predecessor parliament successor birth_place constituency_mp death_date death_place party office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
frederick debartzch monk arthur boyer canadian david arthur lafortune joseph-adolphe chauret saint-timothée , canada east jacques cartier 25 july 1927 lachine , quebec conservative member of the legislative assembly of quebec for jacques-cartier 07 november 1853 1915 1892 joseph adélard descarries.png joseph adélard descarries
 1921 1897 joseph adélard descarries
joseph adélard descarries

joseph adélard descarries -lrb- november 7 , 1853 -- july 25 , 1927 -rrb- was a french canadian lawyer and politician .
born in saint-timothée , canada east , and educated at mcgill university and université laval .
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 .
