Parliament of Quebec

4th Legislature (1878-1881)

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Legislative Assembly

MLAs

The Members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in the 4th Legislature.

Riding Name Party
Argenteuil Mr. Robert Greenshields Meikle LIB
Bagot Mr. Narcisse Blais LIB
Beauce Mr. Joseph Poirier LIB
Beauharnois Mr. Célestin Bergevin CON
Bellechasse Mr. Pierre Boutin LIB
Berthier Mr. Joseph Robillard (until 30-nov-1880) CON
Mr. Joseph Robillard (since 30-déc-1880) CON
Bonaventure Mr. Joseph-Israël Tarte CON
Brome Mr. William Warren Lynch (until 31-oct-1879) CON
Mr. William Warren Lynch (since 20-nov-1879) CON
Chambly Mr. Michel-Dosithée-Stanislas Martel (until 30-avr-1879) CON
Mr. J.-Raymond Fournier dit Préfontaine (since 26-jun-1879) LIB
Champlain Mr. Dominique-Napoléon Saint-Cyr CON
Charlevoix Mr. Onésime Gauthier CON
Chateauguay Mr. Édouard Laberge LIB
Chicoutimi et Saguenay M. William Evan Price (conservative MLA during the legislature; until 13-fév-1880) CON-I
CON
Mr. Élisée Baudet (since 27-mar-1880) CON
Compton Mr. William Sawyer CON
Deux-Montagnes Mr. Charles Laplante dit Champagne CON
Dorchester Mr. Nicodème Audet CON
Drummond et Arthabaska Mr. William John Watts LIB
Gaspé M. Edmund James Flynn (conservative MLA on 29-oct-1879; until 31-oct-1879) LIB
CON
Mr. Edmund James Flynn (since 06-déc-1879) CON
Hochelaga Mr. Louis Beaubien CON
Huntingdon Mr. Alexander Cameron LIB
Iberville Mr. Louis Molleur LIB
Islet Mr. Jean-Baptiste Couillard Dupuis LIB
Jacques Cartier Mr. Narcisse Lecavalier CON
Joliette Mr. Vincent-Paul Lavallée CON
Kamouraska Mr. Charles-Antoine-Ernest Gagnon LIB
Laprairie Mr. Léon-Benoît-Alfred Charlebois CON
L'Assomption Mr. Onuphe Peltier (until 10-mai-1880) CON
Mr. Joseph Marion (since 04-jun-1880) CON
Laval Mr. Louis-Onésime Loranger (until 31-oct-1879) CON
Mr. Louis-Onésime Loranger (since 13-nov-1879) CON
Lévis M. Étienne-Théodore Pâquet (conservative MLA on 29-oct-1879; until 31-oct-1879) LIB
CON
Mr. Étienne-Théodore Pâquet (since 20-nov-1879) CON
Lotbinière Mr. Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière LIB
Maskinongé Mr. Édouard Caron CON
Mégantic Mr. George Irvine LIB
Missisquoi M. Ernest Racicot (conservative MLA on 29-oct-1879) LIB
CON
Montcalm Mr. Octave Magnan CON
Montmagny M. Louis-Napoléon Fortin (conservative MLA on 29-oct-1879) LIB
CON
Montmorency Mr. Charles Langelier LIB
Montréal Centre Mr. Horatio Admiral Nelson LIB
Montréal Est Mr. Louis-Olivier Taillon CON
Montréal Ouest Mr. James McShane LIB
Napierville Mr. Laurent-David Lafontaine LIB
Nicolet Mr. Charles-Édouard Houde CON
Ottawa (Outaouais) Mr. Louis Duhamel CON
Pontiac Mr. Levi Ruggles Church CON
Portneuf Mr. François Langelier LIB
Québec (comté de) Mr. David Alexander Ross LIB
Québec Centre Mr. Rémi-Ferdinand Rinfret LIB
Québec Est Mr. Joseph Shehyn LIB
Québec Ouest Mr. Arthur H. Murphy LIB
Richelieu Mr. Michel Mathieu (until 03-oct-1881) CON
vacant (since 03-oct-1881) vac.
Richmond et Wolfe Mr. Jacques Picard CON
Rimouski M. Alexandre Chauveau (conservative MLA on 29-oct-1879; until 16-jan-1880) LIB
CON
Mr. Joseph Parent (since 03-mar-1880) LIB
Rouville Mr. Solime Bertrand (until 21-mai-1879) CON
Mr. Flavien-Guillaume Bouthillier (since 18-jun-1879) LIB
St. Hyacinthe Mr. Pierre Bachand (until 03-nov-1878) LIB
Mr. Honoré Mercier (père) (since 03-jun-1879) LIB
St. Jean Mr. Félix-Gabriel Marchand LIB
St. Maurice Mr. François-Sévère-L. Desaulniers CON
Shefford Mr. Joseph Lafontaine LIB
Sherbrooke Mr. Joseph Gibb Robertson (until 31-oct-1879) CON
Mr. Joseph Gibb Robertson (since 20-nov-1879) CON
Soulanges Mr. William Duckett CON
Stanstead Mr. Henry Lovell LIB
Témiscouata Mr. Georges-Honoré Deschênes CON
Terrebonne Mr. Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau (until 31-oct-1879) CON
Mr. Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau (since 13-nov-1879) CON
Trois-Rivières Mr. Henri-René-Arthur Turcotte CON-I
Vaudreuil Mr. Émery Lalonde (père) CON
Verchères Mr. Jean-Baptiste Brousseau (until 08-jun-1879) LIB
Mr. Achille Larose (from 17-jul-1879 to 20-mai-1881) LIB
vacant (since 20-mai-1881) vac.
Yamaska Mr. Jonathan Saxton Campbell Würtele CON

Parliamentary Groups

Composition of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in the 4th Legislature.

  LIB
LIB		 CON
CON		 CON-I
CON-I		 ind.
ind.		 vac.
vac.
Election (May 1, 1878) 31 32 2 0 0
Dissolution (November 7, 1881) 28 34 1 0 2

Composition de l'Assemblée législative    Composition de l'Assemblée législative

Legislative Council

Legislative Councillors

The Members of the Legislative Council of Quebec in the 4th Legislature.

Division Name Party
Alma Mr. Jean-Louis Beaudry CON
Bedford Mr. Thomas Wood CON
De la Durantaye vacant (until 17-mai-1878) vac.
Mr. Édouard Rémillard (since 17-mai-1878) LIB
De Lanaudière Mr. Pierre-Eustache Dostaler CON
De la Vallière Mr. Jean-Baptiste-Georges Proulx LIB
De Lorimier Mr. Joseph-Gaspard Laviolette CON
De Salaberry M. Henry Starnes (conservative councillor during the legislature) LIB
CON
Golfe Mr. Thomas Savage CON
Grandville Mr. Élisée Dionne CON
Inkerman Mr. George Bryson (père) CON
Kennebec Mr. Joseph Gaudet CON
La Salle Mr. Louis Panet CON
Lauzon Mr. Alexandre-René Chaussegros de Léry (until 19-déc-1880) CON
Mr. Georges Couture (since 28-avr-1881) CON
Les Laurentides Mr. Jean-Élie Gingras CON
Mille-Isles Mr. Félix-Hyacinthe Lemaire (until 17-déc-1879) CON
Mr. Jean-Baptiste Lefebvre de Villemure (since 03-jun-1880) CON
Montarville Mr. Charles-Eugène Boucher de Boucherville CON
Repentigny Mr. Louis Archambeault CON
Rigaud Mr. Eustache Prud'Homme LIB
Rougemont Mr. Pierre Boucher de la Bruère CON
Shawinigan Mr. John Jones Ross CON
Sorel Mr. Pierre-Euclide Roy CON
Stadacona Mr. John Hearn CON
Victoria Mr. James Ferrier CON
Wellington Mr. William Hoste Webb CON

Parliamentary Groups

Composition of the Legislative Council of Quebec in the 4th Legislature.

  LIB
LIB		 CON
CON		 CON-I
CON-I		 ind.
ind.		 vac.
vac.
Election (May 1, 1878) 3 20 0 0 1
Dissolution (November 7, 1881) 3 21 0 0 0

Composition du Conseil législatif    Composition du Conseil législatif

Lieutenant Governor

Mr. Luc Letellier de Saint-Just, sworn in on December 15, 1876.

Mr. Théodore Robitaille, sworn in on July 26, 1879 following the dismissal of Mr. Letellier de Saint-Just by the Governor General in Council.

Prime Minister

Mr. Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière (LIB), MLA for Lotbinière, sworn in on March 8, 1878.

Mr. Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau (CON), MLA for Terrebonne, sworn in on October 31, 1879 following a non-confidence vote of the Legislative Assembly against the Joly de Lotbinière Cabinet.

Last update: June 10, 2005

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