24th Quebec Legislature

The 24th Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the Quebec, Canada provincial legislature that existed from July 16, 1952, to June 20, 1956. It was the Union Nationale's third consecutive term as the governing party and the fourth under the leadership of Maurice Duplessis.

Seats per political party

Affiliation Members
Union Nationale 68
Liberal 23
Independent 1
 Total
92
 Government Majority
45

Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1952 election:

Name Party Riding
  Jacques Miquelon Union Nationale Abitibi-Est
  Émile Lesage Union Nationale Abitibi-Ouest
  William McOuat Cottingham Union Nationale Argenteuil
  Wilfrid Labbé Union Nationale Arthabaska
  Daniel Johnson Union Nationale Bagot
  Georges-Octave Poulin Union Nationale Beauce
  Edgar Hébert Union Nationale Beauharnois
  Alphée Poirier Union Nationale Bellechasse
  Azellus Lavallée Union Nationale Berthier
  Henri Jolicoeur Union Nationale Bonaventure
  Charles James Warwick Fox Union Nationale Brome
  John Redmond Roche Union Nationale Chambly
  Maurice Bellemare Union Nationale Champlain
  Arthur Leclerc Union Nationale Charlevoix
  Arthur Laberge Union Nationale Châteauguay
  Antonio Talbot Union Nationale Chicoutimi
  Charles Daniel French Union Nationale Compton
  Paul Sauvé Union Nationale Deux-Montagnes
  Joseph-Damase Bégin Union Nationale Dorchester
  Bernard Pinard Libéral Drummond
  Gérard Noel Libéral Frontenac
  Alphonse Couturier Union Nationale Gaspé-Nord
  Camille-Eugène Pouliot Union Nationale Gaspé-Sud
  Gérard Desjardins Union Nationale Gatineau
  Alexandre Taché Union Nationale Hull
  Henry Somerville Union Nationale Huntingdon
  Yvon Thuot Union Nationale Iberville
  Hormisdas Langlais Union Nationale Îles-de-la-Madeleine
  Charles-Aimé Kirkland Libéral Jacques-Cartier
  Antonio Barrette Union Nationale Joliette
  Alfred Plourde Union Nationale Kamouraska
  Albiny Paquette Union Nationale Labelle
  Antonio Auger Union Nationale Lac-Saint-Jean
  Victor-Stanislas Chartrand Union Nationale L'Assomption
  Omer Barrière Union Nationale Laval
  Charles Romulus Ducharme Union Nationale Laviolette
  Raynold Bélanger Libéral Lévis
  Fernand Lizotte Union Nationale L'Islet
  René Bernatchez Union Nationale Lotbinière
  Alcide Montpetit Libéral Maisonneuve
  Germain Caron Union Nationale Maskinongé
  Onésime Gagnon Union Nationale Matane
  Philippe Cossette Union Nationale Matapédia
  Tancrède Labbé Union Nationale Mégantic
  Jean-Jacques Bertrand Union Nationale Missisquoi
  Maurice Tellier Union Nationale Montcalm
  Antoine Rivard Union Nationale Montmagny
  Yves Prévost Union Nationale Montmorency
  Jean-Paul Noël Libéral Montréal–Jeanne-Mance
  Paul Provençal Union Nationale Montréal-Laurier
  Gérard Thibeault Union Nationale Montréal-Mercier
  Paul Earl Libéral Montréal–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
  Henri Groulx Libéral Montréal-Outremont
  Francis Hanley Independent Montréal–Sainte-Anne
  Yvon Dupuis Libéral Montréal–Sainte-Marie
  Philippe Lalonde Libéral Montréal–Saint-Henri
  Omer Côté Union Nationale Montréal–Saint-Jacques
  Dave Rochon Libéral Montréal–Saint-Louis
  Lionel-Alfred Ross Libéral Montréal-Verdun
  Hercule Riendeau Union Nationale Napierville-Laprairie
  Camille Roy Union Nationale Nicolet
  Roméo Lorrain Union Nationale Papineau
  Raymond Thomas Johnston Union Nationale Pontiac
  Bona Dussault Union Nationale Portneuf
  Maurice Cloutier Union Nationale Québec-Centre
  Jean-Jacques Bédard Libéral Québec-Comté
  Joseph-Antonin Marquis Libéral Québec-Est
  Jules Savard Libéral Québec-Ouest
  Gérard Cournoyer Libéral Richelieu
  Émilien Lafrance Liberal Richmond
  Alfred Dubé Union Nationale Rimouski
  Roméo Gagné Union Nationale Rivière-du-Loup
  Antoine Marcotte Union Nationale Roberval
  Laurent Barré Union Nationale Rouville
  Guy Dallaire Union Nationale Rouyn-Noranda
  Pierre Ouellet Union Nationale Saguenay
  Ernest-Joseph Chartier Union Nationale Saint-Hyacinthe
  Jean-Paul Beaulieu Union Nationale Saint-Jean
  René Hamel Libéral Saint-Maurice
  Francis Boudreau Union Nationale Saint-Sauveur
  Gaston Ledoux Libéral Shefford
  John Samuel Bourque Union Nationale Sherbrooke
  Léon-Denis Gérin Union Nationale Stanstead
  Paul-Oliva Goulet Libéral Témiscamingue
  Antoine Raymond Union Nationale Témiscouata
  Joseph-Léonard Blanchard Union Nationale Terrebonne
  Maurice Duplessis Union Nationale Trois-Rivières
  Joseph-Édouard Jeannotte Union Nationale Vaudreuil-Soulanges
  Arthur Dupré Libéral Verchères
  George Carlyle Marler Libéral Westmount–Saint-Georges
  Gérard Lemieux Libéral Wolfe
  Antonio Élie Union Nationale Yamaska

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected during by-elections in this mandate

Cabinet Ministers

  • Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Maurice Duplessis
  • Agriculture: Laurent Barrée
  • Colonization: Joseph-Damase Begin
  • Labour: Antonio Barrette
  • Public Works: Roméo Lorrain
  • Social Welfare and Youth: Paul Sauvé
  • Health: Albiny Paquette
  • Lands and Forests: John Samuel Bourque
  • Hunting and Coastal Fisheries: Camille-Eugène Pouliot
  • Mines: Charles Daniel French (1952-1954), William McOuat Cottingham (1954-1956)
  • Hydraulic resources: John Samuel Bourque
  • Roads: Antonio Talbot
  • Transportation and Communications: Antoine Rivard (1954-1956)
  • Municipal Affairs: Bona Dussault (1952-1953), Yves Prevost (1953-1956)
  • Industry and Commerce: Jean-Paul Beaulieu
  • Attorney General: Maurice Duplessis
  • Provincial Secretary: Omer Côté (1952-1956), Romeo Lorrain (1956)
  • Solicitor General: Antoine Rivard
  • Finances: Onésime Gagnon
  • State Ministers: Arthur Leclerc, Jacques Miquelon, Wilfrid Labbé

New electoral ridings

The electoral map was slightly modified in 1954 with the creation of Jonquière-Kenogami from parts of Chicoutimi. The change was effective in the 1956 elections.

References

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