8th Quebec Legislature
# 8th Quebec Legislature

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.

## Seats per political party

* After the 1892 elections

| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| - | - | - |
| | Conservative | 51 |
| | Liberal | 21 |
| | Conservative Independent | 1 |
| Total | Total | 73 |
| Government Majority | Government Majority | 30 |

## Member list

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

| Name | Party | Riding |
| - | - | - |
| 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

* Élie-Hercule Bisson, Quebec Liberal Party, Beauharnois, June 7, 1892
* Louis-Felix Pinault, Quebec Liberal Party, Matane, November 3, 1892
* Charles McClary, Quebec Conservative Party, Compton, October 19, 1894
* François-Xavier Lemieux, Quebec Liberal Party, Bonaventure, December 11, 1894
* James John Guerin, Quebec Liberal Party, Montréal division no.6, October 22, 1895
* Albert William Atwater, Quebec Conservative Party, Montréal division no.4, June 4, 1896
* Édouard Bouffard, Quebec Conservative Party, Montmorency, June 23, 1896

## Cabinet Ministers

### De Boucherville Cabinet (1892)

* Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Charles-Eugène Boucher de Boucherville
* Agriculture and Colonization: Louis Beaubien
* Public Works: Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel
* Crown Lands: Edmund James Flynn
* Attorney General: Thomas Chase Casgrain (1892), Edmund Jamess Flynn (1892)
* Provincial secretary: Louis-Philippe Pelletier
* Treasurer: John Smythe Hall (1892), Charles-Eugène Boucher de Boucherville (1892)
* Members without portfolios: Louis-Olivier Taillon, John McIntosh

### Taillon Cabinet (1892-1896)

* Prime Minister: Louis-Olivier Taillon
* Executive Council President: Louis-Olivier Taillon (1892-1895), Michael Felix Hackett (1895-1896)
* Agriculture and Colonization: Louis Beaubien
* Public Works: Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel
* Crown Lands: Edmund James Flynn
* Attorney General:Edmund Jamess Flynn (1892), Thomas Chase Casgrain (1892-1896)
* Provincial secretary: Louis-Philippe Pelletier
* Treasurer: Louis-Olivier Taillon (1892, 1894-1896), John Smythe Hall (1892-1894)
* Members without portfolios: Thomas Chapais (1893-1896), John McIntosh (1893-1896), Alexander Webb Morris (1895-1896)

### Flynn Cabinet (1896-1897)

* Prime Minister: Edmund James Flynn
* Executive Council President: Thomas Chapais
* Agriculture and Colonization: Louis Beaubien (1896-1897)
   * Agriculture: Louis Beaubien (1897)
   * Colonization and Mines: Thomas Chapais (1897)
* Public Works: Edmund James Flynn
* Crown Lands: Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel (1896-1897)
   * Lands, Forests and Fishing: Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel (1897)
* Attorney General:Louis-Philippe Pelletier
* Provincial secretary: Michael Felix Hackett
* Treasurer: Albert William Atwater

## 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.

