20th Quebec Legislature

The 20th Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the provincial legislature in Quebec, Canada that existed from August 17, 1936, to October 25, 1939. The Union Nationale led by Maurice Duplessis was the governing party for the first time ever.

Seats per political party

After the 1936 elections

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Affiliation		Members
Union Nationale	76
	Parti libéral du Québec	14
Total		90
Government Majority		62

Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1936 election:

	Name	Party
Émile Lesage	Union Nationale	Abitibi
Georges-Étienne Dansereau	Libéral	Argenteuil
Joseph-David Gagné	Union Nationale	Arthabaska
Cyrille Dumaine	Libéral	Bagot
Raoul Poulin	Union Nationale	Beauce
Delpha Sauvé	Union Nationale	Beauharnois
Émile Boiteau	Union Nationale	Bellechasse
Cléophas Bastien	Libéral	Berthier
Henri Jolicoeur	Union Nationale	Bonaventure
Jonathan Robinson	Union Nationale	Brome
Hortensius Béïque	Union Nationale	Chambly
Ulphée-Wilbrod Rousseau	Union Nationale	Champlain
Arthur Leclerc	Union Nationale	Charlevoix et Saguenay
Auguste Boyer	Union Nationale	Châteauguay
Arthur Larouche	Union Nationale	Chicoutimi
Payson Sherman	Union Nationale	Compton
Paul Sauvé	Union Nationale	Deux-Montagnes
Joseph-Damase Bégin	Union Nationale	Dorchester
Joseph Marier	Union Nationale	Drummond
Patrice Tardif	Union Nationale	Frontenac
Joseph-Alphonse Pelletier	Union Nationale	Gaspé-Nord
Camille-Eugène Pouliot	Union Nationale	Gaspé-Sud
Georges-Adélard Auger	Union Nationale	Gatineau
Alexandre Taché	Union Nationale	Hull
Martin Fisher	Union Nationale	Huntingdon
Lucien Lamoureux	Libéral	Iberville
Hormisdas Langlais	Union Nationale	Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Anatole Carignan	Union Nationale	Jacques-Cartier
Antonio Barrette	Union Nationale	Joliette
René Chaloult	Union Nationale	Kamouraska
Albiny Paquette	Union Nationale	Labelle
Joseph-Léonard Duguay	Union Nationale	Lac-Saint-Jean
Adhémar Raynault	Union Nationale	L'Assomption
François Leduc	Union Nationale	Laval
Charles Romulus Ducharme	Union Nationale	Laviolette
Joseph-Théophile Larochelle	Union Nationale	Lévis
Joseph Bilodeau	Union Nationale	L'Islet
Maurice Pelletier	Union Nationale	Lotbinière
William Tremblay	Union Nationale	Maisonneuve
Joseph-Napoléon Caron	Union Nationale	Maskinongé
Onésime Gagnon	Union Nationale	Matane
Ferdinand Paradis	Union Nationale	Matapédia
Tancrède Labbé	Union Nationale	Mégantic
François A. Pouliot	Union Nationale	Missisquoi
Maurice Tellier	Union Nationale	Montcalm
Joseph-Ernest Grégoire	Union Nationale	Montmagny
Joseph-Félix Roy	Union Nationale	Montmorency
Grégoire Bélanger	Union Nationale	Montréal-Dorion
Charles-Auguste Bertrand	Libéral	Montréal-Laurier
Gérard Thibeault	Union Nationale	Montréal-Mercier
Francis Lawrence Connors	Libéral	Montréal–Sainte-Anne
Candide Rochefort	Union Nationale	Montréal–Sainte-Marie
Gilbert Layton	Union Nationale	Montréal–Saint-Georges
René Labelle	Union Nationale	Montréal–Saint-Henri
Henry Lemaître Auger	Union Nationale	Montréal–Saint-Jacques
Thomas Joseph Coonan	Union Nationale	Montréal–Saint-Laurent
Peter Bercovitch	Libéral	Montréal–Saint-Louis
Pierre-Auguste Lafleur	Union Nationale	Montréal-Verdun
Philippe Monette	Union Nationale	Napierville-Laprairie
Émery Fleury	Union Nationale	Nicolet
Roméo Lorrain	Union Nationale	Papineau
Edward Charles Lawn	Libéral	Pontiac
Bona Dussault	Union Nationale	Portneuf
Adolphe Marcoux	Union Nationale	Québec-Comté
Philippe Hamel	Union Nationale	Québec-Centre
Oscar Drouin	Union Nationale	Québec-Est
Charles Delagrave	Libéral	Québec-Ouest
Avila Turcotte	Libéral	Richelieu
Albert Goudreau	Union Nationale	Richmond
Alfred Dubé	Union Nationale	Rimouski
Léon Casgrain	Libéral	Rivière-du-Loup
Antoine Castonguay	Union Nationale	Roberval
Laurent Barré	Union Nationale	Rouville
Télesphore-Damien Bouchard	Libéral	Saint-Hyacinthe
Alexis Bouthillier	Libéral	Saint-Jean
Marc Trudel	Union Nationale	Saint-Maurice
Pierre Bertrand	Union Nationale	Saint-Sauveur
Hector Choquette	Union Nationale	Shefford
John Samuel Bourque	Union Nationale	Sherbrooke
Édouard Leduc	Union Nationale	Soulanges
Rouville Beaudry	Union Nationale	Stanstead
Nil-Élie Larivière	Union Nationale	Témiscamingue
Louis-Felix Dubé	Union Nationale	Témiscouata
Hermann Barrette	Union Nationale	Terrebonne
Maurice Duplessis	Union Nationale	Trois-Rivières
Dionel Bellemare	Union Nationale	Vaudreuil
Félix Messier	Libéral	Verchères
William Ross Bulloch	Union Nationale	Westmount
Henri Vachon	Union Nationale	Wolfe
Antonio Élie	Union Nationale	Yamaska

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected during the term in by-elections

Joseph-Emile Perron, Union Nationale, Beauce, March 17, 1937 ^[1]
Philippe Adam, Union Nationale, Bagot, February 16, 1938 ^[2]
Antonio Talbot, Union Nationale, Chicoutimi, May 25, 1938 ^[3]
Louis Fitch, Union Nationale, Montréal-Saint-Louis, November 2, 1938 ^[4]
Henri Gérin, Union Nationale, Stanstead, November 2, 1938 ^[5]

Cabinet Ministers

Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Maurice Duplessis
Agriculture: Bona Dussault
Mines, Hunting and Fishing: Onésime Gagnon (1936)
- Mines and Fishing: Onésime Gagnon (1936–1939)
Colonization: Henri Lemaître Auger
Labour: William Tremblay
Public Works: John Samuel Bourque
Lands and Forests: Oscar Drouin (1936–1937), Maurice Duplessis (1937–1938), John Samuel Bourque (1938–1939)
Health: Albiny Paquette (1936–1939)
Roads: François-Joseph Leduc (1936–1938), Maurice Duplessis (1938), Anatole Carignan (1938–1939)
Municipal Affairs, Industry and Commerce: Joseph Bilodeau
Attorney General: Maurice Duplessis
Provincial Secretary: Albiny Paquette
Treasurer: Martin Beattie Fisher
Members without portfolios: Antonio Élie, Thomas Chapais (1936–1939), Gilbert Layton, Thomas Joseph Coonan

New electoral districts

The electoral map was reformed in 1939 just prior to the elections later that year.^[6]

Châteauguay and Laprairie were merged to form Châteauguay-Laprairie while Napierville which was merged with Laprairie was merged with Saint-Jean to form Saint-Jean-Napierville.
Kamouraska and Rivière-du-Loup were merged to form Kamouraska-Rivière-du-Loup
Westmount was split into two new ridings: Montréal-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and Montréal-Outremont.
Montréal-Jeanne-Mance was formed from parts of Maisonneuve, Montréal-Mercier and Montréal-Dorion.
Montréal-Saint-Georges was renamed Westmount-Saint-Georges.
Richelieu and Verchères was merged to form Richelieu-Vercheres
Vaudreuil and Soulanges were merged to form Vaudreuil-Soulanges.

References

Notes

[1] ttp://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-beauce-sud.html#1937p

[2] ttp://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-johnson.html#1938p

[3] ttp://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-chicoutimi.html#1938p

[4] ttp://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-saint-louis.html#1938p

[5] ttp://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-orford.html#1938p

[6] ttp://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/electcomte-1939.html

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