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[edit]

* After the 1897 elections

Affiliation | Members

|

| Liberal | 51
| Conservative | 23
Total
| 74
Government Majority
| 28

## Member list[edit]

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1897 election:

| Name  | Party  | Riding

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| 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[edit]

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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 1897 election results
* List of historical Cabinet ministers

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