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

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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
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.

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