Alphonse Desjardins
Canadian politician
Died when: 71 years 29 days (852 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Alphonse Desjardins, PC (6 May 1841 – 4 June 1912) was born in Terrebonne, Quebec 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.
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