Joseph Adélard Descarries, KC (November 7, 1853 – July 25, 1927) 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. In 1881, he married Célina-Elmire Le Pailleur. Descarries died in Lachine at the age of 73. He was the father of the composer . By-election: On Mr. Monk's resignation, 2 March 1914