| The HonourableAlphonse DesjardinsPC | |
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| 22nd Mayor of Montreal | |
| In office 1893–1894 | |
| Preceded by | James McShane |
| Succeeded by | Joseph-Octave Villeneuve |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Hochelaga | |
| In office 1874–1892 | |
| Preceded by | Louis Beaubien |
| Succeeded by | Séverin Lachapelle |
| Senator for De Lorimier, Quebec | |
| In office 1892–1896 | |
| Appointed by | John Abbott |
| Preceded by | Alexandre Lacoste |
| Succeeded by | François Béchard |
| Minister of Militia and Defence | |
| In office 15 January 1896 – 27 April 1896 | |
| Prime Minister | Mackenzie Bowell |
| Preceded by | Mackenzie Bowell |
| Succeeded by | David Tisdale |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1841-05-06)6 May 1841 Terrebonne, Province of Canada |
| Died | 4 June 1912(1912-06-04) (aged 71) Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada |
| Profession | businessman, journalist, lawyer |
Alphonse Desjardins, PC (French pronunciation: [alfɔ̃s deʒaʁdɛ̃]; 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 | % | ±% | ||||
| 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 | % | |||||
| 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 | ||||||
| Conservative | Alphonse Desjardins | acclaimed | ||||||
| 1878 Canadian federal election: Hochelaga | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | Alphonse Desjardins | 3,039 | 56.48 | |||||
| Unknown | Laurent-Olivier David | 2,342 | 43.52 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 5,381 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1874 Canadian federal election: Hochelaga | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Alphonse Desjardins | acclaimed | ||||||
| Source: lop.parl.ca | ||||||||
Gallery
References
- Alphonse Desjardins – Parliament of Canada biography
- "Alphonse Desjardins". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
- Gaétan Frigon: Alphonse Desjardins, lawyer, banker and politician, section in: Prudent Beaudry and other pioneering Quebec businessmen, in Legacy. How french Canadians shaped North America. McClelland & Stewart, Toronto 2016; repr. 2019 ISBN 0771072392 p 74 sqq (in French: Bâtisseurs d'Amérique: Des canadiens français qui ont faite de l'histoire. Dir. André Pratte, Jonathan Kay. La Presse, Montréal 2016)
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