2nd Quebec Legislature

The 2nd Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the provincial legislature in Quebec, Canada that existed from July 1871 to July 7, 1875. The Quebec Conservative Party led by Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, Gédéon Ouimet and Charles Boucher de Boucherville was the governing party. Chauveau was replaced in 1873 by Ouimet, who in turn was replaced by de Boucherville in 1874.

Seats per political party

After the 1871 elections

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Affiliation		Members
Conservative Party	46
Parti libéral du Québec	19
Total		65
Government Majority		25

Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1871 election:

	Name	Party
Sydney Robert Bellingham	Conservative	Argenteuil
Pierre-Samuel Gendron	Conservative	Bagot
Christian Henry Pozer	Libéral	Beauce
George-Étienne Cartier	Conservative	Beauharnois
Onésime Pelletier	Libéral	Bellechasse
Louis Sylvestre	Libéral	Berthier
Théodore Robitaille	Conservative	Bonaventure
William Warren Lynch	Conservative	Brome
Gédéon Larocque	Libéral	Chambly
François-Xavier-Anselme Trudel	Conservative	Champlain
Adolphe Gagnon	Libéral	Charlevoix
Édouard Laberge	Libéral	Châteauguay
Pierre-Alexis Tremblay	Libéral	Chicoutimi et Saguenay
William Sawyer	Conservative	Compton
Gédéon Ouimet	Conservative	Deux-Montagnes
Louis-Napoléon Larochelle	Conservative	Dorchester
Wilfrid Laurier	Libéral	Drummond et Arthabaska
Pierre-Étienne Fortin	Conservative	Gaspé
Louis Beaubien	Conservative	Hochelaga
Thomas Sanders	Conservative	Huntingdon
Louis Molleur	Libéral	Iberville
Pamphile-Gaspard Verreault	Conservative	Islet
Narcisse Lecavalier	Conservative	Jacques Cartier
Vincent-Paul Lavallée	Conservative	Joliette
Charles-François Roy	Conservative	Kamouraska
Andrew Esinhart	Conservative	Laprairie
Onuphe Peltier	Conservative	L'Assomption
Joseph-Hyacinthe Bellerose	Conservative	Laval
Joseph-Godric Blanchet	Conservative	Lévis
Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière	Libéral	Lotbinière
Moïse Houde	Libéral	Maskinongé
George Irvine	Conservative	Mégantic
Josiah Sandford Brigham	Conservative	Missisquoi
Firmin Dugas	Conservative	Montcalm
Télesphore Fournier	Libéral	Montmagny
Joseph-Édouard Cauchon	Conservative	Montmorency
Luther Hamilton Holton	Libéral	Montréal Centre
Ferdinand-Conon David	Conservative	Montréal Est
Francis Cassidy	Conservative	Montreal Ouest
Laurent-David Lafontaine	Libéral	Napierville
François-Xavier-Ovide Méthot	Conservative	Nicolet
Ezra Butler Eddy	Conservative	Ottawa
John Poupore	Conservative	Pontiac
Praxède Larue	Conservative	Portneuf
Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau	Conservative	Québec-Comté
Hector-Louis Langevin	Conservative	Québec-Centre
Jacques-Philippe Rheaume	Conservative	Québec-Est
John Hearn	Conservative	Québec-Ouest
Joseph-Adolphe Dorion	Conservative	Richelieu
Jacques Picard	Conservative	Richmond et Wolfe
Louis Honoré Gosselin	Conservative	Rimouski
Victor Robert	Libéral	Rouville
Pierre Bachand	Libéral	St. Hyacinthe
Félix-Gabriel Marchand	Libéral	St. Jean
Elzéar Gérin	Conservative	St. Maurice
Maurice Laframboise	Libéral	Shefford
Joseph Gibb Robertson	Conservative	Sherbrooke
Humbert Saveuse de Beaujeu	Conservative	Soulanges
Thomas Locke	Conservative	Stanstead
Élie Mailloux	Conservative	Témiscouata
Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau	Conservative	Terrebonne
Henri-Gédéon Malhiot	Conservative	Trois-Rivières
Émery Lalonde, Sr.	Conservative	Vaudreuil
Joseph Daigle	Libéral	Verchères
Charles-Ignace Gill	Conservative	Yamaska

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected during the mandate in by-elections.

Alexandre Chauveau, Quebec Conservative Party, Rimouski, April 29, 1872 [1]
Pantaléon Pelletier, Quebec Liberal Party, Québec-Est, March 3, 1873 [2]
Pierre Garneau, Quebec Conservative Party, Québec, March 21, 1873 [3]
Élie-Hercule Bisson, Quebec Liberal Party, Beauharnois, July 12, 1873 [4]
John Wait McGauvran, Quebec Conservative Party, Montréal Ouest, August 22, 1873 [5]
François Langelier, Quebec Liberal Party, Montmagny, December 16, 1873 [6]
Charles Alexander, Quebec Liberal Party, Montréal Centre, February 6, 1874 [7]
Auguste-Réal Angers, Quebec Conservative Party, Montmorency, February 10, 1874 [8]
Joseph Nestor Duguay, Quebec Conservative Party, Yamaska, February 11, 1874 [9]
William John Watts, Quebec Conservative Party, Drummond et Arthabaska, February 20, 1874 [10]
François-Xavier Dulac, Quebec Conservative Party, Beauce, February 24, 1874 [11]
Louis-Gustave Martin, Quebec Conservative Party, Montcalm, March 13, 1874 [12]
Rémi-Ferdinand Rinfret dit Malouin, Quebec Conservative Party, Québec Centre, April 16, 1874 [13]
Pierre-Vincent Valin, Quebec Conservative Party, Québec Est, April 16, 1874 [14]
Michel Guillaume Baby, Quebec Conservative Party, Chicoutimi et Saguenay, May 2, 1874 [15]
Alexander Cameron, Quebec Conservative Party, Huntingdon, May 30, 1874 [16]
Pierre-Clovis Beauchesne, Quebec Conservative Party, Bonaventure, August 4, 1874 [17]
Levi Ruggles Church, Quebec Conservative Party, Pontiac, October 26, 1874 [18]

Cabinet Ministers

Chauveau Cabinet (1871-1873)

Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau
Agriculture and public works: Louis Archambault
Crown Lands: Joseph-Octave Beaubien
Attorney General: Gédéon Ouimet
State Education, Secretary and Registry: Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau
Treasurer: Joseph Gibb Robertson
Solicitor General: Georges Irvine
Legislative Council President: Charles-Eugène Boucher de Boucherville

Ouimet Cabinet (1873-1874)

Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Gedeon Ouimet
Agriculture and public works: Louis Archambault
Crown Lands: Pierre Fortin
Attorney General: Georges Irvine
State Education, Secretary and Registry: Gedeon Ouimet
Treasurer: Joseph Gibb Robertson
Solicitor General: Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau
Legislative Council President: John Jones Ross

Boucher de Boucherville Cabinet (1874-1875)

Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Charles-Eugène Boucher de Boucherville
Agriculture and public works: Pierre Garneau
Crown Lands: Henri-Gédéon Malhiot
Attorney General: Levi Ruggles Church
State Education, Secretary and Registry: Charles-Eugène Boucher de Boucherville
Treasurer: Joseph Gibb Robertson
Solicitor General: Auguste-Real Angers
Legislative Council President: Felix-Hyacinthe Lemaire

References