1st Quebec Legislature

The 1st Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the first ever provincial legislature in Quebec, Canada that existed from September 1867 to June 1871, the first four years of Quebec in the Canadian Confederation. The Quebec Conservative Party led by Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau was the governing party.

Seats per political party

After the 1867 elections

Affiliation		Members
	Conservative Party	51
	Parti libéral du Québec	12
	Independent	1
	Vacant	1
Total		65
Government Majority		39

Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1867 election:

Name	Party	Riding
Sydney Robert Bellingham	Conservative	Argenteuil
Pierre-Samuel Gendron	Conservative	Bagot
Christian Henry Pozer	Libéral	Beauce
Célestin Bergevin	Conservative	Beauharnois
Onésime Pelletier	Libéral	Bellechasse
Louis-Joseph Moll	Conservative	Berthier
Clarence Hamilton	Libéral	Bonaventure
Christopher Dunkin	Conservative	Brome
Jean-Baptiste Jodoin	Conservative	Chambly
John Jones Ross	Conservative	Champlain
Léon-Charles Clément	Conservative	Charlevoix
Édouard Laberge	Libéral	Châteauguay
Pierre-Alexis Tremblay	Independent	Chicoutimi et Saguenay
James Ross	Conservative	Compton
Gédéon Ouimet	Conservative	Deux-Montagnes
Hector-Louis Langevin	Conservative	Dorchester
Edward John Hemming	Libéral	Drummond et Arthabaska
Pierre-Étienne Fortin	Conservative	Gaspé
Louis Beaubien	Conservative	Hochelaga
Julius Scriver	Conservative	Huntingdon
Louis Molleur	Libéral	Iberville
Pamphile-Gaspard Verreault	Conservative	Islet
Narcisse Lecavalier	Conservative	Jacques Cartier
Vincent-Paul Lavallée	Conservative	Joliette
Vacant (until 1869)		Kamouraska
Césaire Thérien	Conservative	Laprairie
Étienne Mathieu	Conservative	L'Assomption
Joseph-Hyacinthe Bellerose	Conservative	Laval
Joseph-Godric Blanchet	Conservative	Lévis
Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière	Libéral	Lotbinière
Alexis Lesieur Desaulniers	Conservative	Maskinongé
George Irvine	Conservative	Mégantic
Josiah Sandford Brigham	Conservative	Missisquoi
Firmin Dugas	Conservative	Montcalm
Louis-Henri Blais	Libéral	Montmagny
Joseph-Édouard Cauchon	Conservative	Montmorency
Edward Brock Carter	Conservative	Montréal Centre
George-Étienne Cartier	Conservative	Montréal Est
Alexander Walker Ogilvie	Conservative	Montreal Ouest
Pierre Benoit	Libéral	Napierville
Joseph Gaudet	Conservative	Nicolet
Levi Ruggles Church	Conservative	Ottawa
John Poupore	Conservative	Pontiac
Praxède Larue	Conservative	Portneuf
Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau	Conservative	Québec-Comté
Georges-Honoré Simard	Conservative	Québec-Centre
Jacques-Philippe Rhéaume	Conservative	Québec-Est
John Hearn	Conservative	Québec-Ouest
Joseph Beaudreau	Conservative	Richelieu
Jacques Picard	Conservative	Richmond et Wolfe
Joseph Garon	Conservative	Rimouski
Victor Robert	Libéral	Rouville
Pierre Bachand	Libéral	St. Hyacinthe
Félix-Gabriel Marchand	Libéral	St. Jean
Abraham Lesieur Desaulniers	Conservative	St. Maurice
Michel-Adrien Bessette	Conservateur	Shefford
Joseph Gibb Robertson	Conservative	Sherbrooke
Dominique-Amable Coutlée	Conservative	Soulanges
Thomas Locke	Conservative	Stanstead
Élie Mailloux	Conservative	Témiscouata
Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau	Conservative	Terrebonne
Louis-Charles Boucher de Niverville	Conservative	Trois-Rivières
Antoine-Chartier de Lotbinière Harwood	Conservative	Vaudreuil
André-Boniface Craig	Conservative	Verchères
Louis-Adélard Sénécal	Libéral	Yamaska

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected in by-elections during the term

Jean-Charles Chapais, Quebec Conservative Party, Champlain, December 16, 1867 ^[1]
Sévère Dumoulin, Quebec Conservative Party, Trois-Rivières, October 16, 1868 ^[2]
Charles-François Roy, Quebec Conservative Party, Kamouraska, February 11, 1869 ^[3]
Charles-Borromée Genest, Quebec Conservative Party, Trois-Rivières, October 19, 1869 ^[4]
Pierre Gélinas, Quebec Conservative Party, Richelieu, October 26, 1869 ^[5]
William Cantwell, Quebec Conservative Party, Huntingdon, November 6, 1869 ^[6]
Laurent-David Lafontaine Quebec Liberal Party, October 11, 1870 ^[7]

Cabinet Ministers

Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau
Agriculture and public works: Louis Archambault
Crown Lands: Joseph-Octave Beaubien
Attorney General: Gédéon Ouimet
State Education, Secretary and Registry: Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau
Treasurer: Christopher Dunkin (1867-1869), Joseph Gibb Robertson (1869-1871)
Solicitor General: Georges Irvine
Legislative Council President: Charles-Eugène Boucher de Bourcherville

References

Notes

Assemblies of Quebec

Legislative Assemblies	1st (1867–1871) 2nd (1871–1875) 3rd (1875–1878) 4th (1878–1881) 5th (1881–1886) 6th (1886–1890) 7th (1890–1892) 8th (1892–1897) 9th (1897–1900) 10th (1900–1904) 11th (1904–1908) 12th (1908–1912) 13th (1912–1916) 14th (1916–1919) 15th (1919–1923) 16th (1923–1927) 17th (1927–1931) 18th (1931–1935) 19th (1935–1936) 20th (1936–1939) 21st (1939–1944) 22nd (1944–1948) 23rd (1948–1952) 24th (1952–1956) 25th (1956–1960) 26th (1960–1962) 27th (1962–1966) 28th (1966–1968)

National Assemblies	28th (1969–1970) 29th (1970–1973) 30th (1973–1976) 31st (1976–1981) 32nd (1981–1985) 33rd (1985–1989) 34th (1989–1994) 35th (1994–1998) 36th (1998–2003) 37th (2003–2007) 38th (2007–2008) 39th (2008–2012) 40th (2012–2014) 41st (2014–)

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