17th Quebec Legislature

The 17th Quebec Legislature was the provincial legislature that existed in Quebec, Canada from May 16, 1927, to July 30, 1931. The Liberal Party, led by Louis-Alexandre Taschereau as Premier of Quebec had a majority of seats in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec and was the governing party.

Seats per political party

After the 1927 elections

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! colspan="2" | Affiliation

! Members

| 75

| 9

|align=left| Labour

| 1

colspan="2" rowspan="1" align=left| Total

| 85

colspan="2" rowspan="1" align=left| Government Majority

| 66

Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1927 election:

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!Name

!Party

!Riding

!First elected / previously elected

|Hector Authier

|Liberal

|Abitibi

|1923

|Georges-Étienne Dansereau

|Liberal

|Argenteuil

|1927

|Joseph-Édouard Perrault

|Liberal

|Arthabaska

|1925

|Joseph-Émery Phaneuf

|Liberal

|Bagot

|1916

|Joseph-Hugues Fortier

|Liberal

|rowspan=2|Beauce

|1921

|Joseph-Édouard Fortin (1929)

|Liberal

|1929

|Louis-Joseph Papineau

|1927

|rowspan=2|Bellechasse

|1909

|Robert Taschereau (1930)

|1930

|1927

|1924

|Carlton James Oliver

|1923

|1923

|William-Pierre Grant

|1925

|Charlevoix et Saguenay

|1927

|1907, 1908

|1923

|rowspan=2|Compton

|1921

|Andrew Ross McMaster (1929)

|Liberal

|1929

|Arthur Sauvé

|Conservative

|rowspan=2|Deux-Montagnes

|1908

|Paul Sauvé (1930)

|1930

|1917

|1916

|1923

|1912

|1927

|rowspan=2|Huntingdon

|1913

|Martin Bettie Fisher (1930)

|1930

|1923

|Joseph-Édouard Caron

|Liberal

|rowspan=2|Îles-de-la-Madeleine

|1902

|Amédée Caron (1928)

|1928

|1925

|1927

|rowspan=2|Kamouraska

|1920

|Pierre Gagnon (1927)

|1927

|1923

|1919

|1908

|Joseph-Olier Renaud Sr.

|1919

|1916

|rowspan=2|L'Islet

|1916

|Adélard Godbout (1929)

|Liberal

|1929

|Joseph-Napoléon Francoeur

|1908

|1927

|Joseph-William Gagnon

|Liberal

|rowspan=2|Maskinongé

|1927

|Louis-Joseph Thisdel (1930)

|Liberal

|1930

|Joseph-Arthur Bergeron

|1923

|1919

|1916

|1919

|Joseph-Ferdinand Daniel

|Liberal

|rowspan=2|Montcalm

|1917

|Joseph-Léonide Perron (1929)

|Liberal

|1910,{{efn|Gaspé}} 1912,{{efn|Verchères}} 1929

|Charles-Abraham Paquet

|Liberal

|Montmagny

|1919

|Louis-Alexandre Taschereau

|1900

|1927

|1919, 1927

|1927

|Montréal–Sainte-Anne

|1924

|Joseph Gauthier

|Liberal

|rowspan=2|Montréal–Sainte-Marie

|1921, 1927

|Camillien Houde (1928)

|Conservative

|1923, 1928

|Charles Ernest Gault

|Conservative

|Montréal–Saint-Georges

|1907

|Alfred Leduc

|Liberal

|Montréal–Saint-Henri

|1927

|Irénée Vautrin

|Liberal

|Montréal–Saint-Jacques

|1919, 1927

|Joseph Cohen

|Liberal

|Montréal–Saint-Laurent

|1927

|Peter Bercovitch

|Liberal

|Montréal–Saint-Louis

|1916

|Pierre-Auguste Lafleur

|Conservative

|Montréal-Verdun

|1923

|Joseph-Euclide Charbonneau

|Liberal

|Napierville-Laprairie

|1923

|Joseph-Alcide Savoie

|1923

|1922

|1919

|rowspan=2|Portneuf

|1920

|Pierre Gauthier (1927)

|Liberal

|1927

|Joseph-Ephraim Bédard

|1927

|1927

|Louis-Alfred Létourneau

|Liberal

|rowspan=2|Québec-Est

|1908

|Oscar Drouin (1928)

|Liberal

|1928

|Joseph Ignatius Power

|Liberal

|Québec-Ouest

|1927

|Jean-Baptiste Lafrenière

|Liberal

|rowspan=2|Richelieu

|1923

|Avila Turcotte (1929)

|Liberal

|1929

|Stanislas-Edmond Desmarais

|Liberal

|Richmond

|1923

|Louis-Joseph Moreault

|Liberal

|Rimouski

|1923

|Cyril-Améric Bernard

|Liberal

|Rouville

|1923

|Télesphore-Damien Bouchard

|1912, 1923

|1919

|Joseph-Auguste Frigon

|LiberalElected as Independent Liberal

|Saint-Maurice

|1927

|Charles-Édouard Cantin

|Liberal

|Saint-Sauveur

|1927

|William Stephen Bullock

|Liberal

|Shefford

|1912

|Armand-Charles Crépeau

|1924

|1916, 1927

|Alfred-Joseph Bissonnet

|Liberal

|Stanstead

|1913

|Joseph-Édouard Piché

|1927

|1927

|1916

|1927

|1901

|1927

|1912

|1921

|1923

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected during by-elections in this term

Pierre Gagnon, Liberal Party, Kamouraska, October 31, 1927{{Cite web|url=http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-kamouraska.html#1927p |title=Élections dans Kamouraska |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007130329/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-kamouraska.html |archive-date=7 October 2007}}
Pierre Gauthier, Liberal Party, Portneuf, October 31, 1927{{Cite web |url=http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-portneuf.html#1927p |title=Élections dans Portneuf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926231434/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-portneuf.html#1927p |archive-date=26 September 2007}}
Amédée Caron, Liberal Party, Iles-de-la-Madeleine, July 14, 1928{{Cite web |url=http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-iles-de-la-madeleine.html#1928p |title=Élections dans Îles-de-la-Madeleine |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007131953/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-iles-de-la-madeleine.html#1928p |archive-date=7 October 2007}}
Oscar Drouin, Liberal Party, Québec-Est, October 24, 1928{{Cite web |url=http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-jean-lesage.html#1928p |title=Élections dans Jean-Lesage |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007131309/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-jean-lesage.html#1928p |archive-date=7 October 2007}}
Camillien Houde, Conservative Party, Montréal-Sainte-Marie, October 24, 1928{{Cite web |url=http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-sainte-marie.html#1928p |title=Élections dans Sainte-Marie |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926231449/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-sainte-marie.html#1928p |archive-date=26 September 2007}}
Adélard Godbout, Liberal Party, L'Islet, May 13, 1929{{Cite web |url=http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-lislet.html#1929p |title=Élections dans L'Islet |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926231254/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-lislet.html#1929p |archive-date=26 September 2007}}
Andrew Ross McMaster, Liberal Party, Compton, September 30, 1929{{Cite web |url=http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-compton.html#1929p |title=Élections dans Compton |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007130044/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-compton.html#1929p |archive-date=7 October 2007}}
Avila Turcotte, Liberal Party, Richelieu, October 28, 1929{{Cite web |url=http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-richelieu.html#1929p |title=Élections dans Richelieu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012133514/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-richelieu.html#1929p |archive-date=12 October 2007}}
Joseph-Léonide Perron, Liberal Party, Montcalm, November 16, 1929{{Cite web |url=http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-montcalm.html#1929p |title=Élections dans Montcalm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010050224/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-montcalm.html#1929p |archive-date=10 October 2007}}
Joseph-Édouard Fortin, Liberal Party, Beauce, December 9, 1929{{Cite web |url=http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-beauce-sud.html#1929p |title=Élections dans Beauce-Sud |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926231732/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-beauce-sud.html#1929p |archive-date=26 September 2007}}
Robert Taschereau, Liberal Party, Bellechasse, October 20, 1930{{Cite web |url=http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-bellechasse.html#1930p |title=Élections dans Bellechasse |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926231326/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-bellechasse.html#1930p |archive-date=26 September 2007}}
Paul Sauvé, Conservative Party, Deux-Montagnes, November 4, 1930{{Cite web |url=http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-deux-montagnes.html#1930p |title=Élections dans Deux-Montagnes |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926231319/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-deux-montagnes.html#1930p |archive-date=26 September 2007}}
Martin Beattie Fisher, Conservative Party, Huntingdon, November 4, 1930{{Cite web |url=http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-huntingdon.html#1930p |title=Élections dans Huntingdon |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926231359/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-huntingdon.html#1930p |archive-date=26 September 2007}}
Louis-Joseph Thisdel, Liberal Party, Maskinongé, November 4, 1930{{Cite web |url=http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-maskinonge.html#1930p |title=Élections dans Maskinongé |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070919050724/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-maskinonge.html#1930p |archive-date=19 September 2007}}

Cabinet Ministers

Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
Agriculture: Joseph-Édouard Caron (1927-1929), Joseph-Léonide Perron (1929-1930), Adélard Godbout (1930-1931)
Colonization, Mines and Fishing: Joseph-Édouard Perrault (1927-1929), Hector Laferté (1929-1930)
Colonization, Hunting and Fishing: Hector Laferté (1929-1930)
Mines: Joseph-Édouard Perrault (1930-1931)
Public Works and Labour: Antonin Galipeault (1927-1930), Joseph-Napoléon Francoeur (1930-1931)
Lands and Forests: Honoré Mercier Jr
Roads: Joseph-Léonide Perron (1927-1929), Joseph-Édouard Perrault (1929-1931)
Municipal Affairs: Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
Attorney General: Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
Provincial secretary: Athanase David
Treasurer: Jacob Nicol (1927-1929), Andrew Ross McMaster (1929-1930), Gordon Wallace Scott (1930), Louis-Alexandre Taschereau (1930-1931)
Members without portfolios: Joseph-Charles-Ernest Ouellet (1929-1931), Narcisse Pérodeau (1929-1931), Gordon Wallace Scott (1930-1931)

New electoral districts

The electoral map was reformed in 1930 and the new map was first used in the general election of August 24, 1931.{{Cite web |url=http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/electcomte-1930.html |title=Carte électorale 1930 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205020940/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/electcomte-1930.html |archive-date=5 February 2007}}

Gaspé was split into two ridings: Gaspé-Nord and Gaspé-Sud.
Gatineau was created from parts of Hull.
Laviolette was created from parts of Champlain.
Roberval was created from parts of Lac-Saint-Jean
Rivière-du-Loup was created from parts of Témiscouata.

Notes

References

External links

[http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/elect17.html 1927 election results]
[http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/patrimoine/cabinets2.html#taschereau List of historical Cabinet Ministers]