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. This assembly marked the third consecutive term of the Union Nationale as the governing party and the fourth under the leadership of Maurice Duplessis.

Seats per political party

• After the 1952 elections

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Affiliation		Members
68
23
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:

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	Name	Party	Riding	First elected / previously elected
Jacques Miquelon	Union Nationale	Abitibi-Est	1948
Émile Lesage	Union Nationale	Abitibi-Ouest	1936, 1944
William McOuat Cottingham	Union Nationale	Argenteuil	1948
Wilfrid Labbé	Union Nationale	Arthabaska	1948
Daniel Johnson	Union Nationale	Bagot	1946
Georges-Octave Poulin	Union Nationale	Beauce	1945
Edgar Hébert	Union Nationale	Beauharnois	1948
Alphée Poirier	Union Nationale	Bellechasse	1952
Azellus Lavallée	Union Nationale	Berthier	1948
Henri Jolicoeur	Union Nationale	Bonaventure	1936, 1944
Charles James Warwick Fox	Union Nationale	Brome	1948
John Redmond Roche	Union Nationale	Chambly	1948
Maurice Bellemare	Union Nationale	Champlain	1944
Arthur Leclerc	Union Nationale	Charlevoix	1936, 1944
Arthur Laberge	Union Nationale	Châteauguay	1948
Antonio Talbot	Union Nationale	Chicoutimi	1938
Charles Daniel French	Union Nationale	Compton	1946
John William French (1954)	Union Nationale		1954
Paul Sauvé	Union Nationale	Deux-Montagnes	1930, 1936
Joseph-Damase Bégin	Union Nationale	Dorchester	1935
Bernard Pinard	Libéral	Drummond	1952
Gérard Noel	Libéral	Frontenac	1952
Alphonse Couturier	Union Nationale	Gaspé-Nord	1952
Camille-Eugène Pouliot	Union Nationale	Gaspé-Sud	1936
Gérard Desjardins	Union Nationale	Gatineau	1948
Alexandre Taché	Union Nationale	Hull	1936, 1944
Henry Somerville	Union Nationale	Huntingdon	1952
Yvon Thuot	Union Nationale	Iberville	1944
Hormisdas Langlais	Union Nationale	Îles-de-la-Madeleine	1936
Charles-Aimé Kirkland	Libéral	Jacques-Cartier	1939
Antonio Barrette	Union Nationale	Joliette	1936
Alfred Plourde	Union Nationale	Kamouraska	1948
Albiny Paquette	Union Nationale	Labelle	1935
Antonio Auger	Union Nationale	Lac-Saint-Jean	1948
Victor-Stanislas Chartrand	Union Nationale	L'Assomption	1944
Omer Barrière	Union Nationale	Laval	1948
Charles Romulus Ducharme	Union Nationale	Laviolette	1935, 1944
Raynold Bélanger	Libéral	Lévis	1952
Fernand Lizotte	Union Nationale	L'Islet	1948
René Bernatchez	Union Nationale	Lotbinière	1948
Alcide Montpetit	Libéral	Maisonneuve	1952
Germain Caron	Union Nationale	Maskinongé	1944
Onésime Gagnon	Union Nationale	Matane	1936
Philippe Cossette	Union Nationale	Matapédia	1944
Clovis Gagnon (1953)	Union Nationale		1953
Tancrède Labbé	Union Nationale	Mégantic	1935, 1940
Jean-Jacques Bertrand	Union Nationale	Missisquoi	1948
Maurice Tellier	Union Nationale	Montcalm	1936, 1944
Antoine Rivard	Union Nationale	Montmagny	1948
Yves Prévost	Union Nationale	Montmorency	1948
Jean-Paul Noël	Libéral	Montréal–Jeanne-Mance	1952
Paul Provençal	Union Nationale	Montréal-Laurier	1948
Arsène Gagné (1955)	Union Nationale		1955
Gérard Thibeault	Union Nationale	Montréal-Mercier	1936, 1948
Paul Earl	Libéral	Montréal–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	1948
Henri Groulx	Libéral	Montréal-Outremont	1939
Georges-Émile Lapalme (1953)	Libéral		1953
Francis Hanley	Independent	Montréal–Sainte-Anne	1948
Yvon Dupuis	Libéral	Montréal–Sainte-Marie	1952
Philippe Lalonde	Libéral	Montréal–Saint-Henri	1952
Omer Côté	Union Nationale	Montréal–Saint-Jacques	1944
Dave Rochon	Libéral	Montréal–Saint-Louis	1948
Lionel-Alfred Ross	Libéral	Montréal-Verdun	1944
Hercule Riendeau	Union Nationale	Napierville-Laprairie	1944
Camille Roy	Union Nationale	Nicolet	1952
Roméo Lorrain	Union Nationale	Papineau	1935
Raymond Thomas Johnston	Union Nationale	Pontiac	1948
Bona Dussault	Union Nationale	Portneuf	1935, 1944
Rosaire Chalifour (1953)	Union Nationale		1953
Maurice Cloutier	Union Nationale	Québec-Centre	1952
Jean-Jacques Bédard	Libéral	Québec-Comté	1952
Joseph-Antonin Marquis	Libéral	Québec-Est	1952
Jules Savard	Libéral	Québec-Ouest	1952
Gérard Cournoyer	Libéral	Richelieu	1952
Émilien Lafrance	Libéral	Richmond	1952
Alfred Dubé	Union Nationale	Rimouski	1936, 1944
Roméo Gagné	Union Nationale	Rivière-du-Loup	1948
Antoine Marcotte	Union Nationale	Roberval	1944
Laurent Barré	Union Nationale	Rouville	1931, 1944
Guy Dallaire	Union Nationale	Rouyn-Noranda	1948
Pierre Ouellet	Union Nationale	Saguenay	1948
Ernest-Joseph Chartier	Union Nationale	Saint-Hyacinthe	1944
Pierre-Jacques-François Bousquet (1955)	Union Nationale		1955
Jean-Paul Beaulieu	Union Nationale	Saint-Jean	1941
René Hamel	Libéral	Saint-Maurice	1952
Francis Boudreau	Union Nationale	Saint-Sauveur	1948
Gaston Ledoux	Libéral	Shefford	1952
John Samuel Bourque	Union Nationale	Sherbrooke	1935
Léon-Denis Gérin	Union Nationale	Stanstead	1948
Paul-Oliva Goulet	Libéral	Témiscamingue	1939, 1952
Antoine Raymond	Union Nationale	Témiscouata	1952
Joseph-Léonard Blanchard	Union Nationale	Terrebonne	1944
Maurice Duplessis	Union Nationale	Trois-Rivières	1927
Joseph-Édouard Jeannotte	Union Nationale	Vaudreuil-Soulanges	1948
Arthur Dupré	Libéral	Verchères	1944
George Carlyle Marler	Libéral	Westmount–Saint-Georges	1942
John Richard Hyde (1955)	Libéral		1955
Gérard Lemieux	Libéral	Wolfe	1952
Antonio Élie	Union Nationale	Yamaska	1931

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected during by-elections in this mandate

• Clovis Gagnon, Union Nationale, Matapédia, July 9, 1953 [1]
• Georges-Émile Lapalme, Quebec Liberal Party, Montréal-Outremont, July 9, 1953 [2]
• Rosaire Chalifour, Union Nationale, Portneuf, July 9, 1953 [3]
• John William French, Union Nationale, Compton, September 15, 1954 [4]
• Arsène Gagné, Union Nationale, Montréal-Laurier, July 6, 1955 [5]
• Pierre-Jacques-François Bousquet, Union Nationale, Saint-Hyacinthe, July 6, 1955 [6]
• John Richard Hyde, Quebec Liberal Party, Westmount-Saint-Georges, July 6, 1955 [7]

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. [8]

External links

• 1952 election results
• List of historical Cabinet Ministers