21st Quebec Legislature

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

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

Member list

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

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

Other elected MLAs

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Other MLAs were elected in by-elections during this term

Cabinet Ministers

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  • 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

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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]

References

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