Alphonse Desjardins (politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alphonse Desjardins (politician)

former mayor of Montreal, Quebec

Date of Birth: 06-May-1841

Place of Birth: Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada

Date of Death: 04-Jun-1912

Profession: lawyer, businessperson, politician, journalist

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac 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.