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The Honourable Sir Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, PC ( 9 November , 1840 – 13 June , 1898 ), born in Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec , was a French-Canadian Lawyer and Politician . As a lawyer, he defended Ambroise-Dydime Lépine against the charge of murdering Thomas Scott during the Red River Rebellion of 1869 – 1870 . He served as Conservative Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec , Federal Cabinet minister, and Lieutenant Governor Of Quebec . After the 1878 Quebec Election , he was the Leader Of The Opposition . He became premier in 1879 after the fall of the Minority Government of Henri-Gustave Joly De Lotbinière . He won the 1881 Election , but resigned on July 29 , 1882 to seek election to the federal House Of Commons . He won a By-election held on August 16 , 1881. He served as cabinet minister under prime ministers John A. Macdonald and John Abbott , but declined to serve under John Thompson . He resigned in 1892 , and was appointed Lieutenant Governor Of Quebec from December 1892 until January 1898 . He died in June of that same year in Montreal . ELECTIONS AS PARTY LEADER He won the 1881 Election . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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