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

After the 1897 elections

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.

Victor Gladu, Quebec Liberal Party, Yamaska, November 16, 1897 [1]
William Henry Clapperton, Quebec Liberal Party, Bonaventure, December 22, 1897 [2]
Nazaire-Nicolas Olivier, Quebec Liberal Party, Lévis, December 22, 1897 [3]
Cedric Lemoine Cotton, Quebec Liberal Party, Missisquoi, December 19, 1898 [4]
Donat Caron, Quebec Liberal Party, Matane, January 11, 1899 [5]

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