24th Quebec Legislature

The 24th Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the Quebec, Canada provincial legislature that existed from July 16, 1952, to June 20, 1956. It was the Union Nationale's third consecutive term as the governing party and the fourth under the leadership of Maurice Duplessis.

Seats per political party
Affiliation Members
     Union Nationale 68
  Parti libéral du Québec 23
 } Independent 1
 Total
 92
 Government Majority
 45

Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1952 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
     Alphée Poirier Union Nationale Bellechasse
     Azellus Lavallée Union Nationale Berthier
     Henri Jolicoeur Union Nationale Bonaventure
     Charles James Warwick Fox 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
     Bernard Pinard Libéral Drummond
     Gérard Noel Libéral Frontenac
     Alphonse Couturier Union Nationale Gaspé-Nord
     Camille-Eugène Pouliot Union Nationale Gaspé-Sud
     Gérard Desjardins Union Nationale Gatineau
     Alexandre Taché Union Nationale Hull
     Henry Somerville 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
     Raynold Bélanger Libéral Lévis
     Fernand Lizotte Union Nationale L'Islet
     René Bernatchez Union Nationale Lotbinière
     Alcide Montpetit Libéral 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
     Jean-Paul Noël Libéral 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
     Yvon Dupuis Libéral Montréal–Sainte-Marie
     Philippe Lalonde Libéral 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
     Camille Roy Union Nationale Nicolet
     Roméo Lorrain Union Nationale Papineau
     Raymond Thomas Johnston Union Nationale Pontiac
     Bona Dussault Union Nationale Portneuf
     Maurice Cloutier Union Nationale Québec-Centre
     Jean-Jacques Bédard Libéral Québec-Comté
     Joseph-Antonin Marquis Libéral Québec-Est
     Jules Savard Libéral Québec-Ouest
     Gérard Cournoyer Libéral Richelieu
     Émilien Lafrance Liberal 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
     René Hamel Libéral Saint-Maurice
     Francis Boudreau Union Nationale Saint-Sauveur
     Gaston Ledoux Libéral Shefford
     John Samuel Bourque Union Nationale Sherbrooke
     Léon-Denis Gérin Union Nationale Stanstead
     Paul-Oliva Goulet Libéral Témiscamingue
     Antoine Raymond 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
     Georges Carlyle Marler Libéral Westmount–Saint-Georges
     Gérard Lemieux Libéral Wolfe
     Antonio Élie Union Nationale Yamaska

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected during by-elections in this mandate

  • Clovis Gagnon, Union Nationale, Matapédia, July 9, 1953
  • Georges-Émile Lapalme, Quebec Liberal Party, Montréal-Outremont, July 9, 1953
  • Rosaire Chalifour, Union Nationale, Portneuf, July 9, 1953
  • John William French, Union Nationale, Compton, September 15, 1954
  • Arsène Gagné, Union Nationale, Montréal-Laurier, July 6, 1955
  • Pierre-Jacques-François Bousquet, Union Nationale, Saint-Hyacinthe, July 6, 1955
  • John Richard Hyde, Quebec Liberal Party, Westmount-Saint-Georges, July 6, 1955

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: Charles Daniel French (1952-1954), William McOuat Cottingham (1954-1956)
  • Hydraulic resources: John Samuel Bourque
  • Roads: Antonio Talbot
  • Transportation and Communications: Antoine Rivard (1954-1956)
  • Municipal Affairs: Bona Dussault (1952-1953), Yves Prevost (1953-1956)
  • Industry and Commerce: Jean-Paul Beaulieu
  • Attorney General: Maurice Duplessis
  • Provincial Secretary: Omer Côté (1952-1956), Romeo Lorrain (1956)
  • Solicitor General: Antoine Rivard
  • Finances: Onésime Gagnon
  • State Ministers: Arthur Leclerc, Jacques Miquelon, Wilfrid Labbé

New electoral ridings

The electoral map was slightly modified in 1954 with the creation of Jonquière-Kenogami from parts of Chicoutimi. The change was effective in the 1956 elections.

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