18th Quebec Legislature

The 18th Quebec Legislature is the provincial legislature that existed in Quebec, Canada from August 24, 1931, to October 30, 1935. The Liberal Party led by Louis-Alexandre Taschereau had a majority of seats in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec and remained in power in the government.

Seats per political party

After the 1931 elections

Affiliation		Members
	Liberal	79
	Conservative	11
Total		90
Government Majority		68

Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1931 election:

Name	Party	Riding
Hector Authier	Liberal	Abitibi
Georges-Étienne Dansereau	Liberal	Argenteuil
Joseph-Édouard Perrault	Liberal	Arthabaska
Joseph-Émery Phaneuf	Liberal	Bagot
Joseph-Edouard Fortin	Liberal	Beauce
Gontran Saint-Onge	Liberal	Beauharnois
Robert Taschereau	Liberal	Bellechasse
Cléophas Bastien	Liberal	Berthier
Pierre-Émile Côté	Liberal	Bonaventure
Ralph Frederick Stockwell	Liberal	Brome
Hortensius Béïque	Conservative	Chambly
William-Pierre Grant	Liberal	Champlain
Edgar Rochette	Liberal	Charlevoix et Saguenay
Honoré Mercier Jr.	Liberal	Châteauguay
Gustave Delisle	Liberal	Chicoutimi
William James Duffy	Liberal	Compton
Paul Sauvé	Conservative	Deux-Montagnes
Ernest Ouellet	Liberal	Dorchester
Hector Laferté	Liberal	Drummond
Henri-Louis Gagnon	Liberal	Frontenac
Thomas Côté	Liberal	Gaspé-Nord
Alexandre Chouinard	Liberal	Gaspé-Sud
Augustin-Armand Legault	Liberal	Gatineau
Aimé Guertin	Conservative	Hull
Martin Beattie Fisher	Conservative	Huntingdon
Lucien Lamoureux	Liberal	Iberville
Amédée Caron	Liberal	Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Victor Marchand	Liberal	Jacques-Cartier
Lucien Dugas	Liberal	Joliette
Pierre Gagnon	Liberal	Kamouraska
Pierre Lortie	Liberal	Labelle
Joseph-Ludger Fillion	Liberal	Lac-Saint-Jean
Walter Reed	Liberal	L'Assomption
Joseph Filion	Liberal	Laval
Joseph-Alphida Crête	Liberal	Laviolette
Arthur Bélanger	Liberal	Lévis
Adélard Godbout	Liberal	L'Islet
Joseph-Napoléon Francoeur	Liberal	Lotbinière
Charles-Joseph Arcand	Liberal	Maisonneuve
Louis-Joseph Thisdel	Liberal	Maskinongé
Joseph-Arthur Bergeron	Liberal	Matane
Joseph Dufour	Liberal	Matapédia
Lauréat Lapierre	Liberal	Mégantic
Alexandre Saurette	Liberal	Missisquoi
Médéric Duval	Liberal	Montcalm
Charles-Abraham Paquet	Liberal	Montmagny
Louis-Alexandre Taschereau	Liberal	Montmorency
Joseph-Achille Francoeur	Liberal	Montréal-Dorion
Ernest Poulin	Liberal	Montréal-Laurier
Anatole Plante	Liberal	Montréal-Mercier
Joseph Henry Dillon	Liberal	Montréal–Sainte-Anne
Gaspard Fauteux	Liberal	Montréal–Sainte-Marie
Charles Ernest Gault	Conservative	Montréal–Saint-Georges
Joseph-Maurice Gabias	Liberal	Montréal–Saint-Henri
Irénée Vautrin	Liberal	Montréal–Saint-Jacques
Joseph Cohen	Liberal	Montréal–Saint-Laurent
Peter Bercovitch	Liberal	Montréal–Saint-Louis
Pierre-Auguste Lafleur	Conservative	Montréal-Verdun
Joseph-Euclide Charbonneau	Liberal	Napierville-Laprairie
Joseph-Alcide Savoie	Liberal	Nicolet
Désiré Lahaie	Liberal	Papineau
Wallace McDonald	Liberal	Pontiac
Pierre Gauthier	Liberal	Portneuf
Joseph-Ephraim Bédard	Liberal	Québec-Comté
Joseph Samson	Liberal	Québec-Centre
Oscar Drouin	Liberal	Québec-Est
Joseph Ignatius Power	Liberal	Québec-Ouest
Avila Turcotte	Liberal	Richelieu
Stanislas-Edmond Desmarais	Liberal	Richmond
Louis-Joseph Moreault	Liberal	Rimouski
Léon Casgrain	Liberal	Rivière-du-Loup
Émile Moreau	Liberal	Roberval
Laurent Barré	Conservative	Rouville
Télesphore-Damien Bouchard	Liberal	Saint-Hyacinthe
Alexis Bouthillier	Liberal	Saint-Jean
Joseph-Auguste Frigon	Liberal	Saint-Maurice
Pierre Bertrand	Conservative	Saint-Sauveur
Robert-Raoul Bachand	Liberal	Shefford
Émery-Hector Fortier	Liberal	Sherbrooke
Avila Ferland	Liberal	Soulanges
Alfred-Joseph Bissonnet	Liberal	Stanstead
Joseph-Édouard Piché	Liberal	Témiscamingue
Joseph-Wilfrid Morel	Liberal	Témiscouata
Athanase David	Liberal	Terrebonne
Maurice Duplessis	Conservative	Trois-Rivières
Elzéar Sabourin	Liberal	Vaudreuil
Félix Messier	Liberal	Verchères
Charles Allan Smart	Conservative	Westmount
Cyrénus Lemieux	Liberal	Wolfe
Antonio Élie	Conservative	Yamaska

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected in by-elections during the term

Alexandre Gaudet, Liberal Party, Nicolet, November 7, 1933 ^[1]
Thomas Hercule Lapointe, Liberal Party, Wolfe, November 14, 1933 ^[2]
Joseph-Théodule Rhéaume, Liberal Party, Jacques-Cartier, November 21, 1933 ^[3]

Cabinet Ministers

Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
Agriculture: Adélard Godbout
Colonization, Hunting and Fishing: Hector Laferté (1931–1934)
Public Works and Labor: Joseph-Napoléon Francoeur (1931)
- Labour: Charles-Joseph Arcand (1931–1935)
- Colonization: Irénée Vautrin (1934–1935)
- Public Works, Hunting and Fishing: Joseph-Napoléon Francoeur (1934–1935)
  - Public Works: Joseph-Napoléon Francoeur (1931–1934)
Mines:Joseph-Édouard Perrault
Lands and Forests: Honoré Mercier Jr
Roads: Joseph-Édouard Perrault
Municipal Affairs: Louis-Alexandre Taschereau (1931–1935)
- Municipal Affairs, Industry and Commerce: Télesphore-Damien Bouchard (1935)
Attorney General: Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
Provincial secretary: Athanase David
Treasurer: Louis-Alexandre Taschereau (1931–1932), Ralph Frederick Stockwell (1932–1935)
Members without portfolios: George Bryson Jr. (1931–1935), Irénée Vautrin (1934), John Hall Kelly (1935)

Notes and references

^ "QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Nicolet". Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
^ "QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Wolfe". Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
^ "QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Jacques-Cartier". Archived from the original on 2007-10-07. Retrieved 2007-07-04.

[1] "QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Nicolet". Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-07-04.

[2] "QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Wolfe". Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-07-04.

[3] "QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Jacques-Cartier". Archived from the original on 2007-10-07. Retrieved 2007-07-04.

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