21st Quebec Legislature

The 21st Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the provincial legislature in Quebec, Canada that existed from October 25, 1939, to August 8, 1944. The Quebec Liberal Party led by Adélard Godbout was the governing party. It was the last term for the Liberals in power until 1960. The Union Nationale were in power for the following four terms.

Seats per political party

Affiliation Members
  Parti libéral du Québec 70
     Union Nationale 15
 } Independent 1
 Total
86
 Government Majority
55

Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1939 election:

Name Party Riding
     Félix Allard Libéral Abitibi
     Georges-Étienne Dansereau Libéral Argenteuil
     Wilfrid Girouard Libéral Arthabaska
     Cyrille Dumaine Libéral Bagot
     Henri-René Renault Libéral Beauce
     Delpha Sauvé Union Nationale Beauharnois
     Valmore Bienvenue Libéral Bellechasse
     Cléophas Bastien Libéral Berthier
     Pierre-Émile Côté Libéral Bonaventure
     Jonathan Robinson Union Nationale Brome
     Dowina-Évariste Joyal Libéral Chambly
     Joseph-Philias Morin Union Nationale Champlain
     Edgar Rochette Libéral Charlevoix-Saguenay
     Roméo Fortin Libéral Châteauguay-Laprairie
     Antonio Talbot Union Nationale Chicoutimi
     William James Duffy Libéral Compton
     Paul Sauvé Union Nationale Deux-Montagnes
     Joseph-Damase Bégin Union Nationale Dorchester
     Arthur Rajotte Libéral Drummond
     Henri-Louis Gagnon Libéral Frontenac
     Perreault Casgrain Libéral Gaspé-Nord
     Camille-Eugène Pouliot Union Nationale Gaspé-Sud
     Joseph-Célestin Nadon Libéral Gatineau
     Alexis Caron Libéral Hull
     James Walker Ross Libéral Huntingdon
     Émile Bonvouloir Libéral Iberville
     Hormisdas Langlais Union Nationale Îles-de-la-Madeleine
     Charles-Aimé Kirkland Libéral Jacques-Cartier
     Antonio Barrette Union Nationale Joliette
     Léon Casgrain Libéral Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup
     Albiny Paquette Union Nationale Labelle
     Joseph-Ludger Fillion Libéral Lac-Saint-Jean
     Bernard Bissonnette Libéral L'Assomption
     François Leduc Libéral Laval
     Edmond Guibord Libéral Laviolette
     Joseph-Georges Francoeur Libéral Lévis
     Adélard Godbout Libéral L'Islet
     René Chaloult Libéral Lotbinière
     Joseph-Georges Caron Libéral Maisonneuve
     Louis-Joseph Thisdel Libéral Maskinongé
     Onésime Gagnon Union Nationale Matane
     Joseph Dufour Libéral Matapédia
     Louis Houde Libéral Mégantic
     Henri A. Gosselin Libéral Missisquoi
     Joseph-Odilon Duval Libéral Montcalm
     Fernand Choquette Libéral Montmagny
     Jacques Dumoulin Libéral Montmorency
     Joseph-Émile Dubreuil Libéral Montréal–Jeanne-Mance
     Paul Gauthier Libéral Montréal-Laurier
     Joseph-Achille Francoeur Libéral Montréal-Mercier
     James Arthur Mathewson Libéral Montréal–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
     Henri Groulx Libéral Montréal-Outremont
     Francis Lawrence Connors Libéral Montréal–Sainte-Anne
     Camillien Houde Independent Montréal–Sainte-Marie
     Émile Boucher Libéral Montréal–Saint-Henri
     Joseph-Roméo Toupin Libéral Montréal–Saint-Jacques
     Maurice Hartt Libéral Montréal–Saint-Louis
     Léopold Comeau Libéral Montréal-Verdun
     Henri-Napoléon Biron Libéral Nicolet
     Roméo Lorrain Union Nationale Papineau
     Edward Charles Lawn Libéral Pontiac
     Lucien Plamondon Libéral Portneuf
     Joseph-William Morin Libéral Québec-Centre
     François-Xavier Bouchard Libéral Québec-Comté
     Oscar Drouin Libéral Québec-Est
     Charles Delagrave Libéral Québec-Ouest
     Félix Messier Libéral Richelieu-Verchères
     Stanislas-Edmond Desmarais Libéral Richmond
     Louis-Joseph Moreault Libéral Rimouski
     Georges Potvin Libéral Roberval
     Henri-Pascal Panet Libéral Rouville
     Télesphore-Damien Bouchard Libéral Saint-Hyacinthe
     Alexis Bouthillier Libéral Saint-Jean–Napierville
     Polydore Beaulac Libéral Saint-Maurice
     Wilfrid Hamel Libéral Saint-Sauveur
     Charles Munson Bullock Libéral Shefford
     John Samuel Bourque Union Nationale Sherbrooke
     Raymond-François Frégeau Libéral Stanstead
     Paul-Oliva Goulet Libéral Témiscamingue
     Joseph-Alphonse Beaulieu Libéral Témiscouata
     Athanase David Libéral Terrebonne
     Maurice Duplessis Union Nationale Trois-Rivières
     Alphide Sabourin Libéral Vaudreuil-Soulanges
     Georges Gordon Hyde Libéral Westmount–Saint-Georges
     Thomas Hercule Lapointe Libéral Wolfe
     Antonio Élie Union Nationale Yamaska

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected in by-elections during this term

  • Joseph-Tancrède Labbé, Union Nationale, Mégantic, November 19, 1940
  • Damase Perrier, Quebec Liberal Party, Terrebonne, November 19, 1940
  • Dennis James O'Connor, Quebec Liberal Party, Huntingdon, October 6, 1941
  • Jean-Paul Beaulieu, Union Nationale, Saint-Jean-Napierville, October 6, 1941
  • Thomas Guérin, Quebec Liberal Party, Montréal-Sainte-Anne, March 23, 1942
  • Claude Jodoin, Quebec Liberal Party, Montréal-Saint-Jacques, March 23, 1942
  • Joseph-Willie Robidoux, Quebec Liberal Party, Richelieu-Verchères, March 23, 1942
  • Georges Carlyle Marler, Quebec Liberal Party, Westmount-Saint-Georges, March 23, 1942

Cabinet Ministers

  • Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Adélard Godbout
  • Agriculture: Adélard Godbout
  • Colonization: Adélard Godbout (1939-1942), Cléophas Bastien (1942-1944)
  • Labour: Edgar Rochette
  • Public Works: Télesphore-Damien Bouchard (1939-1942), Georges-Étienne Dansereau (1942-1944)
  • Health: Henri Groulx (1939-1941)
  • Social Welfare: Henri Groulx (1940-1941)
    • Health and Social Welfare:Henri Groulx (1941-1944)
  • Lands, Forests, Hunting and Fishing: Pierre-Émile Côté (1939-1941)
    • Lands and Forests: Pierre-Émile Côté (1941-1942), Wilfrid Hamel (1942-1944)
    • Hunting and Fishing: Pierre-Émile Côté (1941-1942), Valmore Bienvenue (1942-1944)
  • Mines and Fisheries: Edgar Rochette (1939-1941)
    • Mines and coastal fisheries: Edgar Rochette (1941-1942)
      • Mines: Edgar Rochette (1942-1944)
  • Roads: Télesphore-Damien Bouchard (1939-1944), Georges-Étienne Dansereau (1944)
  • Municipal Affairs, Industry and Commerce: Oscar Drouin (1939-1944), Henri-René Renault (1944)
  • Attorney General: Wilfrid Girouard (1939-1942), Léon Casgrain (1942-1944)
  • Provincial Secretary: Henri Groulx (1939-1940), Hector Perrier (1940-1944)
  • Treasurer: James Arthur Matthewson
  • Members without portfolios: Frank Lawrence Connors, Georges-Étienne Dansereau (1939-1942), Léon Casgrain (1939-1942), Louis-Joseph Thisdel, Cléophas Bastien (1939-1942), Wilfrid Hamel (1939-1942), Francois-Philippe Brais (1940-1944), Perrault Casgrain (1942-1944), Henri-René Renault (1942-1944), Joseph-Achille Francoeur (1944), Maurice Gingues (1944)

New electoral districts

The electoral map was reformed in 1944 which was used in the upcoming election later that year. Some of the changes included de-mergers of ridings that were created in the previous reform in 1939.

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