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

Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1948 election:
NamePartyRidingFirst elected / previously elected
Jacques MiquelonUnion NationaleAbitibi-Est1948-
Émile LesageUnion NationaleAbitibi-Ouest1936, 1944-
William McOuat CottinghamUnion NationaleArgenteuil1948-
Wilfrid LabbéUnion NationaleArthabaska1948-
Daniel JohnsonUnion NationaleBagot1946-
Georges-Octave PoulinUnion NationaleBeauce1945-
Edgar HébertUnion NationaleBeauharnois1948-
Paul-Eugène BélangerUnion NationaleBellechasse1948-
Azellus LavalléeUnion NationaleBerthier1948-
Henri JolicoeurUnion NationaleBonaventure1936, 1944-
Jonathan RobinsonUnion NationaleBrome1936-
Charles [James Warwick Fox] Union NationaleBrome1948-
John Redmond RocheUnion NationaleChambly1948-
Maurice BellemareUnion NationaleChamplain1944-
Arthur LeclercUnion NationaleCharlevoix1936, 1944-
Arthur LabergeUnion NationaleChâteauguay1948-
Antonio TalbotUnion NationaleChicoutimi1938-
Charles Daniel FrenchUnion NationaleCompton1946-
Paul SauvéUnion NationaleDeux-Montagnes1930, 1936-
Joseph-Damase BéginUnion NationaleDorchester1935-
Robert BernardUnion NationaleDrummond1944-
Patrice TardifUnion NationaleFrontenac1935, 1944-
Robert LévesqueLibéralGaspé-Nord1948-
Camille-Eugène PouliotUnion NationaleGaspé-Sud1936-
Gérard DesjardinsUnion NationaleGatineau1948-
Alexandre TachéUnion NationaleHull1936, 1944-
John Gillies RennieUnion NationaleHuntingdon1947-
Yvon ThuotUnion NationaleIberville1944-
Hormisdas LanglaisUnion NationaleÎles-de-la-Madeleine1936-
Charles-Aimé KirklandLibéralJacques-Cartier1939-
Antonio BarretteUnion NationaleJoliette1936-
Alfred PlourdeUnion NationaleKamouraska1948-
Albiny PaquetteUnion NationaleLabelle1935-
Antonio AugerUnion NationaleLac-Saint-Jean1948-
Victor-Stanislas ChartrandUnion NationaleL'Assomption1944-
Omer BarrièreUnion NationaleLaval1948-
Charles Romulus DucharmeUnion NationaleLaviolette1935, 1944-
Joseph-Théophile LarochelleUnion NationaleLévis1935, 1944-
Joseph-Albert Samson Union NationaleLévis1949-
Fernand LizotteUnion NationaleL'Islet1948-
René BernatchezUnion NationaleLotbinière1948-
Albert GatienUnion NationaleMaisonneuve1944-
Germain CaronUnion NationaleMaskinongé1944-
Onésime GagnonUnion NationaleMatane1936-
Philippe CossetteUnion NationaleMatapédia1944-
Tancrède LabbéUnion NationaleMégantic1935, 1940-
Jean-Jacques BertrandUnion NationaleMissisquoi1948-
Maurice TellierUnion NationaleMontcalm1936, 1944-
Antoine RivardUnion NationaleMontmagny1948-
Yves PrévostUnion NationaleMontmorency1948-
Georges GuévremontUnion NationaleMontréal–Jeanne-Mance1948-
Paul ProvençalUnion NationaleMontréal-Laurier1948-
Gérard ThibeaultUnion NationaleMontréal-Mercier1936, 1948-
Paul EarlLibéralMontréal–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce1948-
Henri GroulxLibéralMontréal-Outremont1939-
Francis HanleyIndependentMontréal–Sainte-Anne1948-
Aimé GendronUnion NationaleMontréal–Sainte-Marie1948-
Joseph-Hormisdas DelisleUnion NationaleMontréal–Saint-Henri1944-
Omer CôtéUnion NationaleMontréal–Saint-Jacques1944-
Dave RochonLibéralMontréal–Saint-Louis1948-
Lionel-Alfred RossLibéralMontréal-Verdun1944-
Hercule RiendeauUnion NationaleNapierville-Laprairie1944-
Émery FleuryUnion NationaleNicolet1936, 1944-
Roméo LorrainUnion NationalePapineau1935-
Raymond Thomas JohnstonUnion NationalePontiac1948-
Bona DussaultUnion NationalePortneuf1935, 1944-
Gérard GuayUnion NationaleQuébec-Centre1948-
René ChaloultIndependentQuébec-Comté1936-
Joseph-Onésime MatteUnion NationaleQuébec-Est1948-
Jean-Alphonse SaucierUnion NationaleQuébec-Ouest1948-
Bernard GagnéUnion NationaleRichelieu1948-
Albert GoudreauUnion NationaleRichmond1935, 1944-
Alfred DubéUnion NationaleRimouski1936, 1944-
Roméo GagnéUnion NationaleRivière-du-Loup1948-
Antoine MarcotteUnion NationaleRoberval1944-
Laurent BarréUnion NationaleRouville1931, 1944-
Guy DallaireUnion NationaleRouyn-Noranda1948-
Pierre OuelletUnion NationaleSaguenay1948-
Ernest-Joseph ChartierUnion NationaleSaint-Hyacinthe1944-
Jean-Paul BeaulieuUnion NationaleSaint-Jean1941-
Marc TrudelUnion NationaleSaint-Maurice1935, 1944-
Francis BoudreauUnion NationaleSaint-Sauveur1948-
Hector ChoquetteUnion NationaleShefford1935, 1944-
John Samuel BourqueUnion NationaleSherbrooke1935-
Léon-Denis GérinUnion NationaleStanstead1948-
Nil-Élie LarivièreUnion NationaleTémiscamingue1935, 1944-
André PelletierUnion NationaleTémiscouata1944-
Joseph-Léonard BlanchardUnion NationaleTerrebonne1944-
Maurice DuplessisUnion NationaleTrois-Rivières1927-
Joseph-Édouard JeannotteUnion NationaleVaudreuil-Soulanges1948-
Arthur DupréLibéralVerchères1944-
George Carlyle MarlerLibéralWestmount–Saint-Georges1942-
Henri VachonUnion NationaleWolfe1936, 1944-
Antonio ÉlieUnion NationaleYamaska1931-

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected in by-elections during the term

Cabinet Ministers