29th Quebec Legislature
The 29th National Assembly of Quebec was the provincial legislature in Quebec, Canada that was elected in the 1970 [Quebec general election]. It sat for four sessions, from 9 June 1970 to 19 December 1970; from 23 February 1971 to 24 December 1971; from 7 March 1972 to 14 March 1973; and from 15 March 1973 to 25 September 1973. The governing Quebec Liberal Party was led by Premier Robert Bourassa; the official opposition Union Nationale was led by Jean-Jacques Bertrand and later by Gabriel Loubier. The events of the October Crisis took place during this mandate.
Seats per political party
- '''After the 1970 elections'''
Member list
This was the list of members of the National Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1970 election:Other elected MNAs
Other MNAs were elected during this mandate in by-elections- Jean Cournoyer, Quebec Liberal Party, Chambly, February 8, 1971
- Donald Gallienne, Quebec Liberal Party, Duplessis, October 11, 1972
- Michel Gratton, Quebec Liberal Party, Gatineau, November 15, 1972
Cabinet Ministers
- Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Robert Bourassa
- Deputy Premier: Gérard D. Levesque
- Agriculture and Colonization: Normand Toupin
- Labour and Workforce: Pierre Laporte, Jean Cournoyer
- Public Works: Maurice Tessier, Bernard Pinard
- * Public Works and Provisioning: Maurice Tessier
- Public Office: Raymond Garneau, Jean-Paul L'Allier, Jean Cournoyer, Oswald Parent
- Cultural Affairs: François Cloutier, Marie-Claire Kirkland
- Immigration: Pierre Laporte, François Cloutier, Jean Bienvenue
- Health, Family and Social Welfare: Claude Castonguay
- * Social Affairs: Claude Castonguay
- Education: Guy Saint-Pierre, François Cloutier
- Lands and Forests: Thomas Kevin Drummond
- Tourism, Hunting and Fishing: Marie-Claire Kirkland, Guy Saint-Pierre, Claude Simard
- Natural Resources: Jean-Gilles Massé
- Roads: Bernard Pinard
- Transportation: Georges-Emery Tremblay, Bernard Pinard
- Communications: Jean-Paul L'Allier
- Municipal Affairs: Maurice Tessier, Victor Goldbloom
- Intergovernmental Affairs: Gérard D. Levesque, Robert Bourassa
- Industry and Commerce:Gérard D. Levesque, Guy Saint-Pierre
- Financial Institutions, Companies and Cooperatives: Jérôme Choquette, William Tetley
- Justice: Jérôme Choquette
- Solicitor General: Roy Fournier
- Finances: Robert Bourassa, Raymond Garneau
- President of the Treasury Board: Raymond Garneau
- Revenu: William Tetley, Gérald Harvey
- State Ministers: Oswald Parent, Raymond Mailloux, Georges-Emery Tremblay, Claude Simard, Victor Goldbloom, Gérald Harvey, Paul Phaneuf, Robert Quenneville, Roy Fournier, Jean Bienvenue
New electoral districts
A major electoral reform took place in 1972 in which several ridings were merged or split. The changes were effective for the 1973 elections.- Anjou was created from parts of LaFontaine
- Dorchester was renamed Beauce-Nord
- Beauce was renamed Beauce-Sud
- Brome and Missiquoi were merged to form Brome-Missisquoi.
- Charlesbourg was created from parts of Chauveau.
- Ahuntsic was renamed Crémazie.
- The old Frontenac riding was split. A new, unrelated Frontenac was created from the renaming and partial merger of Mégantic.
- Gaspé, which had been previously split into Gaspé-Nord and Gaspé-Sud, returned as a reunited single riding.
- Bagot was renamed Johnson
- Joliette and Montcalm merged to form Joliette-Montcalm
- L'Acadie was created from parts of Saint-Laurent and Ahuntsic.
- Kamouraska and Témiscouata were merged to form Kamouraska-Témiscouata.
- Montmagny and L'Islet were merged to form Montmagny-L'Islet.
- Parts of Mégantic and all of Compton were merged to form Mégantic-Compton.
- Napierville-Laprairie was renamed La Prairie.
- Mille-Iles was created from parts of Fabre.
- Mont-Royal was created from parts of Outremont.
- Nicolet and Yamaska were merged to form Nicolet-Yamaska.
- Pointe-Claire was formed from parts of Jacques-Cartier and Robert-Baldwin.
- Prévost was created from parts of Terrebonne.
- Rosemont was created from parts of Jeanne-Mance.
- Sauvé was created from parts of Bourassa.
- Taschereau was created from parts of Jean-Talon.
- Labelle was renamed Laurentides-Labelle.
- Laporte was formed from parts of Taillon