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{{Short description|Premier of Quebec in 1887 and from 1892 to 1896}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
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| honorific_prefix = [[The Honourable]]
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Sir Louis-Olivier Taillon
| name = Sir Louis-Olivier Taillon
| honorific-suffix =
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| image = Louis-Olivier Taillon.jpg
| image = Louis-Olivier Taillon.jpg
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| order = 8th
| order = 8th
| office = Premier of Quebec
| office = Premier of Quebec
| predecessor = [[John Jones Ross]]
| predecessor = [[John Jones Ross]]
| successor = [[Honoré Mercier]]
| successor = [[Honoré Mercier]]
| monarch = [[Queen Victoria|Victoria]]
| monarch = [[Queen Victoria|Victoria]]
| lieutenant_governor = [[Louis-Rodrigue Masson]]
| lieutenant_governor = [[Louis-Rodrigue Masson]]
| term_start = 25 January 1887
| term_start = 25 January 1887
| term_end = 27 January 1887
| term_end = 27 January 1887
| predecessor1 = [[Charles Boucher de Boucherville]]
| predecessor1 = [[Charles Boucher de Boucherville]]
| successor1 = [[Edmund James Flynn]]
| successor1 = [[Edmund James Flynn]]
| term_start1 = 16 December 1892
| term_start1 = 16 December 1892
| term_end1 = 11 May 1896
| term_end1 = 11 May 1896
| monarch1 = [[Queen Victoria|Victoria]]
| monarch1 = [[Queen Victoria|Victoria]]
| lieutenant_governor2 = [[Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau]]
| lieutenant_governor2 = [[Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau]]
| office2 = Member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Quebec]] for [[Montréal-Est (provincial electoral district)|Montréal-Est]]
| office2 = Member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Quebec]] for [[Montréal-Est (provincial electoral district)|Montréal-Est]]
| predecessor2 = [[Ferdinand David (politician)|Ferdinand-Conon David]]
| predecessor2 = [[Ferdinand David (politician)|Ferdinand-Conon David]]
| successor2 = [[Laurent-Olivier David]]
| successor2 = [[Laurent-Olivier David]]
| term_start2 = July 7, 1875
| term_start2 = July 7, 1875
| term_end2 = October 14, 1886
| term_end2 = October 14, 1886
| office3 = Member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Quebec]] for [[Montcalm (provincial electoral district)|Montcalm]]
| office3 = Member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Quebec]] for [[Montcalm (provincial electoral district)|Montcalm]]
| predecessor3 = [[Jean-Baptiste-Tréfflé Richard]]
| predecessor3 = [[Jean-Baptiste-Tréfflé Richard]]
| successor3 = [[Joseph-Alcide Martin]]
| successor3 = [[Joseph-Alcide Martin]]
| term_start3 = October 14, 1886
| term_start3 = October 14, 1886
| term_end3 = June 17, 1890
| term_end3 = June 17, 1890
| office4 = Member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Quebec]] for [[Chambly (provincial electoral district)|Chambly]]
| office4 = Member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Quebec]] for [[Chambly (provincial electoral district)|Chambly]]
| predecessor4 = [[Antoine Rocheleau]]
| predecessor4 = [[Antoine Rocheleau]]
| successor4 = Antoine Rocheleau
| successor4 = Antoine Rocheleau
| term_start4 = Mar 8, 1892
| term_start4 = Mar 8, 1892
| term_end4 = May 11, 1897
| term_end4 = May 11, 1897
| birth_date = {{birth date|1840|09|26}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1840|09|26}}
| birth_place = Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne (Terrebonne), [[Lower Canada]]
| birth_place = Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne (Terrebonne), [[Lower Canada]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1923|04|25|1840|09|26}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1923|04|25|1840|09|26}}
| death_place = [[Montreal]], Quebec
| death_place = [[Montreal]], Quebec, Canada
| restingplace = [[Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery]]
| restingplace = [[Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Georgiana Archambault|1875}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Georgiana Archambault|1875}}
| party = [[Conservative Party of Quebec (historical)|Conservative]]
| party = [[Conservative Party of Quebec (historical)|Conservative]]
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| children = 1
| children = 1
| residence = Montreal, Quebec
| residence = Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| alma_mater = [[Collège Masson]]
| alma_mater = [[Collège Masson]]
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'''Sir Louis-Olivier Taillon''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (September 26, 1840 – April 25, 1923) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was the eighth [[premier of Quebec]], serving two separate terms.

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'''Sir Louis-Olivier Taillon''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (September 26, 1840 – April 25, 1923) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He twice served as the [[List of premiers of Quebec|eighth Premier of Quebec]].


==Political career==
==Political career==
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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Taillon was born in [[Terrebonne, Quebec|Terrebonne]], [[Lower Canada]] (now [[Quebec]]). He married Georgiana Archambault in 1875. Archambault and her child died during the childbirth in January 1876.
Taillon was born in [[Terrebonne, Quebec|Terrebonne]], [[Lower Canada]] (now [[Quebec]]). He was the son of Aimé Taillon, a farmer, and Josephte Daunais. Taillon married Georgiana Archambault in 1875. Archambault and their child died shortly after the child's birth in January 1876.<ref name="canbio">{{cite web |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio.php?id_nbr=7975 |title=Biography: Taillon, Louis-Olivier |publisher=Dictionary of Canadian Biography |accessdate=May 23, 2020}}</ref>


By the 1920s, Taillon had lost his sight and by 1922 had cut off his beard, his political trademark. Taillon lived in the Institution des Sourdes-Muettes on Rue Saint-Denis in Montreal. Taillon died in 1923.
By the 1920s, Taillon had lost his sight and by 1922 had cut off his beard, his political trademark. Taillon lived in the Institution des Sourdes-Muettes on Rue Saint-Denis in Montreal. Taillon died in 1923.<ref name="canbio"/>


==See also==
==See also==
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== References ==
== References ==
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* {{DictCanbio|ID=7975}}
* {{DictCanbio|ID=7975}}
*{{QuebecMNAbio|taillon-louis-olivier-5449}}
*{{Quebec MNA biography|taillon-louis-olivier-5449}}


==External links==
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Latest revision as of 00:25, 2 May 2024

The Honourable
Sir Louis-Olivier Taillon
8th Premier of Quebec
In office
25 January 1887 – 27 January 1887
MonarchVictoria
Lieutenant GovernorLouis-Rodrigue Masson
Preceded byJohn Jones Ross
Succeeded byHonoré Mercier
In office
16 December 1892 – 11 May 1896
MonarchVictoria
Preceded byCharles Boucher de Boucherville
Succeeded byEdmund James Flynn
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Montréal-Est
In office
July 7, 1875 – October 14, 1886
Lieutenant GovernorJoseph-Adolphe Chapleau
Preceded byFerdinand-Conon David
Succeeded byLaurent-Olivier David
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Montcalm
In office
October 14, 1886 – June 17, 1890
Preceded byJean-Baptiste-Tréfflé Richard
Succeeded byJoseph-Alcide Martin
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Chambly
In office
Mar 8, 1892 – May 11, 1897
Preceded byAntoine Rocheleau
Succeeded byAntoine Rocheleau
Personal details
Born(1840-09-26)September 26, 1840
Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne (Terrebonne), Lower Canada
DiedApril 25, 1923(1923-04-25) (aged 82)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Resting placeNotre Dame des Neiges Cemetery
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Georgiana Archambault
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​
(m. 1875)​
Children1
Residence(s)Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Alma materCollège Masson
ProfessionLawyer

Sir Louis-Olivier Taillon PC (September 26, 1840 – April 25, 1923) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was the eighth premier of Quebec, serving two separate terms.

Political career

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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. Taillon lost the 1890 election but continued as leader of the party.

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.

Personal life

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Taillon was born in Terrebonne, Lower Canada (now Quebec). He was the son of Aimé Taillon, a farmer, and Josephte Daunais. Taillon married Georgiana Archambault in 1875. Archambault and their child died shortly after the child's birth in January 1876.[1]

By the 1920s, Taillon had lost his sight and by 1922 had cut off his beard, his political trademark. Taillon lived in the Institution des Sourdes-Muettes on Rue Saint-Denis in Montreal. Taillon died in 1923.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Biography: Taillon, Louis-Olivier". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
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Preceded by Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec
1882–1884 		Succeeded by
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