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
- After the 1952 elections
| Affiliation | Members | |
| Union Nationale | 68 | |
| Liberal | 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 | |
| George 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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