25th Quebec Legislature

The 25th Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the Quebec, Canada provincial political legislature that existed from June 20, 1956, and June 22, 1960. The Union Nationale was the governing party for the fourth consecutive mandate. It was also Maurice Duplessis last term as Premier of Quebec. He died in office in 1959 and was succeeded in less than a year by Paul Sauvé and former cabinet Minister Antonio Barrette after Sauvé died less than 4 months after being sworn as Premier.

Seats per political party

After the 1956 elections

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Affiliation		Members
Union Nationale	72
	Parti libéral du Québec	20
}	Independent	1
Total		93
Government Majority		52

Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1956 election:

	Name	Party
Jacques Miquelon	Union Nationale	Abitibi-Est
Alcide Courcy	Libéral	Abitibi-Ouest
William McOvat 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
Gérard D. Levesque	Libéral	Bonaventure
Jean Meunier	Libéral	Bourget
Glendon Brown	Libéral	Brome
Robert Théberge	Libéral	Chambly
Maurice Bellemare	Union Nationale	Champlain
Arthur Leclerc	Union Nationale	Charlevoix
Arthur Laberge	Union Nationale	Châteauguay
Antonio Talbot	Union Nationale	Chicoutimi
Fabien Gagnon	Libéral	Compton
Paul Sauvé	Union Nationale	Deux-Montagnes
Joseph-Damase Bégin	Union Nationale	Dorchester
Robert Bernard	Union Nationale	Drummond
Henri-Laurier Coiteux	Libéral	Duplessis
Éloi Guillemette	Union Nationale	Frontenac
Alphonse Couturier	Union Nationale	Gaspé-Nord
Camille-Eugène Pouliot	Union Nationale	Gaspé-Sud
Gérard Desjardins	Union Nationale	Gatineau
Oswald Parent	Libéral	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
Léonce Ouellet	Union Nationale	Jonquière-Kénogami
Alfred Plourde	Union Nationale	Kamouraska
Albiny Paquette	Union Nationale	Labelle
Antonio Auger	Union Nationale	Lac-Saint-Jean
Victor-Stanislas Chartrand	Union Nationale	L'Assomption
Léopold Pouliot	Union Nationale	Laval
Charles Romulus Ducharme	Union Nationale	Laviolette
Albert Samson	Union Nationale	Lévis
Fernand Lizotte	Union Nationale	L'Islet
René Bernatchez	Union Nationale	Lotbinière
Lucien Tremblay	Union Nationale	Maisonneuve
Germain Caron	Union Nationale	Maskinongé
Onésime Gagnon	Union Nationale	Matane
J-Clovis Gagnon	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
Maurice-Tréflé Custeau	Union Nationale	Montréal–Jeanne-Mance
Arsène Gagné	Union Nationale	Montréal-Laurier
Gérard Thibeault	Union Nationale	Montréal-Mercier
Paul Earl	Libéral	Montréal–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Georges-Émile Lapalme	Libéral	Montréal-Outremont
Francis Hanley	Independent	Montréal–Sainte-Anne
Edgar Charbonneau	Union Nationale	Montréal–Sainte-Marie
Philippe Lalonde	Libéral	Montréal–Saint-Henri
Paul Dozois	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
Rosaire Chalifour	Union Nationale	Portneuf
Maurice Cloutier	Union Nationale	Québec-Centre
Émilien Rochette	Union Nationale	Québec-Comté
Armand Maltais	Union Nationale	Québec-Est
Jean-Paul Galipeault	Libéral	Québec-Ouest
Bernard Gagné	Union Nationale	Richelieu
Émilien Lafrance	Liberal	Richmond
Albert Dionne	Libéral	Rimouski
Alphonse Couturier	Libéral	Rivière-du-Loup
Paul-Henri Spence	Union Nationale	Roberval
Laurent Barré	Union Nationale	Rouville
Edgar Turpin	Libéral	Rouyn-Noranda
Pierre Ouellet	Union Nationale	Saguenay
René Saint-Pierre	Libéral	Saint-Hyacinthe
Jean-Paul Beaulieu	Union Nationale	Saint-Jean
René Hamel	Libéral	Saint-Maurice
Francis Boudreau	Union Nationale	Saint-Sauveur
Armand Russell	Union Nationale	Shefford
John Samuel Bourque	Union Nationale	Sherbrooke
Léon-Denis Gérin	Union Nationale	Stanstead
Joseph-André Larouche	Union Nationale	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
Clodomir Ladouceur	Union Nationale	Verchères
John Richard Hyde	Libéral	Westmount–Saint-Georges
Henri Vachon	Union Nationale	Wolfe
Antonio Élie	Union Nationale	Yamaska

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected in by-elections during this mandate

Joseph-Maurice Laberge, Union Nationale, Chateauguay, September 18, 1957 [1]
Claude-Gilles Gosselin, Union Nationale, Compton, September 18, 1957 [2]
Joseph-Émile Fortin, Union Nationale, Mégantic, September 18, 1957 [3]
Loyola Schmidt, Union Nationale, Vaudreuil-Soulanges, September 18, 1957 [4]
Benoît Gaboury, Union Nationale, Matane, July 2, 1958 [5]
Pierre Bohémier, Union Nationale, Labelle, October 15, 1958 [6]
Jean-Joseph Turcotte, Union Nationale, Roberval, October 15, 1958 [7]
Fernand Lafontaine, Union Nationale, Labelle, September 16, 1959 [8]
Jean-Paul Levasseur, Union Nationale, Lac-Saint-Jean, September 16, 1959 [9]

Cabinet Ministers

Duplessis Cabinet (1956-1959)

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 (1956–1958), Arthur Leclerc (1958–1959)
Lands and Forests: John Samuel Bourque (1956–1958), Jean-Jacques Bertrand (1958–1959)
Hunting and Coastal Fisheries: Camille-Eugène Pouliot (1956–1958)
- Fisheries and Hunting: Camille-Eugene Pouliot (1958–1959)
Mines: William McOvatt Cottingham
Hydraulic resources: John Samuel Bourque (1956–1958), Daniel Johnson Sr. (1958–1959)
Roads: Antonio Talbot
Transportation and Communications: Antoine Rivard
Municipal Affairs: Yves Prevost (1956), Paul Dozois (1956–1959)
Industry and Commerce: Jean-Paul Beaulieu
Attorney General: Maurice Duplessis
Provincial Secretary: Romeo Lorrain (1956), Yves Prevost (1956–1959)
Solicitor General: Antoine Rivard
Finances: Onésime Gagnon (1956), John Samuel Bourque (1958–1959)
State Ministers: Gerard Thibeault (1958–1959)

Sauve Cabinet (1959-1960)

Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Paul Sauve
Agriculture: Laurent Barrée
Colonization: Joseph-Damase Begin
Labour: Antonio Barrette
Public Works: Roméo Lorrain
Social Welfare and Youth: Paul Sauvé
Health: Arthur Leclerc
Lands and Forests: Jean-Jacques Bertrand
Fisheries and Hunting: Camille-Eugène Pouliot
Mines: William McOvatt Cottingham
Hydraulic resources: Daniel Johnson Sr.
Roads: Antonio Talbot
Transportation and Communications: Antoine Rivard
Municipal Affairs: Paul Dozois
Industry and Commerce: Jean-Paul Beaulieu
Attorney General: Antoine Rivard
Provincial Secretary: Yves Prevost
Solicitor General: Jacques Miquelon (1959–1960)
Finances: John Samuel Bourque
State Ministers: Gerard Thibeault, Antonio Elie, Maurice Bellemare, Wilfrid Labbe, Robert Bernard, Jacques Miquelon (1959)

Barrette Cabinet (1960)

Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Antonio Barrette
Agriculture: Laurent Barrée
Colonization: Joseph-Damase Begin
Labour: Antonio Barrette
Public Works: Roméo Lorrain
Social Welfare and Youth: Jean-Jacques Bertrand
Health: Arthur Leclerc
Lands and Forests: Jacques Miquelon
Fisheries and Hunting: Camille-Eugène Pouliot
Mines: William McOvatt Cottingham
Hydraulic resources: Daniel Johnson Sr.
Roads: Antonio Talbot
Transportation and Communications: Antoine Rivard
Municipal Affairs: Paul Dozois
Industry and Commerce: Jean-Paul Beaulieu
Attorney General: Antoine Rivard
Provincial Secretary: Yves Prévost
Solicitor General: Jacques Miquelon
Finances: John Samuel Bourque
State Ministers: Gerard Thibeault, Antonio Élie, Maurice Bellemare, Wilfrid Labbe, Robert Bernard, Maurice-Tréfflé Custeau, Armand Maltais

New electoral districts

The electoral map was slightly modified in 1960 with the creation of the Duplessis riding from parts of Saguenay just before the elections later that year. In addition, Bourget was created from parts of Laval. [10]

References