25th Legislative Assembly of Quebec
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The 25th Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 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
Maurice Duplessis
Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis served as the 16th Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec from 1936 to 1939 and 1944 to 1959. A founder and leader of the highly conservative Union Nationale party, he rose to power after exposing the misconduct and patronage of Liberal Premier Louis-Alexandre...

 last term as Premier of Quebec
Premier of Quebec
The Premier of Quebec is the first minister of the Canadian province of Quebec. The Premier is the province's head of government and his title is Premier and President of the Executive Council....

. He died in office in 1959 and was succeeded in less than a year by Paul Sauvé
Paul Sauvé
Joseph-Mignault-Paul Sauvé was a Quebec lawyer, World War II veteran and politician. He was the first Quebec Premier to be born in the 20th century.-Life:...

 and former cabinet Minister
Minister (government)
A minister is a politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional government. Senior ministers are members of the cabinet....

 Antonio Barrette
Antonio Barrette
Antonio J. Barrette was a Quebec politician born in Joliette, Quebec, Canada.-Member of the legislature:Barrette ran as a Conservative candidate in the provincial district of Joliette in the 1935 election but lost...

 after Sauvé died less than 4 months after being sworn as Premier.

Seats per political party

  • After the 1956 elections
    Quebec general election, 1956
    The Quebec general election of 1956 was held on June 20, 1956 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Union Nationale, led by Maurice Duplessis, won re-election, defeating the Quebec Liberal Party, led by Georges-Émile Lapalme.This was the fifth and final...


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Members
Union Nationale 72
Parti libéral du Québec
Parti libéral du Québec
The Quebec Liberal Party is a centre-right political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955....

20
Independent
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

1
 Total
93
 Government Majority
52


Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec
Legislative Assembly of Quebec
The Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the name of the lower house of Quebec's legislature until 1968, when it was renamed the National Assembly of Quebec. At the same time, the upper house of the legislature, the Legislative Council, was abolished...

 that were elected in the 1956 provincial elections
Quebec general election, 1956
The Quebec general election of 1956 was held on June 20, 1956 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Union Nationale, led by Maurice Duplessis, won re-election, defeating the Quebec Liberal Party, led by Georges-Émile Lapalme.This was the fifth and final...


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Name Party Riding
Jacques Miquelon
Jacques Miquelon
Jacques Miquelon was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec. He represented Abitibi-Est in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1948 to 1960 as a member of the Union Nationale....

Union Nationale Abitibi-Est
Alcide Courcy Libéral
Parti libéral du Québec
The Quebec Liberal Party is a centre-right political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955....

Abitibi-Ouest
Abitibi-Ouest (electoral district)
Abitibi-Ouest is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The riding was created in 1944 from a part of Abitibi...

William McOvat Cottingham Union Nationale Argenteuil
Argenteuil (provincial electoral district)
Argenteuil is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It was created in 1853.-Members of Parliament of the Province of Canada:* Sydney Robert Bellingham...

Wilfrid Labbé Union Nationale Arthabaska
Arthabaska (electoral district)
Arthabaska is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The riding was created in 1890 from a part of Drummond-Arthabaska which existed since 1867...

Daniel Johnson Union Nationale Bagot
Bagot (provincial electoral district)
Bagot is a former provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Created in 1867, the Estrie region district existed until 1972, when it was included in the new riding of Johnson in honour of former Quebec Premier Daniel Johnson who was a Member of the Legislative and National...

Georges-Octave Poulin Union Nationale Beauce
Beauce (provincial electoral district)
Beauce is a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada Situated in the Chaudiere-Appalaches and Estrie regions, the that district existed from 1867 to after the 1970 elections when it was split into two new ridings: Beauce-Nord and Beauce-Sud.-Members of Legislative Assembly:*...

Edgar Hébert Union Nationale Beauharnois
Beauharnois (provincial electoral district)
Beauharnois is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The riding was created in 2001 from parts of Beauharnois-Huntingdon, Châteauguay and Salaberry-Soulanges. The Beauharnois riding also existed from 1867 to 1989...

Alphée Poirier
Alphée Poirier
Joseph Alphée Poirier was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Bonaventure, Quebec and became a poultry farmer by career.Poirier attended school at Bonaventure and Rimouski...

Union Nationale Bellechasse
Bellechasse (provincial electoral district)
Bellechasse is a provincial electoral riding in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Chaudière-Appalaches region, the riding was created in 1867...

Azellus Lavallée Union Nationale Berthier
Berthier (provincial electoral district)
Berthier is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. Situated in the Lanaudière region and created in 1867, the riding includes the municipalities of Saint-Michel-des-Saints, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Saint-Come and Mandeville.-Members of...

Gérard D. Lévesque
Gérard D. Lévesque
Gérard D. Levesque was a long time Quebec politician and Cabinet minister who twice served as Acting Leader of the Quebec Liberal Party. Levesque was first elected to what is now called the Quebec National Assembly in the riding of Bonaventure in 1956 and sat in the legislature continuously until...

Libéral
Parti libéral du Québec
The Quebec Liberal Party is a centre-right political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955....

Bonaventure
Bonaventure (provincial electoral district)
Bonaventure is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Quebec that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It was originally created in 1829.-Geography:...

Jean Meunier Libéral
Parti libéral du Québec
The Quebec Liberal Party is a centre-right political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955....

Bourget
Bourget (electoral district)
Bourget is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district is located in Montreal. The riding was created in 1960 from a part of Laval...

Glendon Brown Libéral
Parti libéral du Québec
The Quebec Liberal Party is a centre-right political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955....

Brome
Brome (provincial electoral district)
Brome was a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Estrie region, the riding was created in 1867. In 1973, it became part of the riding of Brome-Missisquoi.-Members of Legislative Assembly:...

Robert Théberge Libéral
Parti libéral du Québec
The Quebec Liberal Party is a centre-right political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955....

Chambly
Chambly (provincial electoral district)
Chambly is a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Situated in the Montérégie region south of Montreal, the riding was created in 1829...

Maurice Bellemare
Maurice Bellemare
Maurice Bellemare, OC was a politician in Quebec, Canada. He was known as Le Vieux Lion de la Politique Québécoise because of his colourful style and his many years of public office...

Union Nationale Champlain
Champlain (provincial electoral district)
Champlain is a provincial electoral riding in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Mauricie region, it was created in 1829. It includes the municipalities of Saint-Stanislas, Saint-Narcisse and Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade and the eastern portions of the city of Trois-Rivières.The riding is...

Arthur Leclerc Union Nationale Charlevoix
Charlevoix (provincial electoral district)
Charlevoix is a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is located in the Capitale-Nationale region and includes the municipalities of La Malbaie, Saint-Siméon, Baie-Saint-Paul and Baie-Sainte-Catherine. The riding existed from 1867 to 1907 before being re-created in 1948...

Arthur Laberge Union Nationale Châteauguay
Châteauguay (provincial electoral district)
Châteauguay is a provincial electoral district in the Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It was originally created in 1853.- Geography :It consists of the municipalities of:* Châteauguay* Léry* Mercier...

Antonio Talbot
Antonio Talbot
Antonio Talbot was a Canadian politician from Quebec. He once served as interim leader of the Union Nationale.-Background:...

Union Nationale Chicoutimi
Chicoutimi (provincial electoral district)
Chicoutimi is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district is located in Saguenay and contains most of the former city of Chicoutimi...

Fabien Gagnon Libéral
Parti libéral du Québec
The Quebec Liberal Party is a centre-right political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955....

Compton
Compton (provincial electoral district)
Compton was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Quebec. Located in the Estrie region, the riding existed from 1867 to 1972 before it was merged with Mégantic to form the Mégantic-Compton riding.-Members of Legislative Assembly:...

Paul Sauvé
Paul Sauvé
Joseph-Mignault-Paul Sauvé was a Quebec lawyer, World War II veteran and politician. He was the first Quebec Premier to be born in the 20th century.-Life:...

Union Nationale Deux-Montagnes
Deux-Montagnes (provincial electoral district)
Deux-Montagnes is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It was created in 1853...

Joseph-Damase Bégin
Joseph-Damase Bégin
Joseph-Damase Bégin, also known as Jos-D. Bégin, was a Canadian politician and an eight-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.-Member of the legislature:...

Union Nationale Dorchester
Dorchester (provincial electoral district)
Dorchester was a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Chaudière-Appalaches region, the district was created in 1867...

Robert Bernard Union Nationale Drummond
Drummond (provincial electoral district)
Drummond is a provincial electoral riding in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Centre-du-Quebec region, the district was created in 1890. From 1867 to 1886, it was part of the riding of Drummond-Arthabaska...

Henri-Laurier Coiteux Libéral
Parti libéral du Québec
The Quebec Liberal Party is a centre-right political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955....

Duplessis
Duplessis (electoral district)
Duplessis is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec.The riding was created in 1960 from parts of the Saguenay provincial electoral district. It includes the cities or municipalities of Sept-Îles, Port-Cartier, Havre-Saint-Pierre,...

Éloi Guillemette
Éloi Guillemette
Éloi Guillemette was a Canadian politician and a three-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.-Background:He was born on December 1, 1911 near Saint-Célestin, Centre-du-Québec and became an agronomist.-Member of the legislature:...

Union Nationale Frontenac
Frontenac (provincial electoral district)
Frontenac is a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Chaudière-Appalaches region, the riding was created in 1972 after being part of the Mégantic district from 1867 to 1970. Previously, Frontenac was in the Estrie region from 1912 to 1973...

Alphonse Couturier Union Nationale Gaspé-Nord
Gaspé (provincial electoral district)
Gaspé is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It was created in 1972 from a merger of a portion the electoral district of Gaspé-Nord and the electoral division of Gaspé-Sud which both existed from 1931 to 1972...

Camille-Eugène Pouliot
Camille-Eugène Pouliot
Camille-Eugène Pouliot was a Canadian provincial politician.Born in Fraserville , Quebec, Pouliot was the member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Gaspé-Sud from 1936 to 1962.-References:...

Union Nationale Gaspé-Sud
Gaspé (provincial electoral district)
Gaspé is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It was created in 1972 from a merger of a portion the electoral district of Gaspé-Nord and the electoral division of Gaspé-Sud which both existed from 1931 to 1972...

Gérard Desjardins Union Nationale Gatineau
Gatineau (provincial electoral district)
Gatineau is a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Outaouais region, it was created in 1931. The riding includes most of the area surrounding the Gatineau River including the municipalities of Cantley, Chelsea, La Peche, Gracefield and Maniwaki as well as...

Oswald Parent
Oswald Parent
Oswald Parent is a former Quebec politician and chartered accountant. He was the Member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1956 to 1976 for the riding of Hull...

Libéral
Parti libéral du Québec
The Quebec Liberal Party is a centre-right political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955....

Hull
Hull (provincial electoral district)
Hull is provincial electoral riding located in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Outaouais region, the district includes the entire Hull sector of the city of Gatineau. It was created in 1919 and was previously part of the riding of Ottawa from 1887 to 1919 and Ottawa from 1867 to 1887...

Henry Somerville Union Nationale Huntingdon
Yvon Thuot Union Nationale Iberville
Hormisdas Langlais
Hormisdas Langlais
Hormisdas Langlais was a Canadian politician and a seven-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.He was born on September 2, 1890 in Saint-Octave-de-Métis, Bas-Saint-Laurent....

Union Nationale Iles-de-la-Madeleine
Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Îles-de-la-Madeleine is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. Formed from a part of the former Gaspé riding, Îles-de-la-Madeleine first appeared in the Quebec general election of 1897...

Charles-Aimé Kirkland
Charles-Aimé Kirkland
Charles-Aimé Kirkland was a Canadian politician serving as the Liberal MNA in the provincial riding of Jacques-Cartier from 1939 to 1961. The Town of Kirkland is named in his honour, as well as the now-closed Charles A. Kirkland Elementary school in Roxboro, Quebec.-References:* at Assemblée...

Libéral
Parti libéral du Québec
The Quebec Liberal Party is a centre-right political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955....

Jacques-Cartier
Jacques-Cartier
Jacques-Cartier is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It was created in 1853, and named after French explorer Jacques Cartier who discovered the Saint Lawrence Valley between 1534 and 1542 in part of what would become New...

Antonio Barrette
Antonio Barrette
Antonio J. Barrette was a Quebec politician born in Joliette, Quebec, Canada.-Member of the legislature:Barrette ran as a Conservative candidate in the provincial district of Joliette in the 1935 election but lost...

Union Nationale Joliette
Joliette (provincial electoral district)
Joliette is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The riding was created in 1980 from parts of Joliette-Montcalm and Berthier. The Joliette electoral district also existed between 1867 to 1970...

Léonce Ouellet Union Nationale Jonquière-Kénogami
Jonquière (provincial electoral district)
Jonquière is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district is located in Saguenay and includes much of the former city of Jonquière...

Alfred Plourde Union Nationale Kamouraska
Kamouraska (provincial electoral district)
Kamouraska was a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Situated in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region in Eastern Quebec, it was formed in 1867 and was merged in 1973 with Témiscouata to form Kamouraska-Témiscouata...

Albiny Paquette
Albiny Paquette
Joseph-Henri-Albiny Paquette was a Quebec politician and physician. He was a cabinet minister for 17 years in Maurice Duplessis' Union Nationale government....

Union Nationale Labelle
Labelle (provincial electoral district)
Labelle is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The riding was created in 1980 from parts of Laurentides-Labelle and Gatineau. The riding also existed from 1912 to 1973...

Antonio Auger Union Nationale Lac-Saint-Jean
Lac-Saint-Jean (provincial electoral district)
Lac-Saint-Jean is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It was created in 1890.-Geography:...

Victor-Stanislas Chartrand
Victor-Stanislas Chartrand
Victor-Stanislas Chartrand was a Canadian politician and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. -City politics:Chartrand served as Mayor of L'Épiphanie, Lanaudière from 1951 to 1957.-Member of the provincial legislature:...

Union Nationale L'Assomption
L'Assomption (provincial electoral district)
L'Assomption is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. Created in 1829 and located in the Lanaudière region, the district includes the municipalities of Saint-Sulpice and L'Assomption and portions of the city of Repentigny.-Members...

Léopold Pouliot Union Nationale Laval
Laval (provincial electoral district)
Laval was a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Laval region north of Montreal, it was formed in 1867 and became part of Laval-des-Rapides in 1981.-Members of Legislative Assembly:...

Charles Romulus Ducharme
Romulus Ducharme
Charles Romulus Ducharme was a politician in Quebec, Canada and an eight-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec .-Early life:He was born on November 4, 1886 near Berthierville in Lanaudière...

Union Nationale Laviolette
Laviolette (electoral district)
Laviolette is a provincial electoral riding in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Mauricie region, it was created in 1931. It includes the entire La Tuque area as well as the municipalities of Hérouxville and Saint-Tite and some portions of the city of Shawinigan.The riding was named...

Albert Samson Union Nationale Lévis
Lévis (provincial electoral district)
Lévis is a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Situated in the Chaudière-Appalaches region, the riding, which includes most of the city of Lévis was created in 1853.-Members of Legislative Assembly:...

Fernand Lizotte
Fernand Lizotte
Fernand Lizotte was a Canadian politician and a five-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.-Background:He was born on March 4, 1904 in Lévis, Chaudière-Appalaches and became a physician...

Union Nationale L'Islet
L'Islet (provincial electoral district)
L'Islet was a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. It was formed in 1867 and was merged with Montmagny in 1972 to form Montmagny-L'Islet.-Members of Legislative Assembly:...

René Bernatchez Union Nationale Lotbinière
Lotbinière (provincial electoral district)
Lotbinière is a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Situated in the Chaudière-Appalaches region, the riding was created in 1829...

Lucien Tremblay Union Nationale Maisonneuve
Maisonneuve (provincial electoral district)
Maisonneuve was a provincial electoral district located in the province of Quebec, Canada. Situated in the Montreal region, it was formed in 1912 from parts of Hochelaga...

Germain Caron
Germain Caron
Germain Caron was a politician Quebec, Canada and a six-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec .-Member of the legislature:He ran as an Union Nationale candidate in the district of Maskinongé in the 1944 provincial election and won...

Union Nationale Maskinongé
Maskinongé (provincial electoral district)
Maskinongé is a provincial electoral district that is located in the province of Quebec. Situated in the Mauricie region, it was created in 1853...

Onésime Gagnon
Onésime Gagnon
Onésime Gagnon, PC was a Canadian politician and the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Québec.-Background:He was born in Saint-Léon-de-Standon, Quebec on October 23, 1888 and was the son of Onésime Gagnon and Julie Morin. He was a Rhodes scholar and was called to the Quebec Bar in 1912...

Union Nationale Matane
Matane (provincial electoral district)
Matane is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that which elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It was created in 1890 from parts of Rimouski. -Geography:...

J-Clovis Gagnon Union Nationale Matapédia
Matapédia (electoral district)
Matapédia is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It was originally created in 1922 from a portion of the electoral district of Matane.-Geography:...

Tancrède Labbé
Tancrède Labbé
Joseph-Tancrède Labbé was a prominent Quebec politician and businessman. He was the father of media mogul François Labbé.-Background:...

Union Nationale Mégantic
Mégantic (provincial electoral district)
Mégantic was a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Estrie region, it was created in 1867. After the 1970 elections, it was merged with Compton to create the new riding of Mégantic-Compton...

Jean-Jacques Bertrand
Jean-Jacques Bertrand
Jean-Jacques Bertrand was the 21st Premier of Quebec, Canada, from October 2, 1968 to May 12, 1970. He led the Union Nationale party.-Member of the legislature:...

Union Nationale Missisquoi
Missisquoi (provincial electoral district)
Missisquoi was a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Estrie region, it was created in 1867. It was merged with Brome in 1973 to form the new district of Brome-Missisquoi.-Members of Legislative Assembly:...

Maurice Tellier
Maurice Tellier
Maurice Tellier was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Montcalm in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1936 to 1939 and from 1944 to 1962 as a Union Nationale member. Tellier was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 1955 to 1960.He was born in Joliette, Quebec, the son...

Union Nationale Montcalm
Montcalm (provincial electoral district)
Montcalm was a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Lanaudière region, Montcalm was formed in 1867 before being merged with Joliette in 1972 to form Joliette-Montcalm....

Antoine Rivard
Antoine Rivard
-Background:He was born in Quebec City on November 14, 1898. He was an attorney and a professor. He was on active military service during World War I and World War II.-Member of the legislature:...

Union Nationale Montmagny
Montmagny (provincial electoral district)
Montmagny was a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Formed in 1867, it was merged with L'Islet in 1972 to form Montmagny-L'Islet.-Members of Legislative Assembly:* Louis-Henri Blais, Liberal...

Yves Prévost
Yves Prévost
Yves Prévost was a politician and lawyer in Quebec, Canada.He was first elected in 1948 for the riding of Montmorency. He served as interim leader of the Union Nationale party and leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from September 1960 to January 1961...

Union Nationale Montmorency
Montmorency (provincial electoral district)
Montmorency is a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Capitale-Nationale region, the riding was created in 1829...

Maurice-Tréflé Custeau
Maurice Custeau
Maurice-Tréflé Custeau was a politician. He was a Member of the provincial legislature and a City Councillor in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-City Councillor:...

Union Nationale Montréal-Jeanne-Mance
Jeanne-Mance (provincial electoral district)
Jeanne-Mance was a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. The district located in the Montreal region was formed in 1966 from parts of Montreal-Jeanne-Mance which existed from 1939 to 1966. It became part of Jeanne-Mance—Viger in 2003...

Arsène Gagné Union Nationale Montréal-Laurier
Laurier (provincial electoral district)
Laurier was a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Montreal region, it formed in 1966 from parts of Montreal-Laurier. In 1994, it became part of the new riding of Laurier-Dorion following a merger with the defunct riding of Dorion...

Gérard Thibeault Union Nationale Montréal-Mercier
Mercier (provincial electoral district)
Mercier is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district is located in Montreal. It is bounded to the north and east by the Canadian Pacific Railway, to the south by Rue Rachel and to the west by Avenue de l'Esplanade. The...

Paul Earl Libéral
Parti libéral du Québec
The Quebec Liberal Party is a centre-right political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955....

Montréal-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (provincial electoral district)
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec.The riding was created in 1939 from parts of the former Westmount provincial electoral district. The riding was called Montreal-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce from 1939 to 1965 and...

Georges-Émile Lapalme
Georges-Émile Lapalme
Georges-Émile Lapalme was a politician in Quebec, Canada, member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, and leader of the Quebec Liberal Party.-Background:...

Libéral
Parti libéral du Québec
The Quebec Liberal Party is a centre-right political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955....

Montréal-Outremont
Outremont (provincial electoral district)
Outremont is a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in central Montreal, the riding was created in 1965. Previously, it was part of the riding of Montreal-Outremont that existed from 1939 to 1965...

Francis Hanley Independent
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

Montréal-Sainte-Anne
Sainte-Anne (provincial electoral district)
Sainte-Anne was a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Greater Montreal Area, it was formed in 1890 from parts of Montreal-Centre. In 1994, it became part of Saint-Henri—Sainte-Anne after a merger with Saint-Henri. From 1890 to 1912 it was also known as...

Edgar Charbonneau Union Nationale Montréal-Sainte-Marie
Sainte-Marie (provincial electoral district)
Sainte-Marie was a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Montreal region, the district was formed in 1890 from parts of Montreal-Est which was formed in 1867. The riding was merged with Saint-Jacques in 1989 to form Sainte-Marie—Saint-Jacques...

Philippe Lalonde Libéral
Parti libéral du Québec
The Quebec Liberal Party is a centre-right political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955....

Montréal-Saint-Henri
Saint-Henri (provincial electoral district)
Saint-Henri was a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Montreal region, Saint-Henri was formed in 1966 from parts of Montreal-Saint-Henri which existed from 1923 to 1966...

Paul Dozois
Paul Dozois
Paul Dozois was a Canadian politician. He was a Member of the provincial legislature and a City Councillor in Montreal, Quebec.He was born in Montreal on May 23, 1908 and was an insurance agent.-City Councillor:...

Union Nationale Montréal-Saint-Jacques
Saint-Jacques (provincial electoral district)
Saint-Jacques was a provincial electoral district located in Quebec, Canada. Situated in the Montreal region, the riding was formed in 1966 from parts of Montreal-Saint-Jacques which was formed in 1915. It was also known as Montreal division 2 district...

Dave Rochon Libéral
Parti libéral du Québec
The Quebec Liberal Party is a centre-right political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955....

Montréal-Saint-Louis
Saint-Louis (provincial electoral district)
Saint-Louis was a provincial electoral district located in Quebec, Canada. The Montreal region district was formed in 1966 from parts of Montreal-Saint-Louis which was formed in 1912. From 1890 to 1912, it was also known as Montreal division 3 district...

Lionel-Alfred Ross Libéral
Parti libéral du Québec
The Quebec Liberal Party is a centre-right political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955....

Montréal-Verdun
Verdun (provincial electoral district)
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Hercule Riendeau Union Nationale Napierville-Laprairie
Napierville (provincial electoral district)
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Camille Roy
Camille Roy
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Union Nationale Nicolet
Nicolet (provincial electoral district)
Nicolet was a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Situated in the Montérégie region, the district was formed in 1867 and was later merged in 1973 with Yamaska to form Nicolet-Yamaska....

Roméo Lorrain
Roméo Lorrain
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Union Nationale Papineau
Papineau (provincial electoral district)
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Raymond Thomas Johnston Union Nationale Pontiac
Pontiac (provincial electoral district)
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Rosaire Chalifour Union Nationale Portneuf
Portneuf (provincial electoral district)
Portneuf is a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Capitale-Nationale region, the riding was formed in 1829...

Maurice Cloutier Union Nationale Québec-Centre
Jean-Talon
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Émilien Rochette Union Nationale Québec-Comté
Armand Maltais Union Nationale Québec-Est
Jean-Lesage
Jean-Lesage is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district is located in Quebec City and includes eastern portions of the city. The riding was called Limoilou from 1965 to 2003...

Jean-Paul Galipeault Libéral
Parti libéral du Québec
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Québec-Ouest
Louis-Hébert (provincial electoral district)
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Bernard Gagné Union Nationale Richelieu
Richelieu (provincial electoral district)
Richelieu is a provincial electoral riding in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Montérégie region, the district was created in 1792. Between 1936 and 1944, it was part of the defunct riding of Richelieu-Vercheres...

Émilien Lafrance Liberal
Parti libéral du Québec
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Richmond
Richmond (Quebec provincial electoral district)
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Albert Dionne Libéral
Parti libéral du Québec
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Rimouski
Rimouski (provincial electoral district)
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Alphonse Couturier Libéral
Parti libéral du Québec
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Rivière-du-Loup
Rivière-du-Loup (electoral district)
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Paul-Henri Spence
Paul-Henri Spence
Paul-Henri Spence was a Quebec businessman and politician.Spence was born in Roberval, Quebec and was an accountant by training....

Union Nationale Roberval
Roberval (provincial electoral district)
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Laurent Barré
Laurent Barré
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Union Nationale Rouville
Rouville (provincial electoral district)
Rouville was a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Montérégie region south of Montreal, it was formed in 1867...

Edgar Turpin Libéral
Parti libéral du Québec
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Rouyn-Noranda
Pierre Ouellet Union Nationale Saguenay
Saguenay (provincial electoral district)
Saguenay was a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. The Saguenay district proper was created in 1948 after a split of the district of Charlevoix-Saguenay that existed from 1912 to 1944. located in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region, Saguenay was also part of...

René Saint-Pierre Libéral
Parti libéral du Québec
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Saint-Hyacinthe
Saint-Hyacinthe (provincial electoral district)
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Jean-Paul Beaulieu
Jean-Paul Beaulieu
Jean-Paul Beaulieu was a Canadian and Québécois politician and chartered accountant.-Background:He was born on January 22, 1902 in Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix, Montérégie. He studied at the Université de Montréal and McGill University. He obtained a license degree in commercial sciences from McGill...

Union Nationale Saint-Jean
Saint-Jean (provincial electoral district)
Saint-Jean is a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec. Located in the Montérégie region south of Montreal, the riding was created in 1853. During the Liberal term under Adelard Godbout, it was part of the riding of Saint-Jean-Napierville between 1939 and 1944...

René Hamel
René Hamel
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Libéral
Parti libéral du Québec
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Saint-Maurice
Saint-Maurice (provincial electoral district)
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Francis Boudreau Union Nationale Saint-Sauveur
Vanier (electoral district)
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Armand Russell
Armand Russell
-Town politics:Russell served as City Councillor in 1949 and 1950 and as Mayor from 1950 to 1957 in Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford. He also served as Mayor of Waterloo, Quebec from 1957 to 1967.-Member of the legislature:...

Union Nationale Shefford
Shefford (provincial electoral district)
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John Samuel Bourque
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Union Nationale Sherbrooke
Léon-Denis Gérin
Léon-Denis Gérin
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Union Nationale Stanstead
Stanstead (provincial electoral district)
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Joseph-André Larouche Union Nationale Témiscamingue
Témiscamingue (provincial electoral district)
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Antoine Raymond
Antoine Raymond
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Union Nationale Témiscouata
Témiscouata (provincial electoral district)
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Joseph-Léonard Blanchard Union Nationale Terrebonne
Terrebonne (provincial electoral district)
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Maurice Duplessis
Maurice Duplessis
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Union Nationale Trois-Rivières
Trois-Rivières (provincial electoral district)
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Joseph-Édouard Jeannotte Union Nationale Vaudreuil-Soulanges
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Clodomir Ladouceur Union Nationale Verchères
Verchères (provincial electoral district)
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John Richard Hyde
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Libéral
Parti libéral du Québec
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Westmount-Saint-Georges
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Henri Vachon Union Nationale Wolfe
Wolfe (provincial electoral district)
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Antonio Élie
Antonio Élie
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Union Nationale Yamaska
Yamaska (provincial electoral district)
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Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected in by-elections during this mandate

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
Duplessis (electoral district)
Duplessis is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec.The riding was created in 1960 from parts of the Saguenay provincial electoral district. It includes the cities or municipalities of Sept-Îles, Port-Cartier, Havre-Saint-Pierre,...

 riding from parts of Saguenay
Saguenay (provincial electoral district)
Saguenay was a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. The Saguenay district proper was created in 1948 after a split of the district of Charlevoix-Saguenay that existed from 1912 to 1944. located in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region, Saguenay was also part of...

 just before the elections
Quebec general election, 1960
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 later that year. In addition, Bourget
Bourget (electoral district)
Bourget is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district is located in Montreal. The riding was created in 1960 from a part of Laval...

 was created from parts of Laval
Laval (provincial electoral district)
Laval was a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Laval region north of Montreal, it was formed in 1867 and became part of Laval-des-Rapides in 1981.-Members of Legislative Assembly:...

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