23rd Quebec Legislature

The 23rd Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the provincial legislature of Quebec, Canada that existed from July 28, 1948, to July 16, 1952. The governing party was the Union Nationale, led by Maurice Duplessis which held power for a second consecutive mandate since 1944.

Seats per political party

• After the 1948 elections

Affiliation		Members
	Union Nationale	82
	Liberal	8
	Independent	2
Total		92
Government Majority		74

Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1948 election:

	Name	Party	Riding
	Jacques Miquelon	Union Nationale	Abitibi-Est
	Émile Lesage	Union Nationale	Abitibi-Ouest
	William McOuat Cottingham	Union Nationale	Argenteuil
	Wilfrid Labbé	Union Nationale	Arthabaska
	Daniel Johnson	Union Nationale	Bagot
	Georges-Octave Poulin	Union Nationale	Beauce
	Edgar Hébert	Union Nationale	Beauharnois
	Paul-Eugène Bélanger	Union Nationale	Bellechasse
	Azellus Lavallée	Union Nationale	Berthier
	Henri Jolicoeur	Union Nationale	Bonaventure
	Jonathan Robinson	Union Nationale	Brome
	John Redmond Roche	Union Nationale	Chambly
	Maurice Bellemare	Union Nationale	Champlain
	Arthur Leclerc	Union Nationale	Charlevoix
	Arthur Laberge	Union Nationale	Châteauguay
	Antonio Talbot	Union Nationale	Chicoutimi
	Charles Daniel French	Union Nationale	Compton
	Paul Sauvé	Union Nationale	Deux-Montagnes
	Joseph-Damase Bégin	Union Nationale	Dorchester
	Robert Bernard	Union Nationale	Drummond
	Patrice Tardif	Union Nationale	Frontenac
	Robert Lévesque	Libéral	Gaspé-Nord
	Camille-Eugène Pouliot	Union Nationale	Gaspé-Sud
	Gérard Desjardins	Union Nationale	Gatineau
	Alexandre Taché	Union Nationale	Hull
	John Gillies Rennie	Union Nationale	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
	Alfred Plourde	Union Nationale	Kamouraska
	Albiny Paquette	Union Nationale	Labelle
	Antonio Auger	Union Nationale	Lac-Saint-Jean
	Victor-Stanislas Chartrand	Union Nationale	L'Assomption
	Omer Barrière	Union Nationale	Laval
	Charles Romulus Ducharme	Union Nationale	Laviolette
	Joseph-Théophile Larochelle	Union Nationale	Lévis
	Fernand Lizotte	Union Nationale	L'Islet
	René Bernatchez	Union Nationale	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
	Jean-Jacques Bertrand	Union Nationale	Missisquoi
	Maurice Tellier	Union Nationale	Montcalm
	Antoine Rivard	Union Nationale	Montmagny
	Yves Prévost	Union Nationale	Montmorency
	Georges Guévremont	Union Nationale	Montréal–Jeanne-Mance
	Paul Provençal	Union Nationale	Montréal-Laurier
	Gérard Thibeault	Union Nationale	Montréal-Mercier
	Paul Earl	Libéral	Montréal–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
	Henri Groulx	Libéral	Montréal-Outremont
	Francis Hanley	Independent	Montréal–Sainte-Anne
	Aimé Gendron	Union Nationale	Montréal–Sainte-Marie
	Joseph-Hormisdas Delisle	Union Nationale	Montréal–Saint-Henri
	Omer Côté	Union Nationale	Montréal–Saint-Jacques
	Dave Rochon	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
	Raymond Thomas Johnston	Union Nationale	Pontiac
	Bona Dussault	Union Nationale	Portneuf
	Gérard Guay	Union Nationale	Québec-Centre
	René Chaloult	Independent	Québec-Comté
	Joseph-Onésime Matte	Union Nationale	Québec-Est
	Jean-Alphonse Saucier	Union Nationale	Québec-Ouest
	Bernard Gagné	Union Nationale	Richelieu
	Albert Goudreau	Union Nationale	Richmond
	Alfred Dubé	Union Nationale	Rimouski
	Roméo Gagné	Union Nationale	Rivière-du-Loup
	Antoine Marcotte	Union Nationale	Roberval
	Laurent Barré	Union Nationale	Rouville
	Guy Dallaire	Union Nationale	Rouyn-Noranda
	Pierre Ouellet	Union Nationale	Saguenay
	Ernest-Joseph Chartier	Union Nationale	Saint-Hyacinthe
	Jean-Paul Beaulieu	Union Nationale	Saint-Jean
	Marc Trudel	Union Nationale	Saint-Maurice
	Francis Boudreau	Union Nationale	Saint-Sauveur
	Hector Choquette	Union Nationale	Shefford
	John Samuel Bourque	Union Nationale	Sherbrooke
	Léon-Denis Gérin	Union Nationale	Stanstead
	Nil-Élie Larivière	Union Nationale	Témiscamingue
	André Pelletier	Union Nationale	Témiscouata
	Joseph-Léonard Blanchard	Union Nationale	Terrebonne
	Maurice Duplessis	Union Nationale	Trois-Rivières
	Joseph-Édouard Jeannotte	Union Nationale	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 the term

• Charles James Warwick Fox, Union Nationale, Brome, December 7, 1948 [1]
• Albert Samson, Union Nationale, Lévis, February 16, 1949 [2]

Cabinet Ministers

• Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Maurice Duplessis
• Agriculture: Laurent Barrée
• Colonization: Joseph-Damase Begin
• Labour: Antonio Barrette
• Public Works: Roméo Lorrain
• Social Welfare and Youth: Paul Sauvé
• Health: Albiny Paquette
• Lands and Forests: John Samuel Bourque
• Hunting and Coastal Fisheries: Camille-Eugène Pouliot
• Mines: Jonathan Robinson (1948), Charles Daniel French (1948–1952)
• Hydraulic resources: John Samuel Bourque
• Roads: Antonio Talbot
• Municipal Affairs: Bona Dussault
• Industry and Commerce: Jean-Paul Beaulieu
• Attorney General: Maurice Duplessis
• Provincial Secretary: Omer Côté
• Solicitor General: Antoine Rivard (1950–1952)
• Treasurer: Onésime Gagnon (1948–1951)
  • Finances: Onesime Gagnon (1951–1952)
• State Ministers: Antoine Rivard (1948–1950)

References

• 1948 election results
• List of Historical Cabinet Ministers