22nd Quebec Legislature

The 22nd Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the Quebec, Canada provincial legislature that existed from August 8, 1944, to July 28, 1948. The Union Nationale led by Maurice Duplessis returned to power after defeating the Quebec Liberal Party led by Adélard Godbout who defeated the Union Nationale in the 1939 elections. It was the first of four consecutive terms by the UN until 1960.

Seats per political party

Affiliation Members
Union Nationale 48
Liberal 37
Bloc populaire 4
Co-operative Commonwealth 1
Nationaliste 1
 Total
 91
 Government Majority
 11

Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1944 election:

Name Party Riding First elected / previously elected
  Henri Drouin Libéral Abitibi-Est 1944
  Émile Lesage Union Nationale Abitibi-Ouest 1936, 1944
  Georges-Étienne Dansereau Libéral Argenteuil 1935
  Pierre-Horace Plourde Libéral Arthabaska 1944
  Cyrille Dumaine Libéral Bagot 1935, 1939
  Daniel Johnson (1946) Union Nationale 1946
  Édouard Lacroix Bloc populaire canadien Beauce 1944
  Georges-Octave Poulin (1945) Union Nationale 1945
  Albert Lemieux Bloc populaire canadien Beauharnois 1944
  Valmore Bienvenue Libéral Bellechasse 1939
  Armand Sylvestre Libéral Berthier 1944
  Henri Jolicoeur Union Nationale Bonaventure 1936, 1944
  Jonathan Robinson Union Nationale Brome 1936
  Dowina-Évariste Joyal Libéral Chambly 1939
  Maurice Bellemare Union Nationale Champlain 1944
  Arthur Leclerc Union Nationale Charlevoix-Saguenay 1936, 1944
  Honoré Mercier III Libéral Châteauguay 1944
  Antonio Talbot Union Nationale Chicoutimi 1938
  William James Duffy Libéral Compton 1931, 1939
  Charles Daniel French (1946) Union Nationale 1946
  Paul Sauvé Union Nationale Deux-Montagnes 1930, 1936
  Joseph-Damase Bégin Union Nationale Dorchester 1935
  Robert Bernard Union Nationale Drummond 1944
  Patrice Tardif Union Nationale Frontenac 1935, 1944
  Joseph-Alphonse Pelletier Union Nationale Gaspé-Nord 1936, 1944
  Camille-Eugène Pouliot Union Nationale Gaspé-Sud 1936
  Joseph-Célestin Nadon Libéral Gatineau 1939
  Alexandre Taché Union Nationale Hull 1936, 1944
  Dennis James O'Connor Libéral Huntingdon 1941
  John Gillies Rennie (1947) Union Nationale 1947
  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
  Louis Philippe Lizotte Libéral Kamouraska 1944
  Albiny Paquette Union Nationale Labelle 1935
  Joseph-Ludger Fillion Libéral Lac-Saint-Jean 1931, 1939
  Victor-Stanislas Chartrand Union Nationale L'Assomption 1944
  François Leduc Libéral Laval 1935
  Charles Romulus Ducharme Union Nationale Laviolette 1935, 1944
  Joseph-Théophile Larochelle Union Nationale Lévis 1935, 1944
  Adélard Godbout Libéral L'Islet 1929, 1939
  Guy Roberge Libéral Lotbinière 1944
  Albert Gatien Union Nationale Maisonneuve 1944
  Germain Caron Union Nationale Maskinongé 1944
  Onésime Gagnon Union Nationale Matane 1936
  Philippe Cossette Union Nationale Matapédia 1944
  Tancrède Labbé Union Nationale Mégantic 1935, 1940
  Henri A. Gosselin Libéral Missisquoi 1939
  Maurice Tellier Union Nationale Montcalm 1936, 1944
  Fernand Choquette Libéral Montmagny 1939
  Jacques Dumoulin Libéral Montmorency 1939
  Joseph-Émile Dubreuil Libéral Montréal–Jeanne-Mance 1939
  André Laurendeau Bloc populaire canadien Montréal-Laurier 1944
  Independent
  Joseph-Achille Francoeur Libéral Montréal-Mercier 1931, 1939
  James Arthur Mathewson Libéral Montréal–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce 1939
  Henri Groulx Libéral Montréal-Outremont 1939
  Thomas Guerin Libéral Montréal–Sainte-Anne 1942
  Camille Côté Union Nationale Montréal–Sainte-Marie 1944
  Joseph-Hormisdas Delisle Union Nationale Montréal–Saint-Henri 1944
  Omer Côté Union Nationale Montréal–Saint-Jacques 1944
  Maurice Hartt Libéral Montréal–Saint-Louis 1939
  Lionel-Alfred Ross Libéral Montréal-Verdun 1944
  Hercule Riendeau Union Nationale Napierville-Laprairie 1944
  Émery Fleury Union Nationale Nicolet 1936, 1944
  Roméo Lorrain Union Nationale Papineau 1935
  Edward Charles Lawn Libéral Pontiac 1935
  Bona Dussault Union Nationale Portneuf 1935, 1944
  Joseph-William Morin Libéral Québec-Centre 1939
  René Chaloult Nationaliste[a] Québec-Comté 1936
  Henri-Paul Drouin Libéral Québec-Est 1944
  Wilfrid Samson Libéral Québec-Ouest 1944
  Joseph-Willie Robidoux Libéral Richelieu 1942
  Albert Goudreau Union Nationale Richmond 1935, 1944
  Alfred Dubé Union Nationale Rimouski 1936, 1944
  Léon Casgrain Libéral Rivière-du-Loup 1927
  Antoine Marcotte Union Nationale Roberval 1944
  Laurent Barré Union Nationale Rouville 1931, 1944
  David Côté Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Rouyn-Noranda 1944
  Independent
  Ernest-Joseph Chartier Union Nationale Saint-Hyacinthe 1944
  Jean-Paul Beaulieu Union Nationale Saint-Jean 1941
  Marc Trudel Union Nationale Saint-Maurice 1935, 1944
  Wilfrid Hamel Libéral Saint-Sauveur 1939
  Hector Choquette Union Nationale Shefford 1935, 1944
  John Samuel Bourque Union Nationale Sherbrooke 1935
  Ovila Bergeron Bloc populaire canadien Stanstead 1944
  Nil-Élie Larivière Union Nationale Témiscamingue 1935, 1944
  André Pelletier Union Nationale Témiscouata 1944
  Joseph-Léonard Blanchard Union Nationale Terrebonne 1944
  Maurice Duplessis Union Nationale Trois-Rivières 1927
  Alphide Sabourin Libéral Vaudreuil-Soulanges 1939
  Arthur Dupré Libéral Verchères 1944
  George Carlyle Marler Libéral Westmount–Saint-Georges 1942
  Henri Vachon Union Nationale Wolfe 1936, 1944
  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: Maurice Duplessis
  • Agriculture: Laurent Barrée
  • Colonization: Joseph-Damase Begin
  • Labour: Antonio Barrette
  • Public Works: Roméo Lorrain
  • Health and Social Welfare: Albiny Paquette (1944-1946)
    • Social Welfare and Youth: Paul Sauvé (1946-1948)
    • Health: Albiny Paquette (1947-1948)
  • Lands and Forests: John Samuel Bourque
  • Hunting and Coastal Fisheries: Camille-Eugène Pouliot
  • Mines: Jonathan Robinson
  • Hydraulic resources: John Samuel Bourque (1945-1948)
  • Roads: Antonio Talbot
  • Municipal Affairs: Bona Dussault
  • Industry and Commerce: Jean-Paul Beaulieu
  • Attorney General: Maurice Duplessis
  • Provincial Secretary: Omer Côté
  • Treasurer: Onésime Gagnon
  • Members without portfolios: Thomas Chapais, Antonio Élie, Tancrède Labbé, Marc Trudel, Patrice Tardif, Joseph-Hormisdas Delisle, Joseph-Théophile Larochelle

New electoral districts

The electoral map was slightly modified in 1945 as the Charlevoix et Saguenay riding was split into two new ridings: Charlevoix and Saguenay. The change was effective in the 1948 elections.

Notes

  1. ↑ First elected as a Union Nationale candidate

References

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