Joseph Adélard Descarries

Joseph Adélard Descarries
Joseph Adélard Descarries
Member of the Canadian Parliament; for Jacques Cartier
	In office; 1915–1921
Preceded by	Frederick Debartzch Monk
Succeeded by	David Arthur Lafortune
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Jacques-Cartier
	In office; 1892–1897
Preceded by	Arthur Boyer
Succeeded by	Joseph-Adolphe Chauret
Personal details
Born	November 7, 1853; Saint-Timothée, Canada East
Died	July 25, 1927 (aged 73); Lachine, Quebec
Political party	Conservative

Joseph Adélard Descarries, KC (November 7, 1853 – July 25, 1927) was a French Canadian lawyer and politician.

Born in Saint-Timothée, Canada East, and educated at McGill University and Université Laval in Montreal. He studied law with Alexandre Lacoste, was called to the Quebec Bar in 1879 and was created a Queen's Counsel in 1903.

From 1897 to 1906, he was mayor of Lachine, Quebec. In 1882, 1883, and 1884, he ran unsuccessfully for the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. He was elected as a Conservative candidate in 1892 in the riding of Jacques-Cartier. He resigned in 1895 and was defeated in 1895 by-election in the federal riding of Jacques Cartier. He was elected in a 1915 by-election as the Conservative candidate and did not run for reelection in 1917. He ran unsuccessfully as an Independent candidate in the 1921 federal election.

In 1881, he married Célina-Elmire Le Pailleur. Descarries died in Lachine at the age of 73.

He was the father of the composer Auguste Descarries.

By-election: On Mr. Monk's resignation, 2 March 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 1 February 1915
	Conservative	Joseph Adélard Descarries	acclaimed

References

"Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
Joseph Adélard Descarries – Parliament of Canada biography