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20th Quebec Legislature

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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

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

Member list

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

Name Party Riding First elected / previously elected No. of terms
  Émile Lesage Union Nationale Abitibi 1936 1st term
  Georges-Étienne Dansereau Libéral Argenteuil 1935 2nd term
  Joseph-David Gagné Union Nationale Arthabaska 1936 1st term
  Cyrille Dumaine Libéral Bagot 1935 2nd term
  Philippe Adam (1938) Union Nationale 1938 1st term
  Raoul Poulin Union Nationale Beauce 1936 1st term
  Joseph-Emile Perron (1937) Union Nationale 1937 1st term
  Delpha Sauvé Union Nationale Beauharnois 1935 2nd term
  Émile Boiteau Union Nationale Bellechasse 1936 1st term
  Cléophas Bastien Libéral Berthier 1927 4th term
  Henri Jolicoeur Union Nationale Bonaventure 1936 1st term
  Jonathan Robinson Union Nationale Brome 1936 1st term
  Hortensius Béïque Union Nationale Chambly 1931, 1936 2nd term*
  Ulphée-Wilbrod Rousseau Union Nationale Champlain 1935 2nd term
  Arthur Leclerc Union Nationale Charlevoix—Saguenay 1936 1st term
  Auguste Boyer Union Nationale Châteauguay 1936 1st term
  Arthur Larouche Union Nationale Chicoutimi 1935 2nd term
  Antonio Talbot (1938) Union Nationale 1938 1st term
  Payson Sherman Union Nationale Compton 1935 2nd term
  Paul Sauvé Union Nationale Deux-Montagnes 1930, 1936 3rd term*
  Joseph-Damase Bégin Union Nationale Dorchester 1935 2nd term
  Joseph Marier Union Nationale Drummond 1936 1st term
  Patrice Tardif Union Nationale Frontenac 1935 2nd term
  Joseph-Alphonse Pelletier Union Nationale Gaspé-Nord 1936 1st term
  Camille-Eugène Pouliot Union Nationale Gaspé-Sud 1936 1st term
  Georges-Adélard Auger Union Nationale Gatineau 1936 1st term
  Alexandre Taché Union Nationale Hull 1936 1st term
  Martin Fisher Union Nationale Huntingdon 1930 4th term
  Lucien Lamoureux Libéral Iberville 1923 5th term
  Hormisdas Langlais Union Nationale Îles-de-la-Madeleine 1936 1st term
  Anatole Carignan Union Nationale Jacques-Cartier 1936 1st term
  Antonio Barrette Union Nationale Joliette 1936 1st term
  René Chaloult Union Nationale Kamouraska 1936 1st term
Parti National
  Albiny Paquette Union Nationale Labelle 1935 2nd term
  Joseph-Léonard Duguay Union Nationale Lac-Saint-Jean 1935 2nd term
  Adhémar Raynault Union Nationale L'Assomption 1936 1st term
  François Leduc Union Nationale Laval 1935 2nd term
  Libéral
  Charles Romulus Ducharme Union Nationale Laviolette 1935 2nd term
  Joseph-Théophile Larochelle Union Nationale Lévis 1935 2nd term
  Joseph Bilodeau Union Nationale L'Islet 1936 1st term
  Maurice Pelletier Union Nationale Lotbinière 1936 1st term
  William Tremblay Union Nationale[a] Maisonneuve 1927, 1935 3rd term*
  Joseph-Napoléon Caron Union Nationale Maskinongé 1936 1st term
  Onésime Gagnon Union Nationale Matane 1936 1st term
  Ferdinand Paradis Union Nationale Matapédia 1936 1st term
  Tancrède Labbé Union Nationale Mégantic 1935 2nd term
  François A. Pouliot Union Nationale Missisquoi 1935 2nd term
  Maurice Tellier Union Nationale Montcalm 1936 1st term
  Joseph-Ernest Grégoire Union Nationale Montmagny 1935 2nd term
  Parti National
  Joseph-Félix Roy Union Nationale Montmorency 1936 1st term
  Grégoire Bélanger Union Nationale Montréal-Dorion 1935 2nd term
  Action libérale nationale
  Charles-Auguste Bertrand Libéral Montréal-Laurier 1936 1st term
  Gérard Thibeault Union Nationale Montréal-Mercier 1936 1st term
  Francis Lawrence Connors Libéral Montréal–Sainte-Anne 1935 2nd term
  Candide Rochefort Union Nationale Montréal–Sainte-Marie 1935 2nd term
  Gilbert Layton Union Nationale Montréal–Saint-Georges 1936 1st term
  Independent
  René Labelle Union Nationale Montréal–Saint-Henri 1936 1st term
  Henry Lemaître Auger Union Nationale Montréal–Saint-Jacques 1935 2nd term
  Thomas Joseph Coonan Union Nationale Montréal–Saint-Laurent 1936 1st term
  Peter Bercovitch Libéral Montréal–Saint-Louis 1916 7th term
  Louis Fitch (1938) Union Nationale 1938 1st term
  Pierre-Auguste Lafleur Union Nationale Montréal-Verdun 1923 5th term
  Philippe Monette Union Nationale Napierville-Laprairie 1936 1st term
  Émery Fleury Union Nationale Nicolet 1936 1st term
  Roméo Lorrain Union Nationale Papineau 1935 2nd term
  Edward Charles Lawn Libéral Pontiac 1935 2nd term
  Bona Dussault Union Nationale Portneuf 1935 2nd term
  Adolphe Marcoux Union Nationale Québec-Comté 1936 1st term
  Parti National
  Philippe Hamel Union Nationale Québec-Centre 1935 2nd term
Parti National
  Oscar Drouin Union Nationale[b] Québec-Est 1928 4th term
Parti National
  Charles Delagrave Libéral Québec-Ouest 1935 2nd term
  Avila Turcotte Libéral Richelieu 1929 4th term
  Albert Goudreau Union Nationale Richmond 1935 2nd term
  Alfred Dubé Union Nationale Rimouski 1936 1st term
  Léon Casgrain Libéral Rivière-du-Loup 1927 4th term
  Antoine Castonguay Union Nationale Roberval 1935 2nd term
  Laurent Barré Union Nationale Rouville 1931 3rd term
  Télesphore-Damien Bouchard Libéral Saint-Hyacinthe 1912, 1923 7th term*
  Alexis Bouthillier Libéral Saint-Jean 1919 6th term
  Marc Trudel Union Nationale Saint-Maurice 1935 2nd term
  Pierre Bertrand Union Nationale Saint-Sauveur 1923, 1931 4th term*
  Hector Choquette Union Nationale Shefford 1935 2nd term
  John Samuel Bourque Union Nationale Sherbrooke 1935 2nd term
  Édouard Leduc Union Nationale Soulanges 1936 1st term
  Rouville Beaudry Union Nationale Stanstead 1935 2nd term
  Henri Gérin (1938) Union Nationale 1938 1st term
  Nil-Élie Larivière Union Nationale Témiscamingue 1935 2nd term
  Louis-Felix Dubé Union Nationale Témiscouata 1936 1st term
  Hermann Barrette Union Nationale Terrebonne 1936 1st term
  Maurice Duplessis Union Nationale Trois-Rivières 1927 4th term
  Dionel Bellemare Union Nationale Vaudreuil 1936 1st term
  Félix Messier Libéral Verchères 1927 4th term
  William Ross Bulloch Union Nationale Westmount 1936 1st term
  Henri Vachon Union Nationale Wolfe 1936 1st term
  Antonio Élie Union Nationale Yamaska 1931 3rd term

Other elected MLAs

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Other MLAs were elected during the term in by-elections

Cabinet Ministers

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  • 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

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

Notes

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  1. ↑ First elected as a Labour candidate
  2. ↑ First Elected as a Liberal

References

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  1. ↑ "QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Beauce-Sud". www.quebecpolitique.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-08.
  2. ↑ "QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Johnson". www.quebecpolitique.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-08.
  3. ↑ "QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Chicoutimi". www.quebecpolitique.com. Archived from the original on 2007-08-02.
  4. ↑ "QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Saint-Louis". www.quebecpolitique.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-09.
  5. ↑ "QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Orford". www.quebecpolitique.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-08.
  6. ↑ "QuébecPolitique.com | Carte électorale 1939". www.quebecpolitique.com. Archived from the original on 2006-05-09.
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