8th Quebec Legislature

The 8th Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the provincial legislature in Quebec, Canada that existed from March 8, 1892, to March 6, 1897. The Quebec Conservative Party was the governing party for the last time in Quebec. Charles Boucher de Boucherville was the Premier for much of 1892; Louis-Olivier Taillon ran the province for most of the mandate until he was replaced by Edmund James Flynn during the final year. The Conservatives would remain the opposition party until 1935, when they merged with the Union Nationale which won the elections held the following year.

Seats per political party

Affiliation Members
Conservative 51
Liberal 21
  Conservative Independent 1
 Total
 73
 Government Majority
 30

Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1892 election:

Name Party Riding First elected / previously elected No. of terms
  William John Simpson Conservative Argenteuil 1892 1st term
  Joseph-Éna Girouard Liberal Arthabaska 1886 3rd term
  Milton McDonald Conservative Bagot 1890 2nd term
  Joseph Poirier Conservative Beauce 1878, 1892 2nd term*
  Moïse Plante Conservative Beauharnois 1892 1st term
  Élie-Hercule Bisson (1892) Liberal 1873, 1886, 1892 5th term*
  Adélard Turgeon Liberal Bellechasse 1890 2nd term
  Victor Allard Conservative Berthier 1892 1st term
  Honoré Mercier Liberal Bonaventure 1879 5th term
  François-Xavier Lemieux (1894) Liberal 1883, 1894 4th term*
  Rufus Nelson England Conservative Brome 1889 3rd term
  Louis-Olivier Taillon Conservative Chambly 1875, 1886, 1892 5th term*
  Pierre Grenier Conservative Champlain 1890 2nd term
  Joseph Morin Liberal Charlevoix 1886 3rd term
  William Greig Conservative Châteauguay 1892 1st term
  Honoré Petit Conservative Chicoutimi et Saguenay 1892 1st term
  John McIntosh Conservative Compton 1886 3rd term
  Charles McClary (1894) Conservative 1894 1st term
  Benjamin Beauchamp Conservative Independent Deux-Montagnes 1882 4th term
  Louis-Philippe Pelletier Conservative Dorchester 1888 3rd term
  Joseph Peter Cooke Conservative Drummond 1892 1st term
  Edmund James Flynn Conservative Gaspé 1875, 1892 4th term*
  Joseph-Octave Villeneuve Conservative Hochelaga 1886, 1890 3rd term*
  George Washington Stephens Sr. Liberal Huntingdon 1881, 1892 2nd term*
  François Gosselin Liberal Iberville 1890 2nd term
  François-Gilbert Miville Dechêne Liberal Islet 1886 3rd term
  Joseph-Adélard Descarries Conservative Jacques Cartier 1892 1st term
  Joseph-Mathias Tellier Conservative Joliette 1892 1st term
  Charles-Alfred Desjardins Conservative Kamouraska 1890 2nd term
  Joseph Girard Conservative Lac St-Jean 1892 1st term
  Cyrille Doyon Conservative Laprairie 1892 1st term
  Joseph Marion Conservative L'Assomption 1880, 1890 4th term*
  Pierre-Évariste Leblanc Conservative Laval 1882, 1884 5th term*
  Angus Baker Conservative Lévis 1892 1st term
  Édouard-Hippolyte Laliberté Liberal Lotbinière 1886 3rd term
  Hector Caron Liberal Maskinongé 1892 1st term
  Edmund James Flynn Conservative Matane 1875, 1892 4th term*
  Louis-Félix Pinault (1892) Liberal 1890, 1892 2nd term*
  James King Conservative Mégantic 1892 1st term
  Elijah Edmund Spencer Conservative Missisquoi 1881 4th term
  Octave Magnan Conservative Montcalm 1878, 1892 2nd term*
  Nazaire Bernatchez Liberal Montmagny 1883 4th term
  Thomas Chase Casgrain Conservative Montmorency 1886, 1892 2nd term*
  Édouard Bouffard (1896) Conservative 1896 1st term
  François Martineau Conservative Montréal division no. 1 1892 1st term
  Olivier-Maurice Augé Conservative Montréal division no. 2 1892 1st term
  Damase Parizeau Conservative Montréal division no. 3 1892 1st term
  Alexander Webb Morris Conservative Montréal division no. 4 1892 1st term
  Albert William Atwater (1896) Conservative 1896 1st term
  John Smythe Hall Conservative Montréal division no. 5 1886 3rd term
  Patrick Kennedy Conservative Montréal division no. 6 1892 1st term
  James John Edmund Guerin (1895) Liberal 1895 1st term
  Louis Sainte-Marie Conservative Napierville 1890 2nd term
  Louis Beaubien Conservative Nicolet 1867, 1892 5th term*
  Nérée Tétreau Conservative Ottawa 1892 1st term
  David Gillies Liberal Pontiac 1892 1st term
  Jules Tessier Liberal Portneuf 1886 3rd term
  Charles Fitzpatrick Liberal Québec-Comté 1890 2nd term
  Victor Châteauvert Conservative Québec-Centre 1892 1st term
  Joseph Shehyn Liberal Québec-Est 1875 6th term
  Félix Carbray Conservative Québec-Ouest 1881, 1892 2nd term*
  Louis Lacouture Conservative Richelieu 1892 1st term
  Joseph Bédard Conservative Richmond 1890 2nd term
  Auguste Tessier Liberal Rimouski 1889 3rd term
  Alfred Girard Liberal Rouville 1890 2nd term
  Antoine-Paul Cartier Conservative St. Hyacinthe 1892 1st term
  Félix-Gabriel Marchand Liberal St. Jean 1867 8th term
  Nérée Duplessis Conservative St. Maurice 1886 3rd term
  Simon-Napoléon Parent Liberal St. Sauveur 1890 2nd term
  Adolphe-François Savaria Conservative Shefford 1892 1st term
  Louis-Edmond Panneton Conservative Sherbrooke 1892 1st term
  Avila-Gonzague Bourbonnais Liberal Soulanges 1886 3rd term
  Michael Felix Hackett Conservative Stanstead 1892 1st term
  Napoléon Rioux Conservative Témiscouata 1892 1st term
  Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel Conservative Terrebonne 1882 4th term
  Télesphore-Eusèbe Normand Conservative Trois-Rivières 1890 2nd term
  Hilaire Cholette Conservative Vaudreuil 1892 1st term
  Albert-Alexandre Lussier Liberal Verchères 1886 3rd term
  Jérôme-Adolphe Chicoyne Conservative Wolfe 1892 1st term
  Victor Gladu Liberal Yamaska 1886 3rd term

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected in this mandate during by-elections

Cabinet Ministers

De Boucherville Cabinet (1892)

  • Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Charles-Eugène Boucher de Boucherville
  • Agriculture and Colonization: Louis Beaubien
  • Public Works: Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel
  • Crown Lands: Edmund James Flynn
  • Attorney General: Thomas Chase Casgrain (1892), Edmund Jamess Flynn (1892)
  • Provincial secretary: Louis-Philippe Pelletier
  • Treasurer: John Smythe Hall (1892), Charles-Eugène Boucher de Boucherville (1892)
  • Members without portfolios: Louis-Olivier Taillon, John McIntosh

Taillon Cabinet (1892-1896)

  • Prime Minister: Louis-Olivier Taillon
  • Executive Council President: Louis-Olivier Taillon (1892–1895), Michael Felix Hackett (1895–1896)
  • Agriculture and Colonization: Louis Beaubien
  • Public Works: Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel
  • Crown Lands: Edmund James Flynn
  • Attorney General:Edmund Jamess Flynn (1892), Thomas Chase Casgrain (1892–1896)
  • Provincial secretary: Louis-Philippe Pelletier
  • Treasurer: Louis-Olivier Taillon (1892, 1894–1896), John Smythe Hall (1892–1894)
  • Members without portfolios: Thomas Chapais (1893–1896), John McIntosh (1893–1896), Alexander Webb Morris (1895–1896)

Flynn Cabinet (1896-1897)

  • Prime Minister: Edmund James Flynn
  • Executive Council President: Thomas Chapais
  • Agriculture and Colonization: Louis Beaubien (1896–1897)
    • Agriculture: Louis Beaubien (1897)
    • Colonization and Mines: Thomas Chapais (1897)
  • Public Works: Edmund James Flynn
  • Crown Lands: Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel (1896–1897)
    • Lands, Forests and Fishing: Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel (1897)
  • Attorney General:Louis-Philippe Pelletier
  • Provincial secretary: Michael Felix Hackett
  • Treasurer: Albert William Atwater

New electoral districts

The electoral map was slightly modified in 1895 with the creation of the Îles-de-la-Madeleine district, which was formed from parts of Gaspé and includes the Magdalen Islands.

Notes

  1. ↑ Lévis
  2. ↑ Montréal-Est
  3. ↑ Montcalm
  4. ↑ First elected as Liberal
  5. ↑ Montréal-Centre
  6. ↑ First elected as Liberal in Gaspé
  7. ↑ Québec-Comté
  8. ↑ Hochelaga

References