well as taking the position of Attorney-General, but refused to participate in the Great Coalition government formed in 1864 by Brown, John A. Macdonald and George-Étienne Cartier. Following the Quebec Conference of 1864 he denounced the proposed Canadian Confederation and led the opposition in Lower Canada to the project. He was also the leader of the Parti Rouge and thought the provinces would lose their power if Confederation was put into action. He disapproved that the colonies of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island were uniting under a central government. Dorion expressed his rejection of confederation through a manifesto in 1864, multiple articles from 1865 to 1867, and his attendance of opposition meetings in Lower Canada. House of Commons Nevertheless, when Confederation became a reality, Dorion won a seat in the new House of Commons of Canada as Liberal Member of Parliament for Hochelaga. He was re-elected three times in succession for Napierville and served as Minister of Justice in the Liberal government of Alexander Mackenzie from 7 November 1873 and during the six months that he was in office passed the Electoral Law of 1874 and the Controverted Elections Act. Dorion was appointed by John A. Macdonald to the parliamentary committee to investigate allegations related to the Pacific Scandal in 1873. On 1 June 1874 he was named chief justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Quebec. After his death in 1891, he was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal. Honours In 1878, Dorion was created a Knight Bachelor. The Township Municipality of Dorion in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada, was named in his honour (but renamed to Cayamant). Family In 1848 Dorion married Iphigénie, the daughter of Dr. Jean Baptiste Trestler and Eulalie Delisle of Montreal. See also List of presidents of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal References Attribution: Sources 1818 births 1891 deaths Canadian Knights Bachelor Lawyers in Quebec Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada East Premiers of the Province of Canada Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada Presidents of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal Persons of National Historic Significance (Canada) Attorneys-General of the Province of Canada Burials at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery