and returned to Ottawa as MP for Bellechasse. In the 1878 federal election, he ran in his old riding of Lévis. The election returned the Conservatives to power, and Macdonald nominated Blanchet to be Speaker of the House of Commons. Due to the tradition of alternating between English and French Speakers after each election, he returned to the backbenches following the 1882 election despite a successful term as Speaker. In 1883, he resigned from Parliament in order to accept a position as Collector of Customs for the Port of Quebec and served in that position until his death at Lévis in 1890 at the age of 70. He was buried in the crypt of Notre-Dame Church of Lévis. Electoral record References 1829 births 1890 deaths 19th-century Canadian physicians People of the Fenian raids Conservative Party of Quebec MNAs Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Blanchet, Joseph-Godric Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada East Speakers of the House of Commons of Canada Presidents of the National Assembly of Quebec