23rd Quebec Legislature

The 23rd Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the provincial legislature of Quebec, Canada that existed from July 28, 1948, to July 16, 1952. The governing party was the Union Nationale, led by Maurice Duplessis which held power for a second consecutive mandate since 1944.

Seats per political party

After the 1948 elections

Affiliation		Members
	Union Nationale	82
	Liberal	8
	Independent	2
Total		92
Government Majority		74

Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1948 election:

Name	Party	Riding
Jacques Miquelon	Union Nationale	Abitibi-Est
Émile Lesage	Union Nationale	Abitibi-Ouest
William McOuat 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
Paul-Eugène Bélanger	Union Nationale	Bellechasse
Azellus Lavallée	Union Nationale	Berthier
Henri Jolicoeur	Union Nationale	Bonaventure
Jonathan Robinson	Union Nationale	Brome
John Redmond Roche	Union Nationale	Chambly
Maurice Bellemare	Union Nationale	Champlain
Arthur Leclerc	Union Nationale	Charlevoix
Arthur Laberge	Union Nationale	Châteauguay
Antonio Talbot	Union Nationale	Chicoutimi
Charles Daniel French	Union Nationale	Compton
Paul Sauvé	Union Nationale	Deux-Montagnes
Joseph-Damase Bégin	Union Nationale	Dorchester
Robert Bernard	Union Nationale	Drummond
Patrice Tardif	Union Nationale	Frontenac
Robert Lévesque	Libéral	Gaspé-Nord
Camille-Eugène Pouliot	Union Nationale	Gaspé-Sud
Gérard Desjardins	Union Nationale	Gatineau
Alexandre Taché	Union Nationale	Hull
John Gillies Rennie	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
Alfred Plourde	Union Nationale	Kamouraska
Albiny Paquette	Union Nationale	Labelle
Antonio Auger	Union Nationale	Lac-Saint-Jean
Victor-Stanislas Chartrand	Union Nationale	L'Assomption
Omer Barrière	Union Nationale	Laval
Charles Romulus Ducharme	Union Nationale	Laviolette
Joseph-Théophile Larochelle	Union Nationale	Lévis
Fernand Lizotte	Union Nationale	L'Islet
René Bernatchez	Union Nationale	Lotbinière
Albert Gatien	Union Nationale	Maisonneuve
Germain Caron	Union Nationale	Maskinongé
Onésime Gagnon	Union Nationale	Matane
Philippe Cossette	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
Georges Guévremont	Union Nationale	Montréal–Jeanne-Mance
Paul Provençal	Union Nationale	Montréal-Laurier
Gérard Thibeault	Union Nationale	Montréal-Mercier
Paul Earl	Libéral	Montréal–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Henri Groulx	Libéral	Montréal-Outremont
Francis Hanley	Independent	Montréal–Sainte-Anne
Aimé Gendron	Union Nationale	Montréal–Sainte-Marie
Joseph-Hormisdas Delisle	Union Nationale	Montréal–Saint-Henri
Omer Côté	Union Nationale	Montréal–Saint-Jacques
Dave Rochon	Libéral	Montréal–Saint-Louis
Lionel-Alfred Ross	Libéral	Montréal-Verdun
Hercule Riendeau	Union Nationale	Napierville-Laprairie
Émery Fleury	Union Nationale	Nicolet
Roméo Lorrain	Union Nationale	Papineau
Raymond Thomas Johnston	Union Nationale	Pontiac
Bona Dussault	Union Nationale	Portneuf
Gérard Guay	Union Nationale	Québec-Centre
René Chaloult	Independent	Québec-Comté
Joseph-Onésime Matte	Union Nationale	Québec-Est
Jean-Alphonse Saucier	Union Nationale	Québec-Ouest
Bernard Gagné	Union Nationale	Richelieu
Albert Goudreau	Union Nationale	Richmond
Alfred Dubé	Union Nationale	Rimouski
Roméo Gagné	Union Nationale	Rivière-du-Loup
Antoine Marcotte	Union Nationale	Roberval
Laurent Barré	Union Nationale	Rouville
Guy Dallaire	Union Nationale	Rouyn-Noranda
Pierre Ouellet	Union Nationale	Saguenay
Ernest-Joseph Chartier	Union Nationale	Saint-Hyacinthe
Jean-Paul Beaulieu	Union Nationale	Saint-Jean
Marc Trudel	Union Nationale	Saint-Maurice
Francis Boudreau	Union Nationale	Saint-Sauveur
Hector Choquette	Union Nationale	Shefford
John Samuel Bourque	Union Nationale	Sherbrooke
Léon-Denis Gérin	Union Nationale	Stanstead
Nil-Élie Larivière	Union Nationale	Témiscamingue
André Pelletier	Union Nationale	Témiscouata
Joseph-Léonard Blanchard	Union Nationale	Terrebonne
Maurice Duplessis	Union Nationale	Trois-Rivières
Joseph-Édouard Jeannotte	Union Nationale	Vaudreuil-Soulanges
Arthur Dupré	Libéral	Verchères
George Carlyle Marler	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 the term

Charles James Warwick Fox, Union Nationale, Brome, December 7, 1948 [1]
Albert Samson, Union Nationale, Lévis, February 16, 1949 [2]

Cabinet Ministers

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
Lands and Forests: John Samuel Bourque
Hunting and Coastal Fisheries: Camille-Eugène Pouliot
Mines: Jonathan Robinson (1948), Charles Daniel French (1948–1952)
Hydraulic resources: John Samuel Bourque
Roads: Antonio Talbot
Municipal Affairs: Bona Dussault
Industry and Commerce: Jean-Paul Beaulieu
Attorney General: Maurice Duplessis
Provincial Secretary: Omer Côté
Solicitor General: Antoine Rivard (1950–1952)
Treasurer: Onésime Gagnon (1948–1951)
- Finances: Onesime Gagnon (1951–1952)
State Ministers: Antoine Rivard (1948–1950)

References