26th Quebec Legislature

The 26th Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the political provincial legislature in Quebec, Canada that was elected in the 1960 Quebec general election. It sat from 20 September 1960 to 22 September 1960, from 10 November 1960 to 10 June 1961, and from 9 January 1962 to 19 September 1962. The Quebec Liberal Party led by Jean Lesage began the Quiet Revolution reforms. The Union Nationale, which had previously governed for more than 15 years, formed the official opposition under successive interim leaders Yves Prévost and Antonio Talbot, and then under Daniel Johnson, Sr. The Legislature lasted only two years as Lesage called the 1962 election as a referendum for the nationalization of hydroelectricity under Hydro-Québec.

Seats per political party

After the 1960 elections

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Affiliation		Members
	Parti libéral du Québec	51
Union Nationale	43
	Independent	1
Total		95
Government Majority		8

Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1960 election:

	Name	Party
Lucien Cliche	Libéral	Abitibi-Est
Alcide Courcy	Libéral	Abitibi-Ouest
William McOuat Cottingham	Union Nationale	Argenteuil
Albert Morissette	Libéral	Arthabaska
Daniel Johnson	Union Nationale	Bagot
Fabien Poulin	Libéral	Beauce
Edgar Hébert	Union Nationale	Beauharnois
Gustave Plante	Libéral	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
Joseph-Maurice Laberge	Union Nationale	Châteauguay
Antonio Talbot	Union Nationale	Chicoutimi
Claude-Gilles Gosselin	Union Nationale	Compton
Gaston Binette	Libéral	Deux-Montagnes
Joseph-Damase Bégin	Union Nationale	Dorchester
Bernard Pinard	Libéral	Drummond
Henri-Laurier Coiteux	Libéral	Duplessis
Éloi Guillemette	Union Nationale	Frontenac
Claude Jourdain	Libéral	Gaspé-Nord
Camille-Eugène Pouliot	Union Nationale	Gaspé-Sud
Gérard Desjardins	Union Nationale	Gatineau
Oswald Parent	Libéral	Hull
Henry Somerville	Union Nationale	Huntingdon
Laurent Hamel	Libéral	Iberville
Hormisdas Langlais	Union Nationale	Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Charles-Aimé Kirkland	Libéral	Jacques-Cartier
Antonio Barrette	Union Nationale	Joliette
Gérald Harvey	Libéral	Jonquière-Kénogami
Alfred Plourde	Union Nationale	Kamouraska
Fernand Lafontaine	Union Nationale	Labelle
Lucien Collard	Libéral	Lac-Saint-Jean
Victor-Stanislas Chartrand	Union Nationale	L'Assomption
Jean-Noël Lavoie	Libéral	Laval
Charles Romulus Ducharme	Union Nationale	Laviolette
Roger Roy	Libéral	Lévis
André Rousseau	Libéral	L'Islet
René Bernatchez	Union Nationale	Lotbinière
Lucien Tremblay	Union Nationale	Maisonneuve
Germain Caron	Union Nationale	Maskinongé
Philippe Castonguay	Libéral	Matane
Bona Arsenault	Libéral	Matapédia
Pierre J. Maheux	Libéral	Mégantic
Jean-Jacques Bertrand	Union Nationale	Missisquoi
Maurice Tellier	Union Nationale	Montcalm
Laurent Lizotte	Libéral	Montmagny
Yves Prévost	Union Nationale	Montmorency
Maurice-Tréflé Custeau	Union Nationale	Montréal–Jeanne-Mance
René Lévesque	Libéral	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
Harry Blank	Libéral	Montréal–Saint-Louis
George O'Reilly	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
Marcellin Laroche	Libéral	Portneuf
Maurice Cloutier	Union Nationale	Québec-Centre
Jean-Jacques Bédard	Libéral	Québec-Comté
Armand Maltais	Union Nationale	Québec-Est
Jean Lesage	Libéral	Québec-Ouest
Gérard Cournoyer	Libéral	Richelieu
Émilien Lafrance	Liberal	Richmond
Albert Dionne	Libéral	Rimouski
Alphonse Couturier	Libéral	Rivière-du-Loup
Jean-Claude Plourde	Libéral	Roberval
Laurent Barré	Union Nationale	Rouville
Edgar Turpin	Libéral	Rouyn-Noranda
Lucien Bélanger	Libéral	Saguenay
René Saint-Pierre	Libéral	Saint-Hyacinthe
Philodor Ouimet	Libéral	Saint-Jean
René Hamel	Libéral	Saint-Maurice
Francis Boudreau	Union Nationale	Saint-Sauveur
Armand Russell	Union Nationale	Shefford
Louis-Philippe Brousseau	Libéral	Sherbrooke
Georges Vaillancourt	Libéral	Stanstead
Joseph-André Larouche	Union Nationale	Témiscamingue
Antoine Raymond	Union Nationale	Témiscouata
Lionel Bertrand	Libéral	Terrebonne
Yves Gabias	Union Nationale	Trois-Rivières
Paul Gérin-Lajoie	Libéral	Vaudreuil-Soulanges
Guy Lechasseur	Libéral	Verchères
John Richard Hyde	Libéral	Westmount–Saint-Georges
Gérard Lemieux	Libéral	Wolfe
Antonio Élie	Union Nationale	Yamaska

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected during this mandate in by-elections

Gaston Lambert, Quebec Liberal Party, Joliette, November 23, 1960 ^[1]
François Boulais, Quebec Liberal Party, Rouville, November 23, 1960 ^[2]
Pierre Laporte, Quebec Liberal Party, Chambly, December 14, 1961 ^[3]
Marie-Claire Kirkland, Quebec Liberal Party, Jacques-Cartier, December 14, 1961 ^[4]

Cabinet Ministers

Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Jean Lesage
Vice-President of the Executive Council: Georges-Émile Lapalme
Agriculture: Alcide Courcy (1960–1962)
Colonization: Alcide Courcy (1960–1962)
- Agriculture and Colonization: Alcide Courcy (1962)
Labour: René Hamel
Public Works: René Lévesque (1960–1961), René Saint-Pierre (1961–1962)
Cultural Affairs: Georges-Émile Lapalme (1961–1962)
Social Welfare: Émilien Lafrance (1960–1961)
- Family and Social Welfare: Émilien Lafrance (1961–1962)
Youth: Paul Gérin-Lajoie
Health: Alphonse Couturier
Lands and Forests: Bona Arsenault
Fisheries and Hunting: Gérard D. Levesque
Mines: Paul Earl (1960–1961)
Hydraulic resources: René Lévesque (1960–1961)
- Natural Ressources: René Lévesque (1961–1962)
Roads: Bernard Pinard
Transportation and Communications: Gérard Cournoyer
Municipal Affairs: René Hamel (1960–1961), Lucien Cliche (1961–1962)
Federal-provincial Affairs: Jean Lesage (1961–1962)
Industry and Commerce: André Rousseau
Attorney General: Georges-Émile Lapalme
Provincial Secretary: Lionel Bertrand
Finances: Jean Lesage
Revenu: Paul Earl (1961–1962)
State Ministers: George Carlyle Marler, Charles-Aimé Kirkland

References

Notes

[1] ttp://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-joliette.html#1960p

[2] ttp://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-rouville.html#1960p

[3] ttp://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-chambly.html#1961p

[4] ttp://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-jacques-cartier.html#1961p

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