43rd Quebec Legislature
| 43rd Quebec Legislature | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Majority parliament | |||
| Nov. 29, 2022 – Aug. 27, 2026 | |||
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| Parliament leaders | |||
| Premier | François Legault Oct. 18, 2018 – Apr. 15, 2026 | ||
| Christine Fréchette Apr. 15, 2026 – present | |||
| Leader of the Opposition | Marc Tanguay Nov. 10, 2022 – Jun. 19, 2025 | ||
| Marwah Rizqy Jun. 19, 2025 – Nov. 18, 2025 | |||
| André Fortin Nov. 18, 2025 – Dec. 19, 2025 | |||
| Marc Tanguay Dec. 19, 2025 – Feb. 14, 2026 | |||
| André Fortin Feb. 14, 2026 – present | |||
| Party caucuses | |||
| Government | Coalition Avenir Québec | ||
| Opposition | Liberal | ||
| Unrecognized | Québec solidaire | ||
| Parti Québécois | |||
| Conservative | |||
| National Assembly | |||
| Speaker of the Assembly | Nathalie Roy Nov. 29, 2022 – present | ||
| Government House leader | Simon Jolin-Barrette Oct. 18, 2018 – Apr. 21, 2026 | ||
| François Bonnardel Apr. 21, 2026 – present | |||
| Opposition House leader | Michelle Setlakwe Jun. 26, 2025 – present | ||
| Members | 125 MNA seats | ||
| Sovereign | |||
| Monarch | Charles III 8 September 2022 – present | ||
| Lieutenant governor | J. Michel Doyon 24 September 2015 – 25 January 2024 | ||
| Manon Jeannotte 25 January 2024 – present | |||
| Sessions | |||
| 1st session November 29, 2022 – September 10, 2025 | |||
| 2nd session September 30, 2025 – April 8, 2026 | |||
| 3rd session May 5, 2026 – June 12, 2026 | |||
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The 43rd National Assembly of Quebec consists of those elected in the October 3, 2022, general election. As a result, François Legault's Coalition Avenir Québec government was re-elected.[1] He would be succeeded by Christine Fréchette on April 15, 2026, after Legault's resignation as CAQ leader.
Member list
Cabinet ministers are in bold, party leaders are in italic and the president of the National Assembly is marked with a †.
- ↑ Vanier-Les Rivières
- ↑ First elected as a PQ
- ↑ Lévis
- ↑ Rousseau (First elected as a PQ)
- ↑ Marie-Victorin (First elected as a PQ)
- ↑ First elected as a PQ
- ↑ First elected as a Liberal
- ↑ Re-elected as a Liberal
- ↑ Marie-Claude Nichols was elected as a Liberal candidate in Vaudreuil. She was expelled from the Liberal caucus on October 27 after refusing the transport critic role.[2]
Changes
Changes of membership and party affiliations
seat changed hands after by-election 
involuntary departure
| Electoral District | Before | Change | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Reason | Incumbent | New member | Date | |||
| Vaudreuil | October 27, 2022 | Expelled from caucus;[3] re-admitted to caucus[4] |
Marie-Claude Nichols | May 2, 2025 | |||
| Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne | Dec 1, 2022 | Resignation | Dominique Anglade | Guillaume Cliche-Rivard[5] | March 13, 2023 | ||
| Laviolette–Saint-Maurice | March 7, 2023 | Left caucus;[6] rejoined caucus[7] | Marie-Louise Tardif | March 28, 2023 | |||
| Jean-Talon | July 31, 2023 | Resignation[8] | Joëlle Boutin | Pascal Paradis[9] | October 2, 2023 | ||
| Marguerite-Bourgeoys | October 7, 2023 | Removed from caucus;[10] re-admitted to caucus[11] |
Frédéric Beauchemin | December 15, 2023 | |||
| Arthabaska | April 16, 2024 | Resignation from party[12] | Éric Lefebvre | ||||
| March 18, 2025 | Resignation[13] | Éric Lefebvre | Alex Boissonneault | August 11, 2025 | |||
| Terrebonne | Sep 3, 2024 | Resignation[14] | Pierre Fitzgibbon | Catherine Gentilcore[15] | March 17, 2025 | ||
| Saint-Jérôme | Sep 12, 2024 | Resignation from party[16] | Youri Chassin | ||||
| Chicoutimi | Sep 4, 2025 | Resignation[17] | Andrée Laforest | Marie-Karlynn Laflamme | Feb 23, 2026 | ||
| Abitibi-Est | Sep 5, 2025 | Expelled from caucus[18] |
Pierre Dufour | ||||
| Rimouski | Sep 18, 2025 | Left caucus;[19] joined Conservative | Maïté Blanchette Vézina | March 24, 2026 | |||
| Taillon | October 30, 2025 | Resignation from cabinet and caucus; rejoined party caucus[20] |
Lionel Carmant | April 1, 2026 | |||
| Laporte | Nov 4, 2025 | Expelled from caucus[21] |
Isabelle Poulet | ||||
| Rosemont | Nov 22, 2025 | Left caucus[22] | Vincent Marissal | ||||
| Saint-Laurent | Dec 2, 2025 | Expelled from caucus[23][24] |
Marwah Rizqy | ||||
| Chomedey | Dec 4, 2025 | Expelled from caucus[25] |
Sona Lakhoyan Olivier | ||||
| La Prairie | Dec 18, 2025 | Left caucus[26] | Christian Dubé | ||||
| Dubuc | January 9, 2026 | Left caucus[27] | François Tremblay | ||||
| Orford | April 22, 2026 | Left caucus[28] | Gilles Bélanger | ||||
Changes in party standing
| Number of members per party by date |
2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3 | Oct 27 | Dec 1 | Mar 7 | Mar 13 | Mar 29 | Jul 19 | Oct 2 | Apr 16 | Sept 3 | Sept 12 | Mar 17 | Mar 18 | Jun 19 | Aug 11 | Sep 4 | Sep 5 | Sep 18 | Oct 30 | Nov 4 | Nov 18 | Nov 22 | Dec 2 | Dec 4 | Dec 18 | Jan 9 | Feb 23 | Mar 24 | Apr 1 | Apr 22 | ||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | 90 | 89 | 90 | 89 | 88 | 87 | 86 | 85 | 84 | 83 | 82 | 81 | 80 | 79 | 80 | 79 | |||||||||||||||
| Liberal | 21 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Québec solidaire | 11 | 12 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parti Québécois | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Independent | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Conservative | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vacant | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Notes and references
- ↑ "Quebec's historic 2022 election results". www.federalretirees.ca. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ↑ "Marie-Claude Nichols expelled from Que. Liberal caucus, will sit as independent". CTV News Montreal. 2022-10-27. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
- ↑ "Marie-Claude Nichols expelled from Que. Liberal caucus, will sit as independent". Montreal. October 27, 2022. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
- ↑ Pagano, Pamela (2025-05-02). "Marie-Claude Nichols back with Quebec Liberals, supporting Pablo Rodriguez in leadership race". CityNews Montreal. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
- ↑ "Québec Solidaire wins Montreal's Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne byelection". CBC News. March 10, 2023. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
- ↑ Joe Lofaro (March 7, 2023). "MNA Marie-Louise Tardif temporarily withdraws from CAQ caucus amid police investigation". CTV News. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
- ↑ QMI Agency (March 28, 2023). "Aucune accusation contre la députée: Marie-Louise Tardif réintègre le caucus de la CAQ". Le Journal de Québec (in French). Retrieved October 22, 2023.
- ↑ "La députée caquiste Joëlle Boutin démissionne". Radio-Canada (in French). July 19, 2023. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
- ↑ "Results and statistics". May 17, 2021.
- ↑ "Frédéric Beauchemin exclu du caucus libéral". Radio-Canada (in French). October 7, 2023. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
- ↑ Karim Ouadia (December 15, 2023). "Parti libéral du Québec : le député Frédéric Beauchemin réintègre le caucus". Radio-Canada (in French). Retrieved December 18, 2023.
- ↑ Marc-André Gagnon (April 16, 2024). "Eric Lefebvre quitte le caucus de la CAQ". Le Journal de Québec (in French). Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ↑ Labbé, Jérôme (March 18, 2025). "Eric Lefebvre démissionne pour faire le saut au fédéral" [Eric Lefebvre resigns to jump to the federal level]. Radio-Canada (in French).
- ↑ "Le « superministre » Pierre Fitzgibbon démissionne". Radio-Canada (in French). September 3, 2024. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
- ↑ "A by-election will be held on March 17, 2025, in the electoral division of Terrebonne". Élections Québec. 2025-02-11. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
- ↑ François Carabin (September 12, 2024). "Le député Youri Chassin claque la porte de la CAQ". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved September 12, 2024.
- ↑ "Andrée Laforest Biographie". Assemblée nationale du Québec. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ↑ "Legault boots MNA from Abitibi-Est from CAQ caucus". CBC News. 5 September 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ↑ "L'ex-ministre Maïté Blanchette Vézina quitte la CAQ et invite Legault à démissionner". Radio-Canada. 18 September 2025. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ↑ "Longtime Quebec minister Lionel Carmant steps down". CBC News. October 30, 2025. Retrieved October 30, 2025.
- ↑ "Legault excludes Laporte MNA from CAQ's caucus". CBC News. 4 November 2025. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
- ↑ "Rosemont MNA Vincent Marissal leaves Québec Solidaire caucus". CTV News. 22 November 2025. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
- ↑ "Rodriguez suspend Rizqy du caucus pour « bris de confiance »" (in French). La Presse. 4 November 2025. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
- ↑ "Quebec Liberals expel Marwah Rizqy from caucus". CBC News. 2 December 2025. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ↑ "Crisis in the PLQ: Leader Pablo Rodriguez expels an MNA from caucus". CTV News. 4 December 2025. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
- ↑ "Christian Dubé steps down as Quebec health minister, leaves CAQ". CBC News. 18 December 2025. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
- ↑ "CAQ MNA François Tremblay leaves caucus after impaired driving arrest". CBC News. 9 January 2026. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
- ↑ Tommy Chouinard (22 April 2026). "L'ex-ministre Gilles Bélanger claque la porte du parti" (in French). La Presse. Retrieved 24 April 2026.