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 |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Conservative | Alphonse Desjardins | 5,266 | 58.05 | +6.20 |
| Liberal | Joseph Lanctot | 3,805 | 41.95 | -6.20 |
| Total valid votes | 9,071 | 100.00 |
| 1887 Canadian federal election: Hochelaga |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Independent Conservative | Alphonse Desjardins | 3,050 | 51.85 |
| Liberal | Joseph Lanctot | 2,832 | 48.15 |
| Total valid votes | 5,882 | 100.00 |
| 1882 Canadian federal election: Hochelaga |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes |
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| Conservative | Alphonse Desjardins | acclaimed |
| 1874 Canadian federal election: Hochelaga |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes |
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| Conservative | Alphonse Desjardins | acclaimed |
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