20th Quebec Legislature

The 20th Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the provincial legislature in Quebec, Canada that existed from August 17, 1936, to October 25, 1939. The Union Nationale led by Maurice Duplessis was the governing party for the first time ever.

Seats per political party

• After the 1936 elections

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Affiliation		Members
Union Nationale	76
Parti libéral du Québec	14
Total		90
Government Majority		62

Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1936 election:

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	Name	Party	Riding	First elected / previously elected
Émile Lesage	Union Nationale	Abitibi	1936
Georges-Étienne Dansereau	Libéral	Argenteuil	1935
Joseph-David Gagné	Union Nationale	Arthabaska	1936
Cyrille Dumaine	Libéral	Bagot	1935
Philippe Adam (1938)	Union Nationale		1938
Raoul Poulin	Union Nationale	Beauce	1936
Joseph-Emile Perron (1937)	Union Nationale		1937
Delpha Sauvé	Union Nationale	Beauharnois	1935
Émile Boiteau	Union Nationale	Bellechasse	1936
Cléophas Bastien	Libéral	Berthier	1927
Henri Jolicoeur	Union Nationale	Bonaventure	1936
Jonathan Robinson	Union Nationale	Brome	1936
Hortensius Béïque	Union Nationale	Chambly	1931, 1936
Ulphée-Wilbrod Rousseau	Union Nationale	Champlain	1935
Arthur Leclerc	Union Nationale	Charlevoix—Saguenay	1936
Auguste Boyer	Union Nationale	Châteauguay	1936
Arthur Larouche	Union Nationale	Chicoutimi	1935
Antonio Talbot (1938)	Union Nationale		1938
Payson Sherman	Union Nationale	Compton	1935
Paul Sauvé	Union Nationale	Deux-Montagnes	1930, 1936
Joseph-Damase Bégin	Union Nationale	Dorchester	1935
Joseph Marier	Union Nationale	Drummond	1936
Patrice Tardif	Union Nationale	Frontenac	1935
Joseph-Alphonse Pelletier	Union Nationale	Gaspé-Nord	1936
Camille-Eugène Pouliot	Union Nationale	Gaspé-Sud	1936
Georges-Adélard Auger	Union Nationale	Gatineau	1936
Alexandre Taché	Union Nationale	Hull	1936
Martin Fisher	Union Nationale	Huntingdon	1930
Lucien Lamoureux	Libéral	Iberville	1923
Hormisdas Langlais	Union Nationale	Îles-de-la-Madeleine	1936
Anatole Carignan	Union Nationale	Jacques-Cartier	1936
Antonio Barrette	Union Nationale	Joliette	1936
René Chaloult	Union Nationale	Kamouraska	1936
				Parti National
Albiny Paquette	Union Nationale	Labelle	1935
Joseph-Léonard Duguay	Union Nationale	Lac-Saint-Jean	1935
Adhémar Raynault	Union Nationale	L'Assomption	1936
François Leduc	Union Nationale	Laval	1935
	Libéral
Charles Romulus Ducharme	Union Nationale	Laviolette	1935
Joseph-Théophile Larochelle	Union Nationale	Lévis	1935
Joseph Bilodeau	Union Nationale	L'Islet	1936
Maurice Pelletier	Union Nationale	Lotbinière	1936
William Tremblay	Union NationaleTemplate:Efn	Maisonneuve	1927, 1935
Joseph-Napoléon Caron	Union Nationale	Maskinongé	1936
Onésime Gagnon	Union Nationale	Matane	1936
Ferdinand Paradis	Union Nationale	Matapédia	1936
Tancrède Labbé	Union Nationale	Mégantic	1935
François A. Pouliot	Union Nationale	Missisquoi	1935
Maurice Tellier	Union Nationale	Montcalm	1936
Joseph-Ernest Grégoire	Union Nationale	Montmagny	1935
				Parti National
Joseph-Félix Roy	Union Nationale	Montmorency	1936
Grégoire Bélanger	Union Nationale	Montréal-Dorion	1935
	Action libérale nationale
Charles-Auguste Bertrand	Libéral	Montréal-Laurier	1936
Gérard Thibeault	Union Nationale	Montréal-Mercier	1936
Francis Lawrence Connors	Libéral	Montréal–Sainte-Anne	1935
Candide Rochefort	Union Nationale	Montréal–Sainte-Marie	1935
Gilbert Layton	Union Nationale	Montréal–Saint-Georges	1936
	Independent
René Labelle	Union Nationale	Montréal–Saint-Henri	1936
Henry Lemaître Auger	Union Nationale	Montréal–Saint-Jacques	1935
Thomas Joseph Coonan	Union Nationale	Montréal–Saint-Laurent	1936
Peter Bercovitch	Libéral	Montréal–Saint-Louis	1916
Louis Fitch (1938)	Union Nationale		1938
Pierre-Auguste Lafleur	Union Nationale	Montréal-Verdun	1923
Philippe Monette	Union Nationale	Napierville-Laprairie	1936
Émery Fleury	Union Nationale	Nicolet	1936
Roméo Lorrain	Union Nationale	Papineau	1935
Edward Charles Lawn	Libéral	Pontiac	1935
Bona Dussault	Union Nationale	Portneuf	1935
Adolphe Marcoux	Union Nationale	Québec-Comté	1936
				Parti National
Philippe Hamel	Union Nationale	Québec-Centre	1935
				Parti National
Oscar Drouin	Union Nationale	Québec-Est	1928
				Parti National
Charles Delagrave	Libéral	Québec-Ouest	1935
Avila Turcotte	Libéral	Richelieu	1929
Albert Goudreau	Union Nationale	Richmond	1935
Alfred Dubé	Union Nationale	Rimouski	1936
Léon Casgrain	Libéral	Rivière-du-Loup	1927
Antoine Castonguay	Union Nationale	Roberval	1935
Laurent Barré	Union Nationale	Rouville	1931
Télesphore-Damien Bouchard	Libéral	Saint-Hyacinthe	1912, 1923
Alexis Bouthillier	Libéral	Saint-Jean	1919
Marc Trudel	Union Nationale	Saint-Maurice	1935
Pierre Bertrand	Union Nationale	Saint-Sauveur	1923, 1931
Hector Choquette	Union Nationale	Shefford	1935
John Samuel Bourque	Union Nationale	Sherbrooke	1935
Édouard Leduc	Union Nationale	Soulanges	1936
Rouville Beaudry	Union Nationale	Stanstead	1935
Henri Gérin (1938)	Union Nationale		1938
Nil-Élie Larivière	Union Nationale	Témiscamingue	1935
Louis-Felix Dubé	Union Nationale	Témiscouata	1936
Hermann Barrette	Union Nationale	Terrebonne	1936
Maurice Duplessis	Union Nationale	Trois-Rivières	1927
Dionel Bellemare	Union Nationale	Vaudreuil	1936
Félix Messier	Libéral	Verchères	1927
William Ross Bulloch	Union Nationale	Westmount	1936
Henri Vachon	Union Nationale	Wolfe	1936
Antonio Élie	Union Nationale	Yamaska	1931

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected during the term in by-elections

• Joseph-Emile Perron, Union Nationale, Beauce, March 17, 1937
• Philippe Adam, Union Nationale, Bagot, February 16, 1938
• Antonio Talbot, Union Nationale, Chicoutimi, May 25, 1938
• Louis Fitch, Union Nationale, Montréal-Saint-Louis, November 2, 1938
• Henri Gérin, Union Nationale, Stanstead, November 2, 1938

Cabinet Ministers

• Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Maurice Duplessis
• Agriculture: Bona Dussault
• Mines, Hunting and Fishing: Onésime Gagnon (1936)
  • Mines and Fishing: Onésime Gagnon (1936–1939)
• Colonization: Henri Lemaître Auger
• Labour: William Tremblay
• Public Works: John Samuel Bourque
• Lands and Forests: Oscar Drouin (1936–1937), Maurice Duplessis (1937–1938), John Samuel Bourque (1938–1939)
• Health: Albiny Paquette (1936–1939)
• Roads: François-Joseph Leduc (1936–1938), Maurice Duplessis (1938), Anatole Carignan (1938–1939)
• Municipal Affairs, Industry and Commerce: Joseph Bilodeau
• Attorney General: Maurice Duplessis
• Provincial Secretary: Albiny Paquette
• Treasurer: Martin Beattie Fisher
• Members without portfolios: Antonio Élie, Thomas Chapais (1936–1939), Gilbert Layton, Thomas Joseph Coonan

New electoral districts

The electoral map was reformed in 1939 just prior to the elections later that year.

• Châteauguay and Laprairie were merged to form Châteauguay-Laprairie while Napierville which was merged with Laprairie was merged with Saint-Jean to form Saint-Jean-Napierville.
• Kamouraska and Rivière-du-Loup were merged to form Kamouraska-Rivière-du-Loup
• Westmount was split into two new ridings: Montréal-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and Montréal-Outremont.
• Montréal-Jeanne-Mance was formed from parts of Maisonneuve, Montréal-Mercier and Montréal-Dorion.
• Montréal-Saint-Georges was renamed Westmount-Saint-Georges.
• Richelieu and Verchères was merged to form Richelieu-Vercheres
• Vaudreuil and Soulanges were merged to form Vaudreuil-Soulanges.

External links

• 1936 election results
• List of Historical Cabinet Ministers