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 [Quebec general election|1952 elections]'''

Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1952 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-
Alphée PoirierUnion NationaleBellechasse1952-
Azellus LavalléeUnion NationaleBerthier1948-
Henri JolicoeurUnion NationaleBonaventure1936, 1944-
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-
John William French Union NationaleCompton1954-
Paul SauvéUnion NationaleDeux-Montagnes1930, 1936-
Joseph-Damase BéginUnion NationaleDorchester1935-
Bernard PinardLibéralDrummond1952-
Gérard NoelLibéralFrontenac1952-
Alphonse CouturierUnion NationaleGaspé-Nord1952-
Camille-Eugène PouliotUnion NationaleGaspé-Sud1936-
Gérard DesjardinsUnion NationaleGatineau1948-
Alexandre TachéUnion NationaleHull1936, 1944-
Henry SomervilleUnion NationaleHuntingdon1952-
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-
Raynold BélangerLibéralLévis1952-
Fernand LizotteUnion NationaleL'Islet1948-
René BernatchezUnion NationaleLotbinière1948-
Alcide MontpetitLibéralMaisonneuve1952-
Germain CaronUnion NationaleMaskinongé1944-
Onésime GagnonUnion NationaleMatane1936-
Philippe CossetteUnion NationaleMatapédia1944-
Clovis Gagnon Union NationaleMatapédia1953-
Tancrède LabbéUnion NationaleMégantic1935, 1940-
Jean-Jacques BertrandUnion NationaleMissisquoi1948-
Maurice TellierUnion NationaleMontcalm1936, 1944-
Antoine RivardUnion NationaleMontmagny1948-
Yves PrévostUnion NationaleMontmorency1948-
Jean-Paul NoëlLibéralMontréal–Jeanne-Mance1952-
Paul ProvençalUnion NationaleMontréal-Laurier1948-
Arsène Gagné Union NationaleMontréal-Laurier1955-
Gérard ThibeaultUnion NationaleMontréal-Mercier1936, 1948-
Paul EarlLibéralMontréal–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce1948-
Henri GroulxLibéralMontréal-Outremont1939-
Georges-Émile Lapalme LibéralMontréal-Outremont1953-
Francis HanleyIndependentMontréal–Sainte-Anne1948-
Yvon DupuisLibéralMontréal–Sainte-Marie1952-
Philippe LalondeLibéralMontréal–Saint-Henri1952-
Omer CôtéUnion NationaleMontréal–Saint-Jacques1944-
Dave RochonLibéralMontréal–Saint-Louis1948-
Lionel-Alfred RossLibéralMontréal-Verdun1944-
Hercule RiendeauUnion NationaleNapierville-Laprairie1944-
Camille RoyUnion NationaleNicolet1952-
Roméo LorrainUnion NationalePapineau1935-
Raymond Thomas JohnstonUnion NationalePontiac1948-
Bona DussaultUnion NationalePortneuf1935, 1944-
Rosaire Chalifour Union NationalePortneuf1953-
Maurice CloutierUnion NationaleQuébec-Centre1952-
Jean-Jacques BédardLibéralQuébec-Comté1952-
Joseph-Antonin MarquisLibéralQuébec-Est1952-
Jules SavardLibéralQuébec-Ouest1952-
Gérard CournoyerLibéralRichelieu1952-
Émilien LafranceLibéralRichmond1952-
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-
Pierre-Jacques-François Bousquet Union NationaleSaint-Hyacinthe1955-
Jean-Paul BeaulieuUnion NationaleSaint-Jean1941-
René HamelLibéralSaint-Maurice1952-
Francis BoudreauUnion NationaleSaint-Sauveur1948-
Gaston LedouxLibéralShefford1952-
John Samuel BourqueUnion NationaleSherbrooke1935-
Léon-Denis GérinUnion NationaleStanstead1948-
Paul-Oliva GouletLibéralTémiscamingue1939, 1952-
Antoine RaymondUnion NationaleTémiscouata1952-
Joseph-Léonard BlanchardUnion NationaleTerrebonne1944-
Maurice DuplessisUnion NationaleTrois-Rivières1927-
Joseph-Édouard JeannotteUnion NationaleVaudreuil-Soulanges1948-
Arthur DupréLibéralVerchères1944-
George Carlyle MarlerLibéralWestmount–Saint-Georges1942-
John Richard Hyde LibéralWestmount–Saint-Georges1955-
Gérard LemieuxLibéralWolfe1952-
Antonio ÉlieUnion NationaleYamaska1931-

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected during by-elections in this mandate

Cabinet Ministers

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.