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

After the 1944 elections

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
Henri Drouin	Libéral	Abitibi-Est
Émile Lesage	Union Nationale	Abitibi-Ouest
Georges-Étienne Dansereau	Libéral	Argenteuil
Pierre-Horace Plourde	Libéral	Arthabaska
Cyrille Dumaine	Libéral	Bagot
Édouard Lacroix	Bloc populaire canadien	Beauce
Albert Lemieux	Bloc populaire canadien	Beauharnois
Valmore Bienvenue	Libéral	Bellechasse
Armand Sylvestre	Libéral	Berthier
Henri Jolicoeur	Union Nationale	Bonaventure
Jonathan Robinson	Union Nationale	Brome
Dowina-Évariste Joyal	Libéral	Chambly
Maurice Bellemare	Union Nationale	Champlain
Arthur Leclerc	Union Nationale	Charlevoix-Saguenay
Honoré Mercier III	Libéral	Châteauguay
Antonio Talbot	Union Nationale	Chicoutimi
William James Duffy	Libéral	Compton
Paul Sauvé	Union Nationale	Deux-Montagnes
Joseph-Damase Bégin	Union Nationale	Dorchester
Robert Bernard	Union Nationale	Drummond
Patrice Tardif	Union Nationale	Frontenac
Joseph-Alphonse Pelletier	Union Nationale	Gaspé-Nord
Camille-Eugène Pouliot	Union Nationale	Gaspé-Sud
Joseph-Célestin Nadon	Libéral	Gatineau
Alexandre Taché	Union Nationale	Hull
Dennis James O'Connor	Libéral	Huntingdon
Yvon Thuot	Union Nationale	Iberville
Hormisdas Langlais	Union Nationale	Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Charles-Aimé Kirkland	Libéral	Jacques-Cartier
Antonio Barrette	Union Nationale	Joliette
Louis Philippe Lizotte	Libéral	Kamouraska
Albiny Paquette	Union Nationale	Labelle
Joseph-Ludger Fillion	Libéral	Lac-Saint-Jean
Victor-Stanislas Chartrand	Union Nationale	L'Assomption
François Leduc	Libéral	Laval
Charles Romulus Ducharme	Union Nationale	Laviolette
Joseph-Théophile Larochelle	Union Nationale	Lévis
Adélard Godbout	Libéral	L'Islet
Guy Roberge	Libéral	Lotbinière
Albert Gatien	Union Nationale	Maisonneuve
Germain Caron	Union Nationale	Maskinongé
Onésime Gagnon	Union Nationale	Matane
Philippe Cossette	Union Nationale	Matapédia
Tancrède Labbé	Union Nationale	Mégantic
Henri A. Gosselin	Libéral	Missisquoi
Maurice Tellier	Union Nationale	Montcalm
Fernand Choquette	Libéral	Montmagny
Jacques Dumoulin	Libéral	Montmorency
Joseph-Émile Dubreuil	Libéral	Montréal–Jeanne-Mance
André Laurendeau	Bloc populaire canadien	Montréal-Laurier
Joseph-Achille Francoeur	Libéral	Montréal-Mercier
James Arthur Mathewson	Libéral	Montréal–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Henri Groulx	Libéral	Montréal-Outremont
Thomas Guerin	Libéral	Montréal–Sainte-Anne
Camille Côté	Union Nationale	Montréal–Sainte-Marie
Joseph-Hormisdas Delisle	Union Nationale	Montréal–Saint-Henri
Omer Côté	Union Nationale	Montréal–Saint-Jacques
Maurice Hartt	Libéral	Montréal–Saint-Louis
Lionel-Alfred Ross	Libéral	Montréal-Verdun
Hercule Riendeau	Union Nationale	Napierville-Laprairie
Émery Fleury	Union Nationale	Nicolet
Roméo Lorrain	Union Nationale	Papineau
Edward Charles Lawn	Libéral	Pontiac
Bona Dussault	Union Nationale	Portneuf
Joseph-William Morin	Libéral	Québec-Centre
René Chaloult	Nationaliste	Québec-Comté
Henri-Paul Drouin	Libéral	Québec-Est
Wilfrid Samson	Libéral	Québec-Ouest
Joseph-Willie Robidoux	Libéral	Richelieu
Albert Goudreau	Union Nationale	Richmond
Alfred Dubé	Union Nationale	Rimouski
Léon Casgrain	Libéral	Rivière-du-Loup
Antoine Marcotte	Union Nationale	Roberval
Laurent Barré	Union Nationale	Rouville
David Côté	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Rouyn-Noranda
Ernest-Joseph Chartier	Union Nationale	Saint-Hyacinthe
Jean-Paul Beaulieu	Union Nationale	Saint-Jean
Marc Trudel	Union Nationale	Saint-Maurice
Wilfrid Hamel	Libéral	Saint-Sauveur
Hector Choquette	Union Nationale	Shefford
John Samuel Bourque	Union Nationale	Sherbrooke
Ovila Bergeron	Bloc populaire canadien	Stanstead
Nil-Élie Larivière	Union Nationale	Témiscamingue
André Pelletier	Union Nationale	Témiscouata
Joseph-Léonard Blanchard	Union Nationale	Terrebonne
Maurice Duplessis	Union Nationale	Trois-Rivières
Alphide Sabourin	Libéral	Vaudreuil-Soulanges
Arthur Dupré	Libéral	Verchères
George Carlyle Marler	Libéral	Westmount–Saint-Georges
Henri Vachon	Union Nationale	Wolfe
Antonio Élie	Union Nationale	Yamaska

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected in by-elections during this term

Georges-Octave Poulin, Union Nationale, Beauce, November 21, 1945 [1]
Charles Daniel French, Union Nationale, Compton, July 3, 1946 [2]
Daniel Johnson, Union Nationale, Bagot, December 18, 1946 [3]
John Gillies Rennie, Union Nationale, Huntingdon, July 23, 1947 [4]

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. [5]