25th Quebec Legislature

The 25th Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the Quebec, Canada, 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 last term as Premier of Quebec. He died in office in 1959 and was succeeded in less than a year by Paul Sauvé and former cabinet Minister Antonio Barrette after Sauvé died less than four months after being sworn as Premier.

Seats per political party
Affiliation Members
Union Nationale 72
Liberal 20
Independent 1
 Total
 93
 Government Majority
 52

Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1956 election:

Name Party Riding
  Jacques Miquelon Union Nationale Abitibi-Est
  Alcide Courcy Libéral 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
  Gérard D. Levesque Libéral Bonaventure
  Jean Meunier Libéral Bourget
  Glendon Brown Libéral Brome
  Robert Théberge Libéral Chambly
  Maurice Bellemare Union Nationale Champlain
  Arthur Leclerc Union Nationale Charlevoix
  Arthur Laberge Union Nationale Châteauguay
  Antonio Talbot Union Nationale Chicoutimi
  Fabien Gagnon Libéral Compton
  Paul Sauvé Union Nationale Deux-Montagnes
  Joseph-Damase Bégin Union Nationale Dorchester
  Robert Bernard Union Nationale Drummond
  Henri-Laurier Coiteux Libéral Duplessis
  Éloi Guillemette Union Nationale Frontenac
  Alphonse Couturier Union Nationale Gaspé-Nord
  Camille-Eugène Pouliot Union Nationale Gaspé-Sud
  Gérard Desjardins Union Nationale Gatineau
  Oswald Parent Libéral 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
  Léonce Ouellet Union Nationale Jonquière-Kénogami
  Alfred Plourde Union Nationale Kamouraska
  Albiny Paquette Union Nationale Labelle
  Antonio Auger Union Nationale Lac-Saint-Jean
  Victor-Stanislas Chartrand Union Nationale L'Assomption
  Léopold Pouliot Union Nationale Laval
  Charles Romulus Ducharme Union Nationale Laviolette
  Albert Samson Union Nationale Lévis
  Fernand Lizotte Union Nationale L'Islet
  René Bernatchez Union Nationale Lotbinière
  Lucien Tremblay Union Nationale Maisonneuve
  Germain Caron Union Nationale Maskinongé
  Onésime Gagnon Union Nationale Matane
  J-Clovis Gagnon 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
  Maurice-Tréflé Custeau Union Nationale Montréal–Jeanne-Mance
  Arsène Gagné Union Nationale Montréal-Laurier
  Gérard Thibeault Union Nationale Montréal-Mercier
  Paul Earl Libéral Montréal–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
  Georges-Émile Lapalme Libéral Montréal-Outremont
  Francis Hanley Independent Montréal–Sainte-Anne
  Edgar Charbonneau Union Nationale Montréal–Sainte-Marie
  Philippe Lalonde Libéral Montréal–Saint-Henri
  Paul Dozois 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
  Rosaire Chalifour Union Nationale Portneuf
  Maurice Cloutier Union Nationale Québec-Centre
  Émilien Rochette Union Nationale Québec-Comté
  Armand Maltais Union Nationale Québec-Est
  Jean-Paul Galipeault Libéral Québec-Ouest
  Bernard Gagné Union Nationale Richelieu
  Émilien Lafrance Liberal Richmond
  Albert Dionne Libéral Rimouski
  Alphonse Couturier Libéral Rivière-du-Loup
  Paul-Henri Spence Union Nationale Roberval
  Laurent Barré Union Nationale Rouville
  Edgar Turpin Libéral Rouyn-Noranda
  Pierre Ouellet Union Nationale Saguenay
  René Saint-Pierre Libéral Saint-Hyacinthe
  Jean-Paul Beaulieu Union Nationale Saint-Jean
  René Hamel Libéral Saint-Maurice
  Francis Boudreau Union Nationale Saint-Sauveur
  Armand Russell Union Nationale Shefford
  John Samuel Bourque Union Nationale Sherbrooke
  Léon-Denis Gérin Union Nationale Stanstead
  Joseph-André Larouche Union Nationale 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
  Clodomir Ladouceur Union Nationale Verchères
  John Richard Hyde 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 this mandate

  • Joseph-Maurice Laberge, Union Nationale, Chateauguay, September 18, 1957
  • Claude-Gilles Gosselin, Union Nationale, Compton, September 18, 1957
  • Joseph-Émile Fortin, Union Nationale, Mégantic, September 18, 1957
  • Loyola Schmidt, Union Nationale, Vaudreuil-Soulanges, September 18, 1957
  • Benoît Gaboury, Union Nationale, Matane, July 2, 1958
  • Pierre Bohémier, Union Nationale, Labelle, October 15, 1958
  • Jean-Joseph Turcotte, Union Nationale, Roberval, October 15, 1958
  • Fernand Lafontaine, Union Nationale, Labelle, September 16, 1959
  • Jean-Paul Levasseur, Union Nationale, Lac-Saint-Jean, September 16, 1959

Cabinet Ministers

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 McOuat 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 McOuat 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 McOuat 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 riding from parts of Saguenay just before the elections later that year. In addition, Bourget was created from parts of Laval.

References
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