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Alphonse Desjardins
Canadian politician, lawyer; former mayor of Montreal, Quebec

Alphonse Desjardins

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Canadian politician, lawyer; former mayor of Montreal, Quebec
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Gender
Male
Place of birth
Terrebonne, Les Moulins, Lanaudière, Canada
Place of death
Terrebonne, Les Moulins, Lanaudière, Canada
Age
71 years
Positions
Mayor of Montreal
(1893-1894)
member of the House of Commons of Canada
member of the Senate of Canada
Awards
Knight of Pius IX
 
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Biography

Alphonse Desjardins, PC (6 May 1841 – 4 June 1912) was born in Terrebonne, Canada East, and was mayor of Montreal from 1893 to 1894 and later a Canadian cabinet minister. He married Virginie Paré in 1864 and remarried Hortense Barsalou in 1880.

He was a lawyer, journalist, businessman and politician. He owned a tile factory and participated in the founding of the Banque Jacques-Cartier, which later became part of the National Bank of Canada. He represented the riding of Hochelaga in the House of Commons for 18 years, serving as a cabinet minister and Minister of Militia and Defence for a few months at the end of the Mackenzie Bowell government and then the short-lived Tupper government in 1896. He was named a senator in 1892. He became mayor of Montreal from 1893–1894. For a time he held all three posts (member of the House of Commons, Senator, mayor) simultaneously.

In 1872, he was created a Knight of the Order of Pius IX in acknowledgment of his services to the Catholic Church.

Electoral record

1891 Canadian federal election: Hochelaga
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeAlphonse Desjardins5,26658.05+6.20
LiberalJoseph Lanctot3,80541.95-6.20
Total valid votes9,071100.00
1887 Canadian federal election: Hochelaga
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent ConservativeAlphonse Desjardins3,05051.85
LiberalJoseph Lanctot2,83248.15
Total valid votes5,882100.00
1882 Canadian federal election: Hochelaga
PartyCandidateVotes
ConservativeAlphonse Desjardinsacclaimed
1878 Canadian federal election: Hochelaga
PartyCandidateVotes%
ConservativeAlphonse Desjardins3,03956.48
UnknownLaurent-Olivier David2,34243.52
Total valid votes5,381100.00
1874 Canadian federal election: Hochelaga
PartyCandidateVotes
ConservativeAlphonse Desjardinsacclaimed
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