Ministers

  • Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Félix-Gabriel Marchand
  • Agriculture: François-Gilbert Miville Dechêne
  • Colonization and Mines: Adélard Turgeon
  • Public Works: Henri Thomas Duffy
  • Crown Lands: Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel (1896-1897)
  • Lands, Forests and Fishing: Simon-Napoléon Parent
  • Attorney General:Horace Archambault
  • Provincial secretary: Felix-Gabriel Marchand (1897), Joseph-Émery Robidoux (1897-1900)
  • Treasurer: Félix-Gabriel Marchand
  • Members without portfolios, George Washington Stephens, Joseph Shehyn, James John Guerin

References