(b Montreal, 28 Dec 1873; d Montreal, 11 June 1936). Canadian architect. His serious architectural studies began in 1893 when he was sent to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He remained in France for ten years, earning a French government diploma and various awards of merit for architecture. In 1900 the French Ministry of Works commissioned him to design and manage the Canadian Pavilion at the Exposition Universelle in Paris. Upon his return to Montreal (1903), Marchand joined in partnership with architect Stevens Haskell (d 1913), and he is known to have practised for a period in Winnipeg, Manitoba (c. 1905–8). He is remembered principally for his work on the reconstruction of Ottawa’s Parliament building, which was devastated by fire in 1916. The restoration work carried out by Marchand and architect John Pearson (1867–1940) between 1919 and 1927, incorporated a new, Gothic Revival Peace Tower with clock face and carillon bells. It rose beside the older building replete with pointed roof, stone-dressed quoins, and window openings and gargoyles. In 1927 Marchand served for one year as consultant architect to the City of Montreal and was a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. He was also responsible for the design of a number of important ecclesiastical buildings (e.g. St Boniface Basilica (1908), Winnipeg; partly destr. by fire, 1968), hospitals and schools in Manitoba and Quebec. Following World War I he built the Juvenile Court and the Water Works pumping station, both in Montreal. He remained active throughout his life, and just prior to his death he had been invited by the French Ministry of Industry and Commerce to assist in the plans for the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne in Paris (1937).

• Marchand, J(ean) Omer
  • Montreal, §1: History and urban development
  • Ottawa, §2: Parliament Buildings