Parliament of the Province of Canada

8th Legislature (1863-1867)

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House of Assembly

MLAs

The Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in the 8th Legislature.

Riding Name Party
Argenteuil Mr. John Joseph Caldwell Abbott (Bleu MLA during the legislature) LIB
BLE
Bagot Mr. Maurice Laframboise (until 24-jul-1863) ROU
Mr. Maurice Laframboise (since 15-aou-1863) ROU
Beauce Mr. Henri-Elzéar Taschereau BLE
Beauharnois Mr. Paul Denis BLE
Bellechasse Mr. Édouard Rémillard ROU
Berthier Mr. Anselme-Homère Pâquet ROU
Bonaventure Mr. Théodore Robitaille BLE
Brome Mr. Christopher Dunkin CON
Chambly Mr. Charles-Eugène Boucher de Boucherville BLE
Champlain Mr. John Jones Ross BLE
Charlevoix Mr. Adolphe Gagnon ROU
Chateauguai Mr. Luther Hamilton Holton ROU
Chicoutimi et Saguenay Mr. David Edward Price (until 04-oct-1864) CON
Mr. Pierre-Alexis Tremblay (since 03-jan-1865) LIB
Compton Mr. John Henry Pope CON
Deux-Montagnes Mr. Jean-Baptiste Daoust BLE
Dorchester Mr. Hector-Louis Langevin (until 30-mar-1864) BLE
Mr. Hector-Louis Langevin (since 11-avr-1864) BLE
Drummond et Arthabaska Mr. Jean-Baptiste-Éric Dorion ROU
Gaspé Mr. John Le Boutillier BLE
Hochelaga Mr. Antoine-Aimé Dorion ROU
Huntingdon Mr. Robert Brown Somerville LIB
Iberville Mr. Alexandre Dufresne ROU
Islet Mr. Louis-Bonaventure Caron ROU
Jacques Cartier Mr. François-Zéphirin Tassé (until 10-aou-1864) BLE
Mr. Guillaume Gamelin Gaucher (since 28-aou-1864) BLE
Joliette Mr. Hippolite Cornellier BLE
Kamouraska Mr. Jean-Charles Chapais (until 30-mar-1864) BLE
Mr. Jean-Charles Chapais (since 14-avr-1864) BLE
Laprairie Mr. Alfred Pinsonneault BLE
L'Assomption Mr. Louis Archambeault ROU
Laval Mr. Joseph-Hyacinthe Bellerose BLE
Lévis Mr. Joseph-Godric Blanchet BLE
Lotbinière Mr. Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière ROU
Maskinongé Mr. Moïse Houde ROU
Mégantic Mr. George Irvine CON
Missiscoui Mr. James O'Halloran ROU
Montcalm Mr. Joseph Dufresne BLE
Montmagny Mr. Joseph-Octave Beaubien BLE
Montmorency Mr. Joseph-Édouard Cauchon BLE
Montréal Centre Mr. John Rose CON
Montréal Est Mr. George-Étienne Cartier (until 30-mar-1864) BLE
Mr. George-Étienne Cartier (since 11-avr-1864) BLE
Montréal Ouest Mr. Thomas D'Arcy McGee (until 30-mar-1864) CON
Mr. Thomas D'Arcy McGee (since 11-avr-1864) CON
Napierville Mr. Jacques-Olivier Bureau ROU
Nicolet Mr. Joseph Gaudet (Independent Bleu MLA in 1864) BLE
BLE-I
Ottawa (Outaouais) Mr. Alonzo Wright CON
Pontiac Mr. John Poupore BLE
Portneuf Mr. Jean-Docile Brousseau L-CON
Québec Mr. François Évanturel LIB
Québec Centre Mr. Isidore Thibaudeau ROU
Québec Est Mr. Pierre-Gabriel Huot ROU
Québec Ouest Mr. Charles Joseph Alleyn (until 17-aou-1866) CON
vacant (since 17-aou-1866) vac.
Richelieu Mr. Joseph-Xavier Perrault ROU
Richmond et Wolfe Mr. William Hoste Webb CON
Rimouski Mr. George Sylvain BLE
Rouville Mr. Joseph-Napoléon Poulin BLE
St. Hyacinthe Mr. Louis-Victor Sicotte (until 05-sep-1863) BLE
Mr. Rémi Raymond (since 01-oct-1863) BLE
St. Jean Mr. François Bourassa ROU
St. Maurice Mr. Charles Gérin-Lajoie ROU
Shefford Mr. Lucius Seth Huntington ROU
Sherbrooke Mr. Alexander Tilloch Galt L-CON
Soulanges Mr. William Duckett CON
Stanstead Mr. Albert Knight CON
Témiscouata Mr. Jean-Baptiste Pouliot ROU
Terrebonne Mr. Louis Labrèche-Viger ROU
Trois-Rivières Mr. Joseph-Édouard Turcotte (until 20-déc-1864) BLE
Mr. Louis-Charles Boucher de Niverville (since 16-jan-1865) BLE
Vaudreuil Mr. Antoine Chartier de Lotbinière Harwood CON
Verchères Mr. Félix Geoffrion ROU
Yamaska Mr. Moïse Fortier ROU

Parliamentary Groups

Composition of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in the 8th Legislature1.

  CON
BLE / CON2		 REF
REF3		 LIB
ROU / LIB4		 CON-I
CON-I		 ind.
ind.		 vac.
vac.
Election (July 3, 1863) Canada East 38 0 27 0 0 0
Canada West 23 2 40 0 0 0
Total 61 2 67 0 0 0
Dissolution (July 1, 1867) Canada East 36 0 27 1 0 1
Canada West 22 2 41 0 0 0
Total 58 2 68 1 0 1

1 Sources: Assemblée nationale du Québec (Canada East) and Wikipedia (Canada West).

2 "Bleus", "Conservatives" and "Liberal-Conservatives" in Canada East; "Conservatives" and "Liberal-Conservatives" in Canada West.

3 "Reform" in Canada East and in Canada West.

4 "Rouges" and "Liberals" in Canada East; "Clear Grits" and "Liberals" in Canada West.

Legislative Council

Legislative Councillors

The Members of the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada in the 8th Legislature.

Division Name Party
Canada Est Mr. Adam Ferrie (until 24-déc-1863) ind.
Canada Est Mr. Paul Holland Knowlton (until 28-aou-1863) TOR
Canada Est Mr. Philip Henry Moore TOR
Canada Est Mr. James Ferrier TOR
Canada Est Mr. James Leslie LIB
Canada Est Mr. Étienne-Paschal Taché (until 30-jul-1865) BLE
Canada Est Mr. Frédéric-Auguste Quesnel (until 28-jul-1866) LIB
Canada Est Mr. Georges-René Saveuse de Beaujeu (until 29-jul-1865) ind.
Canada Est Mr. Louis Panet BLE
Canada Est Mr. Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau BLE
Canada Est Mr. Charles Wilson BLE
Canada Est Mr. David Morrison Armstrong BLE
Alma Mr. Joseph-Flavien Armand CON
Bedford Mr. Asa Belknap Foster CON
De la Durantaye Mr. François-Xavier Lemieux (oncle) (until 24-mai-1864) ROU
Mr. Joseph-Noël Bossé (since 25-jun-1864) CON
De Lanaudière Mr. Louis-Auguste Olivier LIB
De la Vallière Mr. Jean-Baptiste-Georges Proulx ROU
De Lorimier Mr. Jacques-Olivier Bureau ROU
De Salaberry Mr. Louis Renaud (réélu le 19-sep-1864) BLE
Golfe Mr. Ulric-Joseph Tessier ROU
Grandville Mr. Luc Letellier de Saint-Just ROU
Inkerman Mr. John Hamilton CON
Kennebec Mr. Charles Cormier ROU
La Salle Mr. Édouard-Louis-Antoine-Charles Juchereau Duchesnay BLE
Lauzon Mr. Elzéar-Henri Juchereau Duchesnay (re-elected on 05-oct-1864) CON
Les Laurentides Mr. Marc-Pascal de Sales Laterrière (until 25-oct-1864) ROU
Mr. David Edward Price (since 25-oct-1864) CON
Mille-Isles Mr. Édouard Masson (until 28-sep-1864) ind.
Mr. Léandre Dumouchel (since 28-sep-1864) BLE
Montarville Mr. Louis Lacoste CON
Repentigny Mr. Pierre-Urgel Archambault ROU
Rigaud Mr. Eustache Prud'homme (since 03-jun-1863 after the dissolution of the previous legislature) BLE
Rougemont Mr. Louis-Antoine Dessaulles (until 19-déc-1863) ROU
Mr. William Henry Chaffers (since 19-sep-1864) LIB
Shawinigan Mr. Charles-Christophe Malhiot ROU
Sorel Mr. Jean-Baptiste Guévremont ROU
Stadacona Mr. Charles-François-Xavier Baby (until 05-aou-1864) CON
Mr. Jean-Élie Gingras (since 19-sep-1864) LIB
Victoria Mr. Thomas Ryan (since 19-jun-1863 after the dissolution of the previous legislature) CON
Wellington Mr. John Sewell Sanborn LIB

Parliamentary Groups

Composition of the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada in the 8th Legislature.

  CON
BLE / CON		 REF
REF		 LIB
ROU / LIB		 CON-I
CON-I		 ind.
ind.		 vac.
vac.
Election (July 3, 1863) Canada East 19 0 16 0 3 0
Dissolution (July 1, 1867) Canada East 19 0 14 0 0 0

Governor

Charles Stanley Monck, 4th Viscount Monck, appointed administrator in the absence of the governor on October 25, 1861, sworn in on November 28, 1861.

Joint Prime Ministers

Mr. John Sandfield Macdonald (LIB), MLA for Cornwall (Canada West), and Mr. Antoine-Aimé Dorion (ROU), MLA for Hochelaga (Canada East), took office on May 15, 1863.

Mr. Étienne-Paschal Taché (BLE), conseiller législatif (Canada East), and Mr. John Alexander Macdonald (L-CON), MLA for Kingston (Canada West), took office on May 30, 1864.

Mr. Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau (BLE), conseiller législatif (Canada East), and Mr. John Alexander Macdonald (L-CON), MLA for Kingston (Canada West), took office on July 30, 1864.

Last update: May 14, 2006

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