Government Simon-Napoleon Relative

The mandate of the government of Simon-Napoleon Relative , become Prime Minister for Quebec following the death of its predecessor Commercial Felix-Gabriel, extended from the October 3rd 1900 with the March 23rd 1905.

Composition in 1900

  • Thomas Duffy: provincial treasurer.

  • Adélard Turgeon : provincial secretary, Minister for Colonization and the Mines.

  • Horace Archambault: public prosecutor.

  • François-Gilbert Mivile-Dechêne: Minister for Agriculture.

Cabinet reshuffle in 1901:

  • Adélard Turgeon: provincial secretary (the ministry for Colonization is abolished).

Rehandling mistériel in 1902:

  • Amédée Robitaille: provincial secretary.

  • Adélard Turgeon: Minister for Agriculture.

Composition in 1903

  • Simon-Napoleon Relative: Prime Minister, Minister for the Grounds, Forests and Fisheries.

  • John Charles McCorkill: provincial treasurer.

  • Amédée Robitaille: provincial secretary.

  • Horace Archambault: public prosecutor.

  • Adélard Turgeon: Minister for Agriculture.

  • Lomer Gouin: public Colonization and Minister for Labor.

Chronology

  • November 14th 1900: Relative benefits from the recent liberal wave, with the last federal elections of the November 7th, to start general elections fixed at December 7th.

  • December 7th 1900: the Conservative party of Quebec is crushed with the elections with only 7 candidates of elected officials against 67 liberals.

  • February 14th - March 29th 1901: first session of the Tenth Legislature. The ministry for Colonization is removed, Parent wanting to put the emphase of its government on the industrialization of the inhabited areas. Another law grants to the Montreal Light Heat and Power the permission to equip Montreal in electricity.

  • February 13rd - March 26th 1902: second session of the Tenth Legislature. Relative continues to allot charters to various companies of electricity or pastes and paper. The conservatives in vain try to bring back colonization on the carpet but Parent known as to want miser on industrialization, " creative of employment ".

  • December 18th 1902: conference interprovinciale convened by Relative in Quebec. It is the second, after that of Mercier in 1887. The Prime Ministers for the provinces claim a readjustment of federal subsidy.

  • February 26th - April 25th 1903: third session of the Tenth Legislature. Whereas the Ontario, under the influence of Adam Beck, is nationalizing electricity (future Hydro-Ontario), Parent prefers to continue to grant charters private companies of electricity. The Beauharnois Light Heat and Power and the Shawinigan Water and Power are founded at that time.

  • June 25th 1903: Henri Bourassa and Armand Lavergne founds the nationalist League, movement aiming at fighting for the autonomy of Canada opposite Great Britain and for the autonomy of the provinces opposite Canada. The League recommends the development of colonization and critical the economic policy of the Parent government.

  • March 22nd - June 22nd 1904: fourth session of the Tenth Legislature. A commission of Colonization submits his report recommending the construction of railroads in order to stimulate it. The government does not hold account but made of it adopt a law protecting the colonists against the speculation from the grounds.

  • November 4th 1904: wanting to benefit from the economic situation, Parent starts general elections for on November 25th. Edmund James Flynn, the conservative leader, speaks about " suppression of the democracy " and shows the Prime Minister to transform his government into a branch of Ottawa.

  • November 25th 1904: the provincial Liberal party gains one of most important the victoies electoral of its history. 68 liberals are elected against 6 conservatives. 68% of population voted for the liberals against 25% for the conservatives.

  • February 3rd 1905: the crisis bursts in the Liberal party when three Ministers for the cabinet, Lomer Gouin, Adélard Turgeon and William Alexander Weir resign. They openly show the Prime Minister to grow rich with same the Treasury as well as corruption. They also show it not to take account of their opinion and to act as autocrat.

  • March 2nd 1905: opening of the first session of the Eleventh Legislature.

  • March 14th 1905: an investigating committee bleaches Parent of all the charges carried against him.

  • March 21st 1905: Simon-Napoleon Parent announces his resignation. The lieutenant-governor Louis-Amable Jetté asks Lomer Gouin to form the next government.

Characteristics

When Felix-Gabriel Marchand dies, it is Canadian the Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier who chooses Parent to succeed to him. He needs somebody of qualified who will not raise waves and Parent appears to be the ideal candidate. In addition to being a Prime Minister, it also cumulates the posts of mayor of Quebec, administrator of the newspaper the Sun and of the Quebec Light Heat and Power and of president of the Company of the Pont of Quebec.

Relative very quickly adopts a policy favorable to the capitalists. He grants charters and allowed the new companies of electricity and the paper companies and sells forest concessions, catches on the Grounds of the Crown, thus making it possible to present in Room of the budgetary surpluses. Moreover, it cause to drop by $1.50 to $0.65 the right of export on each wood cord to paste. Besides its adversaries, the Conservative party and the nationalist League of Henri Bourassa, show it to sell with reduction the Québécois inheritance the abroads. That does not prevent Parent from gaining two electoral victories crushing in 1900 and 1904.

Sources

  • Robert Rumilly. History of the province of Quebec .

  • Jacques Lacoursière. popular History of Quebec volume IV. Septentrion.1997

  • Paul-Andre Linteau, Rene Durocher and Jean-Claude Robert. History of contemporary Quebec , volume I. Boreal Express train. 1979.

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