Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau
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The Right Honourable Sir Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau KCMG |
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| 5th Premier of Quebec | |
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In office October 31, 1879 – July 29, 1882 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Lieutenant Governor | Théodore Robitaille |
| Preceded by | Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière |
| Succeeded by | Joseph-Alfred Mousseau |
| MLA for Terrebonne | |
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In office September 1, 1867 – July 29, 1882 |
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| Preceded by | Provincial district created in 1867 |
| Succeeded by | Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Terrebonne |
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In office July 29, 1882 – December 5, 1892 |
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| Preceded by | Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel |
| Succeeded by | Pierre-Julien Leclair |
| 7th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec | |
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In office December 5, 1892 – January 20, 1898 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Governor General |
The Lord Stanley of Preston The Earl of Aberdeen |
| Premier |
Charles Boucher de Boucherville Louis-Olivier Taillon Edmund James Flynn Félix-Gabriel Marchand |
| Preceded by | Auguste-Réal Angers |
| Succeeded by | Louis-Amable Jetté |
| Personal details | |
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November 9, 1840 Sainte-Thérèse, Lower Canada |
| Died | June 13, 1898 (aged 57) Montreal, Quebec |
| Political party | Conservative Party of Quebec |
| Other political affiliations |
Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Marie-Louise King (m. 1874) |
| Cabinet | Solicitor General (1873–1874) Minister Without Portfolio (1876–1878) Provincial Secretary (1876–1878) Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works (1879–1881) Commissioner of Railways (1880–1881) Secretary of State of Canada (1882–1892) Minister of Customs (1892) |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Sir Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau KCMG, PC (November 9, 1840 – June 13, 1898), born in Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, was a French-Canadian lawyer and politician.
As a lawyer, he defended Ambroise-Dydime Lépine against the charge of murdering Thomas Scott during the Red River Rebellion of 1869 – 1870.
He served as the fifth Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec, federal Cabinet minister, and the seventh Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.
After the 1878 Quebec election, he was the Leader of the Opposition. He became premier in 1879 after the fall of the minority government of Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière. He won the 1881 election, but resigned on July 29, 1882 to seek election to the federal House of Commons. He won a by-election held on August 16, 1882.
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