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 First elected / previously elected
  Jacques Miquelon Union Nationale Abitibi-Est 1948
  Alcide Courcy Libéral Abitibi-Ouest 1956
  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
  Gérard D. Levesque Libéral Bonaventure 1956
  Glendon Brown Libéral Brome 1956
  Robert Théberge Libéral Chambly 1956
  Maurice Bellemare Union Nationale Champlain 1944
  Arthur Leclerc Union Nationale Charlevoix 1936, 1944
  Arthur Laberge Union Nationale Châteauguay 1948
  Joseph-Maurice Laberge (1957) Union Nationale 1957
  Antonio Talbot Union Nationale Chicoutimi 1938
  Fabien Gagnon Libéral Compton 1956
  Claude-Gilles Gosselin (1957) Union Nationale 1957
  Paul Sauvé Union Nationale Deux-Montagnes 1930, 1936
  Joseph-Damase Bégin Union Nationale Dorchester 1935
  Robert Bernard Union Nationale Drummond 1944, 1956
  Éloi Guillemette Union Nationale Frontenac 1956
  Alphonse Couturier Union Nationale Gaspé-Nord 1952
  Camille-Eugène Pouliot Union Nationale Gaspé-Sud 1936
  Gérard Desjardins Union Nationale Gatineau 1948
  Oswald Parent Libéral Hull 1956
  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
  Léonce Ouellet Union Nationale Jonquière-Kénogami 1956
  Alfred Plourde Union Nationale Kamouraska 1948
  Albiny Paquette Union Nationale Labelle 1935
  Pierre Bohémier (1958) Union Nationale 1958
  Fernand Lafontaine (1959) Union Nationale 1959
  Antonio Auger Union Nationale Lac-Saint-Jean 1948
  Jean-Paul Levasseur (1959) Union Nationale 1959
  Victor-Stanislas Chartrand Union Nationale L'Assomption 1944
  Léopold Pouliot Union Nationale Laval 1956
  Charles Romulus Ducharme Union Nationale Laviolette 1935, 1944
  Albert Samson Union Nationale Lévis 1949, 1956
  Fernand Lizotte Union Nationale L'Islet 1948
  René Bernatchez Union Nationale Lotbinière 1948
  Lucien Tremblay Union Nationale Maisonneuve 1956
  Germain Caron Union Nationale Maskinongé 1944
  Onésime Gagnon Union Nationale Matane 1936
  Benoît Gaboury (1958) Union Nationale 1958
  J-Clovis Gagnon Union Nationale Matapédia 1953
  Tancrède Labbé Union Nationale Mégantic 1935, 1940
  Joseph-Émile Fortin (1957) Union Nationale 1957
  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
  Maurice-Tréflé Custeau Union Nationale Montréal–Jeanne-Mance 1956
  Arsène Gagné Union Nationale Montréal-Laurier 1955
  Gérard Thibeault Union Nationale Montréal-Mercier 1936, 1948
  Paul Earl Libéral Montréal–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce 1948
  Georges-Émile Lapalme Libéral Montréal-Outremont 1953
  Francis Hanley Independent Montréal–Sainte-Anne 1948
  Edgar Charbonneau Union Nationale Montréal–Sainte-Marie 1956
  Philippe Lalonde Libéral Montréal–Saint-Henri 1952
  Paul Dozois Union Nationale Montréal–Saint-Jacques 1956
  Dave Rochon Libéral Montréal–Saint-Louis 1948
  Independent
  Lionel-Alfred Ross Libéral Montréal-Verdun 1944
  Independent
  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
  Rosaire Chalifour Union Nationale Portneuf 1953
  Maurice Cloutier Union Nationale Québec-Centre 1952
  Émilien Rochette Union Nationale Québec-Comté 1956
  Armand Maltais Union Nationale Québec-Est 1956
  Jean-Paul Galipeault Libéral Québec-Ouest 1956
  Bernard Gagné Union Nationale Richelieu 1948, 1956
  Émilien Lafrance Libéral Richmond 1952
  Albert Dionne Libéral Rimouski 1956
  Alphonse Couturier Libéral Rivière-du-Loup 1956
  Paul-Henri Spence Union Nationale Roberval 1956
  Jean-Joseph Turcotte (1958) Union Nationale 1958
  Laurent Barré Union Nationale Rouville 1931, 1944
  Edgar Turpin Libéral Rouyn-Noranda 1956
  Pierre Ouellet Union Nationale Saguenay 1948
  René Saint-Pierre Libéral Saint-Hyacinthe 1956
  Jean-Paul Beaulieu Union Nationale Saint-Jean 1941
  René Hamel Libéral Saint-Maurice 1952
  Francis Boudreau Union Nationale Saint-Sauveur 1948
  Armand Russell Union Nationale Shefford 1956
  John Samuel Bourque Union Nationale Sherbrooke 1935
  Léon-Denis Gérin Union Nationale Stanstead 1948
  Joseph-André Larouche Union Nationale Témiscamingue 1956
  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
  Loyola Schmidt (1957) Union Nationale 1957
  Clodomir Ladouceur Union Nationale Verchères 1956
  John Richard Hyde Libéral Westmount–Saint-Georges 1955
  Henri Vachon Union Nationale Wolfe 1936, 1944, 1956
  Antonio Élie Union Nationale Yamaska 1931

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected in by-elections during this mandate

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. [10]

References

Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25th_Legislative_Assembly_of_Quebec
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