8th Quebec Legislature

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The 8th Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the provincial legislature in Quebec, Canada that existed from March 8, 1892, to March 6, 1897. The Quebec Conservative Party was the governing party for the last time in Quebec. Charles Boucher de Boucherville was the Premier for much of 1892; Louis-Olivier Taillon ran the province for most of the mandate until he was replaced by Edmund James Flynn during the final year. The Conservatives would remain the opposition party until 1935, when they merged with the Union Nationale which won the elections held the following year.

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Seats per political party

AffiliationMembers
Conservative 51
Liberal 21
 Conservative Independent1
 Total
73
 Government Majority
30

Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1892 election:

NamePartyRiding
  William John Simpson Conservative Argenteuil
  Joseph-Éna Girouard Liberal Arthabaska
  Milton McDonald Conservative Bagot
  Joseph Poirier Conservative Beauce
  Moïse Plante Conservative Beauharnois
  Adélard Turgeon Liberal Bellechasse
  Victor Allard Conservative Berthier
  Honoré Mercier Liberal Bonaventure
  Rufus Nelson England Conservative Brome
  Louis-Olivier Taillon Conservative Chambly
  Pierre Grenier Conservative Champlain
  Joseph Morin Liberal Charlevoix
  William Greig Conservative Châteauguay
  Honoré Petit Conservative Chicoutimi et Saguenay
  John McIntosh Conservative Compton
  Benjamin Beauchamp Conservative Independent Deux-Montagnes
  Louis-Philippe Pelletier Conservative Dorchester
  Joseph Peter Cooke Conservative Drummond
  Edmund James Flynn Conservative Gaspé
  Joseph-Octave Villeneuve Conservative Hochelaga
  George Washington Stephens Sr. Liberal Huntingdon
  François Gosselin Liberal Iberville
  François-Gilbert Miville Dechêne Liberal Islet
  Joseph-Adélard Descarries Conservative Jacques Cartier
  Joseph-Mathias Tellier Conservative Joliette
  Charles-Alfred Desjardins Conservative Kamouraska
  Joseph Girard Conservative Lac St-Jean
  Cyrille Doyon Conservative Laprairie
  Joseph Marion Conservative L'Assomption
  Pierre-Évariste Leblanc Conservative Laval
  Angus Baker Conservative Lévis
  Édouard-Hippolyte Laliberté Liberal Lotbinière
  Hector Caron Liberal Maskinongé
  Edmund James Flynn Conservative Matane
  James King Conservative Mégantic
  Elijah Edmund Spencer Conservative Missisquoi
  Octave Magnan Conservative Montcalm
  Nazaire Bernatchez Liberal Montmagny
  Thomas Chase Casgrain Conservative Montmorency
  François Martineau Conservative Montréal division no. 1
  Olivier-Maurice Augé Conservative Montréal division no. 2
  Damase Parizeau Conservative Montréal division no. 3
  Alexander Webb Morris Conservative Montréal division no. 4
  John Smythe Hall Conservative Montréal division no. 5
  Patrick Kennedy Conservative Montréal division no. 6
  Louis Sainte-Marie Conservative Napierville
  Louis Beaubien Conservative Nicolet
  Nérée Tétreau Conservative Ottawa
  David Gillies Liberal Pontiac
  Jules Tessier Liberal Portneuf
  Charles Fitzpatrick Liberal Québec-Comté
  Victor Châteauvert Conservative Québec-Centre
  Joseph Shehyn Liberal Québec-Est
  Félix Carbray Conservative Québec-Ouest
  Louis Lacouture Conservative Richelieu
  Joseph Bédard Conservative Richmond
  Auguste Tessier Liberal Rimouski
  Alfred Girard Liberal Rouville
  Antoine-Paul Cartier Conservative St. Hyacinthe
  Félix-Gabriel Marchand Liberal St. Jean
  Nérée Duplessis Conservative St. Maurice
  Simon-Napoléon Parent Liberal St. Sauveur
  Adolphe-François Savaria Conservative Shefford
  Louis-Edmond Panneton Conservative Sherbrooke
  Avila-Gonzague Bourbonnais Liberal Soulanges
  Michael Felix Hackett Conservative Stanstead
  Napoléon Rioux Conservative Témiscouata
  Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel Conservative Terrebonne
  Télesphore-Eusèbe Normand Conservative Trois-Rivières
  Hilaire Cholette Conservative Vaudreuil
  Albert-Alexandre Lussier Liberal Verchères
  Jérôme-Adolphe Chicoyne Conservative Wolfe
  Victor Gladu Liberal Yamaska

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected in this mandate during by-elections

Cabinet Ministers

De Boucherville Cabinet (1892)

Taillon Cabinet (1892-1896)

Flynn Cabinet (1896-1897)

New electoral districts

The electoral map was slightly modified in 1895 with the creation of the Îles-de-la-Madeleine district, which was formed from parts of Gaspé and includes the Magdalen Islands.

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