24th Quebec Legislature

The 24th Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the Quebec, Canada provincial legislature that existed from July 16, 1952, to June 20, 1956. This assembly marked the third consecutive term of the Union Nationale as the governing party and the fourth under the leadership of Maurice Duplessis.

Seats per political party

After the 1952 elections

Affiliation		Members
	Union Nationale	68
	Liberal	23
	Independent	1
Total		92
Government Majority		45

Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1952 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
Alphée Poirier	Union Nationale	Bellechasse
Azellus Lavallée	Union Nationale	Berthier
Henri Jolicoeur	Union Nationale	Bonaventure
Charles James Warwick Fox	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
Bernard Pinard	Libéral	Drummond
Gérard Noel	Libéral	Frontenac
Alphonse Couturier	Union Nationale	Gaspé-Nord
Camille-Eugène Pouliot	Union Nationale	Gaspé-Sud
Gérard Desjardins	Union Nationale	Gatineau
Alexandre Taché	Union Nationale	Hull
Henry Somerville	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
Raynold Bélanger	Libéral	Lévis
Fernand Lizotte	Union Nationale	L'Islet
René Bernatchez	Union Nationale	Lotbinière
Alcide Montpetit	Libéral	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
Jean-Paul Noël	Libéral	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
Yvon Dupuis	Libéral	Montréal–Sainte-Marie
Philippe Lalonde	Libéral	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
Camille Roy	Union Nationale	Nicolet
Roméo Lorrain	Union Nationale	Papineau
Raymond Thomas Johnston	Union Nationale	Pontiac
Bona Dussault	Union Nationale	Portneuf
Maurice Cloutier	Union Nationale	Québec-Centre
Jean-Jacques Bédard	Libéral	Québec-Comté
Joseph-Antonin Marquis	Libéral	Québec-Est
Jules Savard	Libéral	Québec-Ouest
Gérard Cournoyer	Libéral	Richelieu
Émilien Lafrance	Liberal	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
René Hamel	Libéral	Saint-Maurice
Francis Boudreau	Union Nationale	Saint-Sauveur
Gaston Ledoux	Libéral	Shefford
John Samuel Bourque	Union Nationale	Sherbrooke
Léon-Denis Gérin	Union Nationale	Stanstead
Paul-Oliva Goulet	Libéral	Témiscamingue
Antoine Raymond	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
Gérard Lemieux	Libéral	Wolfe
Antonio Élie	Union Nationale	Yamaska

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected during by-elections in this mandate

Clovis Gagnon, Union Nationale, Matapédia, July 9, 1953 [1]
Georges-Émile Lapalme, Quebec Liberal Party, Montréal-Outremont, July 9, 1953 [2]
Rosaire Chalifour, Union Nationale, Portneuf, July 9, 1953 [3]
John William French, Union Nationale, Compton, September 15, 1954 [4]
Arsène Gagné, Union Nationale, Montréal-Laurier, July 6, 1955 [5]
Pierre-Jacques-François Bousquet, Union Nationale, Saint-Hyacinthe, July 6, 1955 [6]
John Richard Hyde, Quebec Liberal Party, Westmount-Saint-Georges, July 6, 1955 [7]

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: Charles Daniel French (1952-1954), William McOuat Cottingham (1954-1956)
Hydraulic resources: John Samuel Bourque
Roads: Antonio Talbot
Transportation and Communications: Antoine Rivard (1954-1956)
Municipal Affairs: Bona Dussault (1952-1953), Yves Prevost (1953-1956)
Industry and Commerce: Jean-Paul Beaulieu
Attorney General: Maurice Duplessis
Provincial Secretary: Omer Côté (1952-1956), Romeo Lorrain (1956)
Solicitor General: Antoine Rivard
Finances: Onésime Gagnon
State Ministers: Arthur Leclerc, Jacques Miquelon, Wilfrid Labbé

New electoral ridings

The electoral map was slightly modified in 1954 with the creation of Jonquière-Kenogami from parts of Chicoutimi. The change was effective in the 1956 elections. [8]