The 21st Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the provincial legislature in Quebec, Canada that existed from October 25, 1939, to August 8, 1944. The Quebec Liberal Party led by Adélard Godbout was the governing party. It was the last term for the Liberals in power until 1960. The Union Nationale were in power for the following four terms.

Seats per political party

Affiliation Members
Liberal 70
Union Nationale 15
  Independent 1
 Total
 86
 Government Majority
 55

Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1939 election:

Name Party Riding First elected / previously elected
  Félix Allard Liberal Abitibi 1939
  Georges-Étienne Dansereau Liberal Argenteuil 1935
  Wilfrid Girouard Liberal Arthabaska 1939
  Cyrille Dumaine Liberal Bagot 1935, 1939
  Henri-René Renault Liberal Beauce 1939
  Delpha Sauvé Union Nationale Beauharnois 1935
  Valmore Bienvenue Liberal Bellechasse 1939
  Cléophas Bastien Liberal Berthier 1927
  Pierre-Émile Côté Liberal Bonaventure 1924, 1939
  Jonathan Robinson Union Nationale Brome 1936
  Dowina-Évariste Joyal Liberal Chambly 1939
  Joseph-Philias Morin Union Nationale Champlain 1939
  Edgar Rochette Liberal Charlevoix—Saguenay 1927, 1939
  Roméo Fortin Liberal Châteauguay-Laprairie 1939
  Antonio Talbot Union Nationale Chicoutimi 1938
  William James Duffy Liberal Compton 1931, 1939
  Paul Sauvé Union Nationale Deux-Montagnes 1930, 1936
  Joseph-Damase Bégin Union Nationale Dorchester 1935
  Arthur Rajotte Liberal Drummond 1935, 1939
  Henri-Louis Gagnon Liberal Frontenac 1931, 1939
  Perreault Casgrain Liberal Gaspé-Nord 1939
  Camille-Eugène Pouliot Union Nationale Gaspé-Sud 1936
  Joseph-Célestin Nadon Liberal Gatineau 1939
  Alexis Caron Liberal Hull 1935, 1939
  James Walker Ross Liberal Huntingdon 1939
  Dennis James O'Connor (1941) Liberal 1941
  Émile Bonvouloir Liberal Iberville 1939
  Hormisdas Langlais Union Nationale Îles-de-la-Madeleine 1936
  Charles-Aimé Kirkland Liberal Jacques-Cartier 1939
  Antonio Barrette Union Nationale Joliette 1936
  Léon Casgrain Liberal Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup 1927
  Albiny Paquette Union Nationale Labelle 1935
  Joseph-Ludger Fillion Liberal Lac-Saint-Jean 1931, 1939
  Bernard Bissonnette Liberal L'Assomption 1939
  François Leduc Liberal Laval 1935
  Edmond Guibord Liberal Laviolette 1939
  Joseph-Georges Francoeur Liberal Lévis 1939
  Adélard Godbout Liberal L'Islet 1929, 1939
  René Chaloult Liberal[a] Lotbinière 1936
  Bloc populaire canadien
  Independent
  Joseph-Georges Caron Liberal Maisonneuve 1939
  Louis-Joseph Thisdel Liberal Maskinongé 1930, 1939
  Onésime Gagnon Union Nationale Matane 1936
  Joseph Dufour Liberal Matapédia 1919, 1939
  Louis Houde Liberal Mégantic 1939
  Tancrède Labbé (1940) Union Nationale 1935, 1940
  Henri A. Gosselin Liberal Missisquoi 1939
  Joseph-Odilon Duval Liberal Montcalm 1939
  Fernand Choquette Liberal Montmagny 1939
  Jacques Dumoulin Liberal Montmorency 1939
  Joseph-Émile Dubreuil Liberal Montréal–Jeanne-Mance 1939
  Paul Gauthier Liberal Montréal-Laurier 1939
  Joseph-Achille Francoeur Liberal Montréal-Mercier 1931, 1939
  James Arthur Mathewson Liberal Montréal–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce 1939
  Henri Groulx Liberal Montréal-Outremont 1939
  Francis Lawrence Connors Liberal Montréal–Sainte-Anne 1935
  Thomas Guérin (1942) Liberal 1942
  Camillien Houde Independent[b] Montréal–Sainte-Marie 1923, 1928, 1939
  Émile Boucher Liberal Montréal–Saint-Henri 1939
  Joseph-Roméo Toupin Liberal Montréal–Saint-Jacques 1939
  Maurice Hartt Liberal Montréal–Saint-Louis 1939
  Léopold Comeau Liberal Montréal-Verdun 1939
  Henri-Napoléon Biron Liberal Nicolet 1939
  Roméo Lorrain Union Nationale Papineau 1935
  Edward Charles Lawn Liberal Pontiac 1935
  Lucien Plamondon Liberal Portneuf 1939
  Joseph-William Morin Liberal Québec-Centre 1939
  François-Xavier Bouchard Liberal Québec-Comté 1939
  Oscar Drouin Liberal Québec-Est 1928
  Charles Delagrave Liberal Québec-Ouest 1935
  Félix Messier Liberal Richelieu-Verchères 1927
  Joseph-Willie Robidoux (1942) Liberal 1942
  Stanislas-Edmond Desmarais Liberal Richmond 1923, 1939
  Louis-Joseph Moreault Liberal Rimouski 1923, 1939
  Georges Potvin Liberal Roberval 1939
  Henri-Pascal Panet Liberal Rouville 1939
  Télesphore-Damien Bouchard Liberal Saint-Hyacinthe 1912, 1923
  Alexis Bouthillier Liberal Saint-Jean–Napierville 1919
  Jean-Paul Beaulieu (1941) Union Nationale 1941
  Polydore Beaulac Liberal Saint-Maurice 1939
  Wilfrid Hamel Liberal Saint-Sauveur 1939
  Charles Munson Bullock Liberal Shefford 1939
  John Samuel Bourque Union Nationale Sherbrooke 1935
  Raymond-François Frégeau Liberal Stanstead 1939
  Paul-Oliva Goulet Liberal Témiscamingue 1939
  Joseph-Alphonse Beaulieu Liberal Témiscouata 1935, 1939
  Athanase David Liberal Terrebonne 1916, 1939
  Damase Perrier (1940) Liberal 1940
  Maurice Duplessis Union Nationale Trois-Rivières 1927
  Alphide Sabourin Liberal Vaudreuil-Soulanges 1939
  Georges Gordon Hyde Liberal Westmount–Saint-Georges 1939
  George Carlyle Marler (1942) Liberal 1942
  Thomas Hercule Lapointe Liberal Wolfe 1933, 1939
  Antonio Élie Union Nationale Yamaska 1931

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected in by-elections during this term

Cabinet Ministers

  • Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Adélard Godbout
  • Agriculture: Adélard Godbout
  • Colonization: Adélard Godbout (1939-1942), Cléophas Bastien (1942-1944)
  • Labour: Edgar Rochette
  • Public Works: Télesphore-Damien Bouchard (1939-1942), Georges-Étienne Dansereau (1942-1944)
  • Health: Henri Groulx (1939-1941)
  • Social Welfare: Henri Groulx (1940-1941)
    • Health and Social Welfare:Henri Groulx (1941-1944)
  • Lands, Forests, Hunting and Fishing: Pierre-Émile Côté (1939-1941)
    • Lands and Forests: Pierre-Émile Côté (1941-1942), Wilfrid Hamel (1942-1944)
    • Hunting and Fishing: Pierre-Émile Côté (1941-1942), Valmore Bienvenue (1942-1944)
  • Mines and Fisheries: Edgar Rochette (1939-1941)
    • Mines and coastal fisheries: Edgar Rochette (1941-1942)
      • Mines: Edgar Rochette (1942-1944)
  • Roads: Télesphore-Damien Bouchard (1939-1944), Georges-Étienne Dansereau (1944)
  • Municipal Affairs, Industry and Commerce: Oscar Drouin (1939-1944), Henri-René Renault (1944)
  • Attorney General: Wilfrid Girouard (1939-1942), Léon Casgrain (1942-1944)
  • Provincial Secretary: Henri Groulx (1939-1940), Hector Perrier (1940-1944)
  • Treasurer: James Arthur Matthewson
  • Members without portfolios: Frank Lawrence Connors, Georges-Étienne Dansereau (1939-1942), Léon Casgrain (1939-1942), Louis-Joseph Thisdel, Cléophas Bastien (1939-1942), Wilfrid Hamel (1939-1942), Francois-Philippe Brais (1940-1944), Perrault Casgrain (1942-1944), Henri-René Renault (1942-1944), Joseph-Achille Francoeur (1944), Maurice Gingues (1944)

New electoral districts

The electoral map was reformed in 1944 which was used in the upcoming election later that year. Some of the changes included de-mergers of ridings that were created in the previous reform in 1939. [9]

Notes

  1. ^ First elected as a Union Nationale candidate
  2. ^ 1923 and 1928 elected as a Conservative

References

Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21st_Legislative_Assembly_of_Quebec
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