Louis-Olivier Taillon
| Sir Louis-Olivier Taillon | |
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| 8th Premier of Quebec | |
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In office 25 January 1887 – 27 January 1887 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Lieutenant Governor | Louis-Rodrigue Masson |
| Preceded by | John Jones Ross |
| Succeeded by | Honoré Mercier |
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In office 16 December 1892 – 11 May 1896 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Preceded by | Charles Boucher de Boucherville |
| Succeeded by | Edmund James Flynn |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Montréal-Est | |
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In office July 7, 1875 – October 14, 1886 | |
| Lieutenant Governor | Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau |
| Preceded by | Ferdinand-Conon David |
| Succeeded by | Laurent-Olivier David |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Montcalm | |
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In office October 14, 1886 – June 17, 1890 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-Baptiste-Tréfflé Richard |
| Succeeded by | Joseph-Alcide Martin |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Chambly | |
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In office Mar 8, 1892 – May 11, 1897 | |
| Preceded by | Antoine Rocheleau |
| Succeeded by | Antoine Rocheleau |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 26, 1840 Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne (Terrebonne), Lower Canada |
| Died |
April 25, 1923 (aged 82) Montreal, Quebec |
| Resting place | Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Georgiana Archambault (m. 1875) |
| Children | 1 |
| Residence | Montreal, Quebec |
| Alma mater | Collège Masson |
| Occupation | lawyer |
| Profession | politician |
Sir Louis-Olivier Taillon, PC (September 26, 1840 – April 25, 1923) was born in Terrebonne, Lower Canada (now Quebec). He twice served as the eighth Premier of Quebec.
Taillon's first term of office was just four days, from January 25 to January 29, 1887. This term came at the end of the Conservative government of his predecessor John Jones Ross. Ross had lost the 1886 Quebec election, but had tried to cling to power in a minority government for a few more months.
Taillon was Leader of the Opposition from 1887 until 1890, when he lost the 1890 election and his own seat.
He briefly returned to the practice of law, but following the removal of Liberal Honoré Mercier from office by the Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec, Taillon became minister without portfolio in the government of Charles-Eugène Boucher de Boucherville. Taillon became premier when Boucher de Boucherville resigned.
He resigned in 1896 and moved into federal politics to serve as Postmaster-General in the very short-lived federal Conservative government of Charles Tupper, from May to July 1896. He failed to gain a federal seat in the 1896 federal election, and likewise failed to secure a seat in the 1900 federal election, ending his political career. In 1916, he was made a Knight Bachelor. He died in Montreal in 1923.
Elections as party leader
He lost the 1890 election.
See also
References
- "Louis-Olivier Taillon". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
External links
| Preceded by Arthur Turcotte |
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec 1882-03-08 – 1884-01-23 |
Succeeded by Jonathan Saxton Campbell Würtele |
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1The office of Postmaster General was abolished when the Post Office Department became a Crown Corporation known as the Canada Post Corporation on October 16, 1981. |
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