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
  Parti libéral du Québec 51
     Conservative Party 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 Libéral Argenteuil
     Joseph-Éna Girouard Libéral Arthabaska
     Milton McDonald Conservative Bagot
     Henri-Séverin Béland Libéral Beauce
     Élie-Hercule Bisson Libéral Beauharnois
     Adélard Turgeon Libéral Bellechasse
     Cuthbert-Alphonse Chênevert Libéral Berthier
     François-Xavier Lemieux Libéral Bonaventure
     Henry Thomas Duffy Libéral Brome
     Antoine Rocheleau Libéral Chambly
     Pierre Grenier Conservative Champlain
     Pierre D'Auteuil Conservative Charlevoix
     Joseph-Émery Robidoux Libéral Châteauguay
     Honoré Petit Conservative Chicoutimi et Saguenay
     James Hunt Libéral Compton
     Hector Champagne Libéral Deux-Montagnes
     Louis-Philippe Pelletier Conservative Dorchester
     William John Watts Libéral Drummond
     Edmund James Flynn Conservative Gaspé
     Daniel-Jérémie Décarie Libéral Hochelaga
     George Washington Stephens Sr. Libéral Huntingdon
     François Gosselin Libéral Iberville
     Patrick Peter Delaney Libéral Îles-de-la-Madeleine
     Joseph-Adolphe Chauret Libéral Jacques Cartier
     Joseph-Mathias Tellier Conservative Joliette
     Louis-Rodolphe Roy Libéral Kamouraska
     Joseph Girard Conservative Lac St-Jean
     Côme-Séraphin Cherrier Libéral Laprairie
     Joseph Marion Conservative L'Assomption
     Pierre-Évariste Leblanc Conservative Laval
     François-Xavier Lemieux Libéral Lévis
     François-Gilbert Miville Dechêne Libéral L'Islet
     Édouard-Hippolyte Laliberté Libéral Lotbinière
     Hector Caron Libéral Maskinongé
     Louis-Félix Pinault Libéral Matane
     George Robert Smith Libéral Mégantic
     James Sarsfield McCorkill Libéral Missisquoi
     Pierre-Julien-Léonidas Bissonnette Libéral Montcalm
     Joseph-Couillard Lislois Libéral Montmagny
     Édouard Bouffard Conservative Montmorency
     Georges-Albini Lacombe Libéral Montréal division no. 1
     Lomer Gouin Libéral Montréal division no. 2
     Henri-Benjamin Ranville Libéral Montréal division no. 3
     Albert William Atwater Conservative Montréal division no. 4
     Robert Bickerdike Libéral Montréal division no. 5
     James John Edmond Guérin Libéral Montréal division no. 6
     Dominique Monet Libéral Napierville
     Georges Ball Conservative Nicolet
     Charles Beautron Major Libéral Ottawa
     David Gillies Libéral Pontiac
     Jules Tessier Libéral Portneuf
     Némèse Garneau Libéral Québec-Comté
     Amédée Robitaille Libéral Québec-Centre
     Joseph Shehyn Libéral Québec-Est
     Félix Carbray Conservative Québec-Ouest
     Louis-Pierre-Paul Cardin Libéral Richelieu
     Joseph Bédard Conservative Richmond
     Auguste Tessier Libéral Rimouski
     Alexandre-Napoléon Dufresne Conservative Rouville
     Georges-Casimir Dessaulles Libéral St. Hyacinthe
     Félix-Gabriel Marchand Libéral St. Jean
     Nérée Duplessis Conservative St. Maurice
     Simon-Napoléon Parent Libéral St. Sauveur
     Tancrède Boucher de Grandbois Libéral Shefford
     Louis-Edmond Panneton Conservative Sherbrooke
     Avila-Gonzague Bourbonnais Libéral Soulanges
     Michael Felix Hackett Conservative Stanstead
     Félix-Alonzo Talbot Libéral Témiscouata
     Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel Conservative Terrebonne
     Télesphore-Eusèbe Normand Conservative Trois-Rivières
     Émery Lalonde, Jr. Libéral Vaudreuil
     Étienne Blanchard Libéral Verchères
     Jérôme-Adolphe Chicoyne Conservative Wolfe
     Albéric-Archie Mondou Conservateur 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
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