BUSSIERES, Joseph Georges (1869-1916) was the son of Joseph Bussieres, a building contractor who frequently acted as a contractor and erected buildings for David Ouellet, the prominent architect in Quebec City. J.G. Bussieres was born on 27 May 1869 at Pont-Rouge, Que. and likely received his training under Ouellet before forming a partnership with him in 1889-90 (see list of works under Ouellet & Bussieres). He opened his own office in 1892 and specialized in ecclesiastical work executed in a highly eclectic style inspired by Gothic and Romanesque precedent. More than a dozen of his major commissions can be found in the Portneuf County region of Quebec. He was one of the founding members of the Province of Quebec Association of Architects in 1890. Bussieres died unexpectedly on 5 April 1916 at the age of 46 years, and was buried at Belmont Cemetery in Quebec City (death notice in l'Evenement [Quebec City], 6 April 1916, 8; Paul Trepanier, 'J. Georges Bussieres et les Eglises Portneuvoises', in Continuite, No. 50, Summer 1991, 38-42, illus.; inf. Rev. Edouard Bussieres, Montreal)
QUEBEC CITY
ST. JEAN STREET, house for F. Boulanger, 1897 (ACQ, A. Gauvreau, notaire, 4 Oct. 1897, no. 4023)
DU PONT STREET, skating arena, with theatre, public gallery, bicycle track, and roller skating floor, 1896 (Le Semaine Commerciale, 13 March 1896)
ST. JEAN STREET, at Taschereau Street, tenement for Dr. F. Boulanger, 1897 (Le Semaine Commerciale, 8 Oct. 1897)
MAPLE AVENUE, residence for Arthur Drolet 'adjoining the residence for Mr. Thompson', 1899 (C.R., ix, 4 Jan. 1899, 2)
LEE STREET, tenement for Augustin Cantin, 1913 (Quebec City Archives, b.p. 176, 5 Sept. 1913)
ELSEWHERE
ANCIENNE-LORETTE, QUE., presbytery for the Roman Catholic Church, 1893 (ACQ, H.T. Pageot, notaire, 15 May 1893, no. 43)
GRONDINES, QUE., restoration of St. Charles Roman Catholic Church, with addition of towers and steeples, 1895 (dwgs. at ANQ, J.A.T. Dionne Coll.)
PASPEBIAC, QUE., major addition to the rectory for the Roman Catholic Church, 1896 (Le Semaine Commerciale, 13 March 1896)
NEW CARLISLE, QUE., a rectory for the Roman Catholic Church, and restoration of a residence for Dr. A.A. Laferriere, 1896 (Le Semaine Commerciale, 13 March 1896)
l'ISLET, QUE., store and residence for Arthur Dussault, 1896 (Le Semaine Commerciale, 13 March 1896)
BEAUPORT, QUE., store and residence for Phileas Parent, 1897 (C.R., viii, 14 Oct. 1897, 2)
LAC-AUX-SABLES, QUE., St. Remi Roman Catholic Church, 1898 (G. Fiset & P. Trepanier, 'Portneuf a la carte', in Continuite, [Quebec City], No. 50, Summer 1991, 44)
ST. LEONARD, QUE., Roman Catholic Church, 1898 (G. Fiset & P. Trepanier, 'Portneuf a la carte', in Continuite [Quebec City], No. 50, Summer 1991, 46)
ST. CASIMIR, QUE., Roman Catholic Church, 1898 (G. Fiset & P. Trepanier, 'Portneuf a la carte', in Continuite [Quebec City], No. 50, Summer 1991, 46)
ST. LOUIS-DE-PINTENDRE, QUE., Roman Catholic Church, 1900 (Le Semaine Commerciale, 25 May 1900)
ST. RAYMOND, QUE., interior decoration of the Roman Catholic Church originally designed by G.E. Tanguay, 1901 (Le Semaine Commerciale, 22 Feb. 1901)
RIMOUSKI, QUE., department store for Price Brothers, 1901 (Le Semaine Commerciale, 24 May 1901)
ST. MARC DES-CARRIERES, QUE., Roman Catholic Church, 1901; towr and spire removed after a fire in 1987 (Le Semaine Commerciale, 7 June 1901)
ST. THURIBE, QUE., interior decoration of the Roman Catholic Church, 1901 (Le Semaine Commerciale, 30 Aug. 1901)
ST. BASILE, QUE., interior decoration of the Roman Catholic Church originally designed by David Ouellet, 1901 (G. Fiset & P. Trepanier, 'Portneuf a la carte', in Continuite [Quebec City], No. 50, Summer 1991, 46)
ANCIENNE-LORETTE, QUE., Roman Catholic school, 1903 (ACQ, H.T. Pageot, notaire, 25 May 1903, no. 633)
RIVIERE-A-PIERRE, QUE., Roman Catholic Church, 1908 (ACQ, J.A. Charlebois, 12 Nov. 1908, no. 7639)