Joseph-Alfred Mousseau

Premier of Quebec from 1882 to 1884

The Honourable Joseph-Alfred Mousseau


6th Premier of Quebec
In office July 29, 1882 – January 22, 1884
Monarch	Victoria
Lieutenant Governor	Théodore Robitaille
Preceded by	Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau
Succeeded by	John Jones Ross
MLA for Jacques-Cartier
In office August 26, 1882 – January 22, 1884
Preceded by	Narcisse Lecavalier
Succeeded by	Arthur Boyer
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Bagot
In office January 22, 1874 – July 29, 1882
Preceded by	Pierre-Samuel Gendron
Succeeded by	Flavien Dupont

Personal details
Born	(1837-07-17)July 17, 1837 Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier, Lower Canada
Died	March 30, 1886(1886-03-30) (aged 47) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Conservative Party of Quebec
Other political affiliations	Conservative
Spouse	Hersélie Desrosiers (m. 1862)
Relations	Joseph Octave Mousseau (brother)
Cabinet	Attorney General (1882–1884) President of the Privy Council (1880–1881) Secretary of State of Canada (1881–1882)

Joseph-Alfred Mousseau PC (July 17, 1837 – March 30, 1886), was a Canadian lawyer and politician, who served in the federal Cabinet and also as the sixth premier of Quebec.

Biography

He was born in Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier, Lower Canada, the son of Louis Mousseau, the son of Alexis Mousseau, and Sophie Duteau, dit Grandpré. Mousseau was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Conservative Member of Parliament in the 1874 election for the riding of Bagot, and was re-elected three times. In 1880, he was elevated to the Cabinet of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald, serving first as president of the Queen's Privy Council of Canada, and then as Secretary of State for Canada.

Exchanging places with Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, Mousseau left federal politics to become the sixth Premier of the province of Quebec from July 31, 1882. He served until his resignation on January 22, 1884, after being appointed as a puisne judge of the Superior Court for the district of Rimouski. He died in Montreal in 1886.

His brother Joseph Octave Mousseau was also a member of the Canadian House of Commons.

Electoral record

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election: Bagot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph-Alfred Mousseau	1,163
	Unknown	J.B. Bourgeois	1,120

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election: Bagot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph-Alfred Mousseau	1,387
	Independent	Chagnon	1,226

By-election on appointment of Mr. Mousseau as President of the Council, 20 November 1880
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph-Alfred Mousseau	acclaimed

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election: Bagot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph-Alfred Mousseau	acclaimed

References

"Joseph-Alfred Mousseau". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
Joseph-Alfred Mousseau – Parliament of Canada biography
"Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.

v t e Premiers of Quebec
Chauveau Ouimet Boucher de Boucherville Joly de Lotbinière Chapleau Mousseau Ross Taillon Mercier Boucher de Boucherville Taillon Flynn Marchand Parent Gouin Taschereau Godbout Duplessis Godbout Duplessis Sauvé Barrette Lesage D. Johnson Sr. Bertrand Bourassa Lévesque P.-M. Johnson Bourassa D. Johnson Jr. Parizeau Bouchard Landry Charest Marois Couillard Legault
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v t e Presidents of the Privy Council
Blair Howe Kenny Tupper O'Connor McDonald Huntington Cauchon Blake O'Connor Masson Mousseau McLelan Macdonald Colby Abbott Ives Bowell Angers Laurier Borden Rowell Calder Normand King Meighen King Bennett King St-Laurent Chevrier Dorion Diefenbaker Lamontagne McIlraith Favreau Gordon Trudeau (acting) MacEachen (acting) D. Macdonald MacEachen Sharp MacEachen Baker Pinard Ouellet Nielsen Hnatyshyn Mazankowski Clark Blais Massé Dion Coderre Robillard Chong Van Loan Ambrose Verner Penashue Lebel Monsef Gould LeBlanc Blair Sajjan

Presidents of the Privy Council

v t e Secretaries of State for Canada
Langevin Aikins Christie Scott Aikins O'Connor Mousseau Chapleau Patterson Costigan Dickey Montague Ouimet (acting) Daly (acting) Tupper Scott Murphy Roche Coderre Blondin Patenaude Sévigny (acting) Meighen Burrell Sifton Drayton (acting) Monty Copp Foster Murphy (acting) Lapointe Perley Rinfret Cahan Rinfret Lapointe Casgrain McLarty Martin Gibson Bradley Pickersgill Pinard Fairclough Courtemanche Balcer Dorion Balcer Halpenny Pickersgill Lamontagne LaMarsh Connolly Marchand Pelletier Faulkner Roberts MacDonald Fox Regan Joyal McLean B. Bouchard Crombie L. Bouchard Weiner de Cotret Landry¹
¹The department was eliminated in 1993 when the government was reorganized. The position of Secretary of State for Canada was not legally eliminated until 1996 when its remaining responsibilities were assigned to other cabinet positions and departments, particularly the newly created position of Minister of Canadian Heritage.

Secretaries of State for Canada

¹The department was eliminated in 1993 when the government was reorganized. The position of Secretary of State for Canada was not legally eliminated until 1996 when its remaining responsibilities were assigned to other cabinet positions and departments, particularly the newly created position of Minister of Canadian Heritage.