4th Quebec Legislature

The 4th Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the provincial legislature in Quebec, Canada that existed from May 1, 1878 to December 2, 1881. The Quebec Liberal Party led by Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière formed the minority government in the first year of the term but lost a confidence vote in 1879. The Quebec Conservative Party led by Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau then formed a minority government for the remainder of the mandate with the support of two Conservative Independent MLA's.

Seats per political party

After the 1878 elections

Affiliation		Members
	Conservative Party	32
	Liberal Party	31
	Conservative Independent	2
Total		65
Government Majority		1

Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1878 election:

Name	Party	Riding
Robert Greenshields Meikle	Libéral	Argenteuil
Narcisse Blais	Libéral	Bagot
Joseph Poirier	Libéral	Beauce
Célestin Bergevin	Conservative	Beauharnois
Pierre Boutin	Libéral	Bellechasse
Joseph Robillard	Conservative	Berthier
Joseph-Israël Tarte	Conservative	Bonaventure
William Warren Lynch	Conservative	Brome
Michel-Dosithée-Stanislas Martel	Conservative	Chambly
Dominique-Napoléon Saint-Cyr	Conservative	Champlain
Onésime Gauthier	Conservative	Charlevoix
Édouard Laberge	Libéral	Châteauguay
William Evan Price	Conservative Independent	Chicoutimi et Saguenay
Willian Sawyer	Conservative	Compton
Charles Champagne	Conservative	Deux-Montagnes
Nicodème Audet	Conservative	Dorchester
William John Watts	Libéral	Drummond et Arthabaska
Edmund James Flynn	Libéral	Gaspé
Louis Beaubien	Conservative	Hochelaga
Alexander Cameron	Libéral	Huntingdon
Louis Molleur	Libéral	Iberville
Jean-Baptiste Couillard Dupuis	Libéral	Islet
Narcisse Lecavalier	Conservative	Jacques Cartier
Vincent-Paul Lavallée	Conservative	Joliette
Charles-Antoine-Ernest Gagnon	Libéral	Kamouraska
Léon-Benoît-Alfred Charlebois	Conservative	Laprairie
Onuphe Peltier	Conservative	L'Assomption
Louis-Onésime Loranger	Conservative	Laval
Étienne-Théodore Pâquet	Conservative	Lévis
Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière	Libéral	Lotbinière
Édouard Caron	Conservative	Maskinongé
George Irvine	Libéral	Mégantic
Ernest Racicot	Libéral	Missisquoi
Octave Magnan	Conservative	Montcalm
Louis-Napoléon Fortin	Libéral	Montmagny
Charles Langelier	Libéral	Montmorency
Horatio Admiral Nelson	Libéral	Montréal Centre
Louis-Olivier Taillon	Conservative	Montréal Est
James McShane	Libéral	Montreal Ouest
Laurent-David Lafontaine	Libéral	Napierville
Charles-Édouard Houde	Conservative	Nicolet
Louis Duhamel	Conservative	Ottawa
Levi Ruggles Church	Conservative	Pontiac
François Langelier	Libéral	Portneuf
David Alexander Ross	Libéral	Québec-Comté
Rémi-Ferdinand Rinfret dit Malouin	Libéral	Québec-Centre
Joseph Shehyn	Libéral	Québec-Est
Arthur H. Murphy	Libéral	Québec-Ouest
Michel Mathieu	Conservative	Richelieu
Jacques Picard	Conservative	Richmond et Wolfe
Alexandre Chauveau	Libéral	Rimouski
Solime Bertrand	Conservative	Rouville
Pierre Bachand	Libéral	St. Hyacinthe
Félix-Gabriel Marchand	Libéral	St. Jean
François-Sévère Desaulniers	Conservative	St. Maurice
Joseph Lafontaine	Libéral	Shefford
Joseph Gibb Robertson	Conservative	Sherbrooke
William Duckett	Conservative	Soulanges
Henry Lovell	Libéral	Stanstead
Georges-Honoré Deschênes	Conservative	Témiscouata
Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau	Conservative	Terrebonne
Henri-René-Arthur Turcotte	Conservative Independent	Trois-Rivières
Émery Lalonde, Sr.	Conservative	Vaudreuil
Jean-Baptiste Brousseau	Libéral	Verchères
Jonathan Saxton Campbell Würtele	Conservative	Yamaska

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected in by-elections during the term

Honoré Mercier, Quebec Liberal Party, St. Hyacinthe, June 3, 1879
Flavien-Guillaume Bouthillier, Quebec Liberal Party, Rouville, June 18, 1879
Raymond Préfontaine, Quebec Liberal Party, Chambly, June 26, 1879
Achille Larose, Quebec Liberal Party, Verchères, July 17, 1879
Joseph Parent, Quebec Liberal Party, Rimouski, March 3, 1880
Joseph-Élisée Beaudet, Quebec Conservative Party, Chicoutimi et Saguenay, March 27, 1880
Joseph Marion, Quebec Conservative Party, L'Assomption, June 4, 1880

Cabinet Ministers

Joly de Lotbinière Cabinet (1878-1879)

Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
Agriculture and public works: Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
Crown Lands: François Langelier (1878-1879), Félix-Gabriel Marchand (1879)
Attorney General: David Alexander Ross
Secretary and Registry: Félix-Gabriel Marchand (1878-1879), Alexandre Chauveau (1879)
Treasurer: Pierre Bachand (1878-1879), François Langelier (1879)
Solicitor General: Alexandre Chauveau (1878-1879), Honoré Mercier (1879)
Legislative Council President: Henry Starnes

Chauveau Cabinet (1879-1881)

Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau
Agriculture and public works: Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau (1879-1881), John Jones Ross (1881)
Crown Lands: Edmund James Flynn
Railroad: Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau (1871), John Jones Ross (1871)
Attorney General: Louis-Onesime Loranger
Secretary and Registry: Etienne-Théodore Pâquet
Treasurer: Joseph Gibb Robertson
Solicitor General: William Warren Lynch
Legislative Council President: John Jones Ross

References

Assemblies of Quebec

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