The 6th Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the provincial legislature in Quebec, Canada that existed from October 14, 1886, to June 17, 1890. During most of the term, the Quebec Liberal Party, also known as the Parti national as that period, was the governing party. However, the Quebec Conservative Party despite losing the election tried to form a minority government with John Jones Ross and Louis-Olivier Taillon as Premiers but only managed to last a few months before the Liberals led by Honoré Mercier, the founder of the Parti National, formed a narrow majority government with 33 of the 65 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.
Seats per political party
After the 1886 elections
Affiliation Members Liberal/Parti national 33 27 Conservative Independent 3Nationalistes/Parti National 2 Total 65 Government Majority 6
Member list
This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1886 election:
NamePartyRidingFirst elected / previously electedNo. of terms William OwensConservativeArgenteuil18812nd term Joseph PilonLiberalBagot 18861st term Jean BlanchetConservativeBeauce 18812nd term Élie-Hercule BissonLiberalBeauharnois1873, 18863rd term* Édouard Faucher de Saint-MauriceConservativeBellechasse18812nd term Louis SylvestreLiberalBerthier 1871, 18863rd term* Omer Dostaler (1890)Liberal18901st term Henri-Josué MartinConservativeBonaventure18822nd term William Warren LynchConservativeBrome18715th term Rufus Nelson England (1889)Conservative18891st term Antoine RocheleauLiberalChambly 18861st term Ferdinand TrudelParti nationalChamplain 18861st term Joseph MorinLiberalCharlevoix1886 1st term Joseph-Émery RobidouxLiberalChâteauguay 1884 2nd term Élie Saint-HilaireConservative IndependentChicoutimi et Saguenay 18812nd term Séverin Dumais (1888)Parti national18881st term John McIntoshConservativeCompton 1886 1st term Benjamin BeauchampConservative IndependentDeux-Montagnes18822nd term Louis-Napoléon LarochelleConservativeDorchester1871, 18863rd term*Louis-Philippe Pelletier (1888)Nationalist Conservative18881st term Joseph-Éna GirouardLiberalDrummond et Arthabaska 1886 2nd term Edmund James FlynnConservativeGaspé 18783rd term Joseph-Octave VilleneuveConservativeHochelaga18861st term Charles Champagne (1888)Liberal18881st term Alexander CameronLiberalHuntingdon18745th term Alexis-Louis DemersLiberalIberville18812nd term Georges Duhamel (1886)Parti national18861st term François-Gilbert Miville DechêneLiberalIslet18861st term Arthur BoyerLiberalJacques Cartier 18842nd term Louis BasinetLiberalJoliette 18861st term Charles-Antoine-Ernest GagnonLiberalKamouraska 18783rd term Léon-Benoît-Alfred CharleboisConservativeLaprairie18754th term Ludger ForestLiberalL'Assomption1886 1st term Pierre-Évariste LeblancConservativeLaval1882, 18843nd term* François-Xavier LemieuxLiberalLévis18832nd term Édouard-Hippolyte LalibertéLiberalLotbinière 18862nd term Édouard CaronConservativeMaskinongé1878 3rd term Joseph-Hormisdas Legris (1888)Parti national18881st term Andrew Stuart JohnsonConservativeMégantic18861st term William Rhodes (1888) Liberal18881st term Elijah Edmund SpencerConservativeMissisquoi18812nd term Jean-Baptiste-Trefflé RichardConservativeMontcalm18812nd termLouis-Olivier Taillon (1886)Conservative1875, 18864th term* Nazaire BernatchezLiberalMontmagny18832nd term Louis-Georges DesjardinsConservativeMontmorency 18812nd term James McShaneLiberalMontréal Centre 18783rd term Laurent-Olivier DavidLiberalMontréal Est 18861st term John Smythe HallConservativeMontreal Ouest18861st term Eugène LafontaineLiberalNapierville18861st term Louis-Trefflé DoraisConservative IndependentNicolet18832nd term Honoré Brunelle Tourigny (1888)Conservative1888 1st term Narcisse-Édouard CormierConservativeOttawa (Outaouais)18861st term Alfred Rochon (1887)Liberal18871st term William Joseph PouporeConservativePontiac 18822nd term Jules TessierLiberalPortneuf18861st term Thomas Chase CasgrainConservativeQuébec-Comté 18861st term Rémi-Ferdinand Rinfret dit MalouinLiberalQuébec-Centre1874 5th term Joseph ShehynLiberalQuébec-Est1875 4th term Owen MurphyLiberalQuébec-Ouest 18861st term Louis-Pierre-Paul CardinLiberalRichelieu 18861st term Jacques PicardConservativeRichmond et Wolfe18676th term Édouard-Onésiphore MartinLiberalRimouski 18861st term Auguste Tessier (1889)Liberal18891st term Edmond LareauLiberalRouville 18861st term Honoré MercierLiberalSt. Hyacinthe 18793rd term Félix-Gabriel MarchandLiberalSt. Jean18676th term Nérée DuplessisConservativeSt. Maurice 18861st term Thomas BrassardLiberalShefford 18861st term Tancrède Boucher de Grosbois (1888)Liberal18881st term Joseph Gibb RobertsonConservativeSherbrooke 18676th term Avila-Gonzague BourbonnaisParti nationalSoulanges18861st term Ozro BaldwinConservativeStanstead 18861st term Georges-Honoré DeschênesConservativeTémiscouata18754th term Guillaume-Alphonse NantelConservativeTerrebonne 18822nd term Henri-René-Arthur TurcotteLiberalTrois-Rivières 1876, 18864th term* Alfred LapointeConservativeVaudreuil 18842nd term Albert-Alexandre LussierLiberalVerchères18861st term Victor GladuLiberalYamaska 18861st term
Other elected MLAs
Other MLAs were elected during by-elections or in another district between the two general elections
Georges Duhamel, Parti national, Iberville, December 11, 1886 Louis-Olivier Taillon, Quebec Conservative Party, Montcalm, December 11, 1886 Odilon Goyette, Parti national, St. Hyacinthe, July 30, 1887, Alfred Rochon, Quebec Liberal Party, Ottawa (Outaouais), September 14, 1887 Louis-Phillippe Pelletier, Nationalist Conservative, Dorchester, December 20, 1888 Charles Champagne, Quebec Liberal Party, Hochelaga, April 28, 1888 Joseph-Hormidas Legris, Parti national, Maskinongé, April 28, 1888 Tancrède Boucher de Grosbois, Quebec Liberal Party, Shefford, May 18, 1888 Séverin Dumais, Parti national, Chicoutimi et Saguenay, June 18, 1888 Honoré Brunelle Tourigny, Quebec Conservative Party, Nicolet, July 17, 1888 William Rhodes, Quebec Liberal Party, Mégantic, December 27, 1888 Rufus Nelson England, Quebec Conservative Party, Brome, November 28, 1889 Auguste Tessier, Quebec Liberal Party, Rimouski, December 4, 1889, Omer Dostaler, Quebec Liberal Party, Berthier, Janvier 15, 1890
New provincial ridings
The electoral map was reformed in 1890 just a few months prior to the elections later that year.
Drummond et Arthabaska was split into two ridings: Drummond and Arthabaska Lac-Saint-Jean was created from parts of Chicoutimi et Saguenay. Matane was created from parts of Rimouski. Montréal-Est was split into three districts called Montréal division no. 1, Montréal division no. 2 and Montréal division no. 3 Montréal-Ouest was split into two districts called Montréal division no. 4 and Montréal division no. 5. Montréal-Centre was renamed Montréal division no. 6. Richmond et Wolfe was split into two new riding: Richmond and Wolfe Saint-Sauveur was created from parts of Québec-Est.
Cabinet Ministers
Ross Cabinet (1886-1887)
Prime Minister and Executive Council President: John Jones Ross Agriculture and public works: John Jones Ross Crown Lands: William Warren Lynch Attorney General: Louis-Olivier Taillon Secretary and Registry: Jean Blanchet Treasurer: Joseph Gibb Robertson Solicitor General: Edmund James Flynn
Taillon Cabinet (1887)
Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Louis-Olivier Taillon Agriculture and public works: Henry Starnes Crown Lands: William Warren Lynch Attorney General: Louis-Olivier Taillon Secretary and Registry: Jean Blanchet Treasurer: Joseph Gibb Robertson Solicitor General: Edmund James Flynn
Mercier Cabinet (1887-1890)
Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Honoré Mercier Agriculture and public works: James McShane (1887-1888) Agriculture and Colonization: Honoré Mercier (1888), William Rhodes (1888-1890) Public Works: Pierre Garneau (1888-1890) Crown Lands: Pierre Garneau (1887-1888), Georges Duhamel (1888-1890) Attorney General: Honoré Mercier (1887-1888), Arthur Turcotte (1888-1890) Secretary and Registry: Charles-Antoine-Ernest Gagnon (1887-1890), Joseph-Émery Robidoux (1890) Treasurer: Joseph Shehyn Solicitor General: Georges Duhamel (1887-1888) Members without portfolios: David Alexander Ross, Arthur Turcotte (1887-1888), Arthur Boyer (1890)
See also 1886 election results List of Historical Cabinet Ministers
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