Joseph-Alfred Mousseau

The Hon. Joseph-Alfred Mousseau
6th Premier of Quebec
In office 29 July 1882 – 22 January 1884
Monarch	Victoria
Lieutenant Governor	Théodore Robitaille
Preceded by	Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau
Succeeded by	John Jones Ross
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Jacques-Cartier
In office 1882–1884
Preceded by	Narcisse Lecavalier
Succeeded by	Arthur Boyer
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Bagot
In office 1874–1882
Preceded by	Pierre-Samuel Gendron
Succeeded by	Flavien Dupont
Personal details
Born	(1837-07-17)July 17, 1837 Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier, Lower Canada
Died	March 30, 1886(1886-03-30) (aged 47) Montreal, Quebec
Political party	Conservative Party of Quebec
Other political affiliations	Conservative
Relations	Joseph Octave Mousseau, brother
Cabinet	Attorney General (1882–1884) President of the Privy Council (1880–1881) Secretary of State of Canada (1881–1882)
Religion	Roman Catholic

Joseph-Alfred Mousseau, PC (July 17, 1837 – March 30, 1886), was a French Canadian politician, who served in the federal Cabinet and also as Premier of Quebec.

He was born in Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier, Lower Canada, the son of Louis Mousseau, the son of Alexis Mousseau, and Sophie Duteau, dit Grandpré. Mousseau was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative Member of Parliament in the 1874 election for the riding of Bagot, and was re-elected three times. In 1880, he was elevated to the Cabinet of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald, serving first as president of the Queen's Privy Council of Canada, and then as Secretary of State for Canada.

Mousseau left federal politics to become the sixth Premier of the province of Quebec from July 31, 1882, until his resignation on January 22, 1884, after being appointed as a judge. He died in Montreal in 1886.

His brother Joseph Octave Mousseau was also a member of the Canadian House of Commons.

See also

• Politics of Quebec
• Timeline of Quebec history
• List of Quebec general elections

References

• "Joseph-Alfred Mousseau". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2005. 
• Joseph-Alfred Mousseau – Parliament of Canada biography
• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.