Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel

Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel (November 4, 1852 – June 3, 1909) was a Canadian lawyer, journalist, author, newspaper owner, and politician. Born in Saint-Jerome, Canada East, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Conservative candidate in the Quebec riding of Terrebonne in the 1882 federal election. He resigned less than two months later to allow Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, the Secretary of State of Canada, to run for office.

Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Terrebonne
In office
June 20, 1882 – before August 16, 1882
Preceded byLouis-Rodrigue Masson
Succeeded byJoseph-Adolphe Chapleau
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Terrebonne
In office
1882–1900
Preceded byJoseph-Adolphe Chapleau
Succeeded byJean Prévost
Personal details
Born(1852-11-04)November 4, 1852
Saint-Jérôme, Canada East
DiedJune 3, 1909(1909-06-03) (aged 56)
Montreal, Quebec
Political partyConservative
Other political
affiliations
Conservative Party of Quebec
RelationsWilfrid Bruno Nantel, brother
Antonin Nantel, brother

In an August 1882 by-election, he was acclaimed to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in the riding of Terrebonne. He was re-elected in 1886 and 1890. He was acclaimed again in 1892 and re-elected in 1897. He was the commissioner of public works in the cabinets of Charles-Eugène Boucher de Boucherville and Louis-Olivier Taillon. He was also the commissioner of crown lands in the cabinet of Edmund James Flynn. He was defeated in the 1900 elections.

He died in Montreal in 1909. His brother, Wilfrid Bruno Nantel, was also a politician.

1882 Canadian federal election: Terrebonne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel 1,593 65.6 -21.3
Unknown A.E. Poirier 836 34.4
Total valid votes 2,429 100.0

References

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  • Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel – Parliament of Canada biography
  • "Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
  • "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.