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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

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! colspan="2" | Affiliation

! Members

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| 82

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| 8

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| 2

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

| 92

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

| 74

Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1948 election:

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!Name

!Party

!Riding

!First elected / previously elected

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|Jacques Miquelon

|Union Nationale

|Abitibi-Est

|1948

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|Émile Lesage

|Union Nationale

|Abitibi-Ouest

|1936, 1944

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|William McOuat Cottingham

|Union Nationale

|Argenteuil

|1948

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|Wilfrid Labbé

Union Nationale

|Arthabaska

|1948

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|Daniel Johnson

|Union Nationale

|Bagot

|1946

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|Georges-Octave Poulin

|Union Nationale

|Beauce

|1945

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|Edgar Hébert

|Union Nationale

|Beauharnois

|1948

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|Paul-Eugène Bélanger

|Union Nationale

|Bellechasse

|1948

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|Azellus Lavallée

|Union Nationale

|Berthier

|1948

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|Henri Jolicoeur

|Union Nationale

|Bonaventure

|1936, 1944

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|Jonathan Robinson

|Union Nationale

|rowspan=2|Brome

|1936

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|Charles James Warwick Fox (1948)

|Union Nationale

|1948

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|John Redmond Roche

|Union Nationale

|Chambly

|1948

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|Maurice Bellemare

|Union Nationale

|Champlain

|1944

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|Arthur Leclerc

|Union Nationale

|Charlevoix

|1936, 1944

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|Arthur Laberge

|Union Nationale

|Châteauguay

|1948

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|Antonio Talbot

|Union Nationale

|Chicoutimi

|1938

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|Charles Daniel French

|Union Nationale

|Compton

|1946

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|Paul Sauvé

|Union Nationale

|Deux-Montagnes

|1930, 1936

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|Joseph-Damase Bégin

|Union Nationale

|Dorchester

|1935

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|Robert Bernard

|Union Nationale

|Drummond

|1944

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|Patrice Tardif

|Union Nationale

|Frontenac

|1935, 1944

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|Robert Lévesque

|Libéral

|Gaspé-Nord

|1948

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|Camille-Eugène Pouliot

|Union Nationale

|Gaspé-Sud

|1936

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|Gérard Desjardins

|Union Nationale

|Gatineau

|1948

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|Alexandre Taché

|Union Nationale

|Hull

|1936, 1944

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|John Gillies Rennie

|Union Nationale

|Huntingdon

|1947

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|Yvon Thuot

|Union Nationale

|Iberville

|1944

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|Hormisdas Langlais

|Union Nationale

|Îles-de-la-Madeleine

|1936

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|Charles-Aimé Kirkland

|Libéral

|Jacques-Cartier

|1939

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|Antonio Barrette

|Union Nationale

|Joliette

|1936

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|Alfred Plourde

|Union Nationale

|Kamouraska

|1948

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|Albiny Paquette

|Union Nationale

|Labelle

|1935

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|Antonio Auger

|Union Nationale

|Lac-Saint-Jean

|1948

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|Victor-Stanislas Chartrand

|Union Nationale

|L'Assomption

|1944

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|Omer Barrière

|Union Nationale

|Laval

|1948

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|Charles Romulus Ducharme

|Union Nationale

|Laviolette

|1935, 1944

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|Joseph-Théophile Larochelle

|Union Nationale

|rowspan=2|Lévis

|1935, 1944

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|Albert Samson (1949)

|Union Nationale

|1949

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|Fernand Lizotte

|Union Nationale

|L'Islet

|1948

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|René Bernatchez

|Union Nationale

|Lotbinière

|1948

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|Albert Gatien

|Union Nationale

|Maisonneuve

|1944

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|Germain Caron

|Union Nationale

|Maskinongé

|1944

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|Onésime Gagnon

|Union Nationale

|Matane

|1936

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|Philippe Cossette

|Union Nationale

|Matapédia

|1944

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|Tancrède Labbé

|Union Nationale

|Mégantic

|1935, 1940

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|Jean-Jacques Bertrand

|Union Nationale

|Missisquoi

|1948

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|Maurice Tellier

|Union Nationale

|Montcalm

|1936, 1944

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|Antoine Rivard

|Union Nationale

|Montmagny

|1948

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|Yves Prévost

|Union Nationale

|Montmorency

|1948

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|Georges Guévremont

|Union Nationale

|Montréal–Jeanne-Mance

|1948

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|Paul Provençal

|Union Nationale

|Montréal-Laurier

|1948

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|Gérard Thibeault

|Union Nationale

|Montréal-Mercier

|1936, 1948

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|Paul Earl

|Libéral

|Montréal–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

|1948

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|Henri Groulx

|Libéral

|Montréal-Outremont

|1939

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|Francis Hanley

|Independent

|Montréal–Sainte-Anne

|1948

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|Aimé Gendron

|Union Nationale

|Montréal–Sainte-Marie

|1948

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|Joseph-Hormisdas Delisle

|Union Nationale

|Montréal–Saint-Henri

|1944

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|Omer Côté

|Union Nationale

|Montréal–Saint-Jacques

|1944

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|Dave Rochon

|Libéral

|Montréal–Saint-Louis

|1948

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|Lionel-Alfred Ross

|Libéral

|Montréal-Verdun

|1944

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|Hercule Riendeau

|Union Nationale

|Napierville-Laprairie

|1944

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|Émery Fleury

|Union Nationale

|Nicolet

|1936, 1944

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|Roméo Lorrain

|Union Nationale

|Papineau

|1935

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|Raymond Thomas Johnston

|Union Nationale

|Pontiac

|1948

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|Bona Dussault

|Union Nationale

|Portneuf

|1935, 1944

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|Gérard Guay

|Union Nationale

|Québec-Centre

|1948

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|René Chaloult

|Independent{{efn|First elected as a Union Nationale candidate}}

|Québec-Comté

|1936

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|Joseph-Onésime Matte

|Union Nationale

|Québec-Est

|1948

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|Jean-Alphonse Saucier

|Union Nationale

|Québec-Ouest

|1948

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|Bernard Gagné

|Union Nationale

|Richelieu

|1948

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|Albert Goudreau

|Union Nationale

|Richmond

|1935, 1944

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|Alfred Dubé

|Union Nationale

|Rimouski

|1936, 1944

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|Roméo Gagné

|Union Nationale

|Rivière-du-Loup

|1948

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|Antoine Marcotte

|Union Nationale

|Roberval

|1944

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|Laurent Barré

|Union Nationale

|Rouville

|1931, 1944

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|Guy Dallaire

|Union Nationale

|Rouyn-Noranda

|1948

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|Pierre Ouellet

|Union Nationale

|Saguenay

|1948

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|Ernest-Joseph Chartier

|Union Nationale

|Saint-Hyacinthe

|1944

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|Jean-Paul Beaulieu

|Union Nationale

|Saint-Jean

|1941

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|Marc Trudel

|Union Nationale

|Saint-Maurice

|1935, 1944

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|Francis Boudreau

|Union Nationale

|Saint-Sauveur

|1948

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|Hector Choquette

|Union Nationale

|Shefford

|1935, 1944

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|John Samuel Bourque

|Union Nationale

|Sherbrooke

|1935

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|Léon-Denis Gérin

|Union Nationale

|Stanstead

|1948

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|Nil-Élie Larivière

|Union Nationale

|Témiscamingue

|1935, 1944

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|André Pelletier

|Union Nationale

|Témiscouata

|1944

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|Joseph-Léonard Blanchard

|Union Nationale

|Terrebonne

|1944

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|Maurice Duplessis

|Union Nationale

|Trois-Rivières

|1927

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|Joseph-Édouard Jeannotte

|Union Nationale

|Vaudreuil-Soulanges

|1948

{{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|row}}

|Arthur Dupré

|Libéral

|Verchères

|1944

{{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|row}}

|George Carlyle Marler

|Libéral

|Westmount–Saint-Georges

|1942

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|Henri Vachon

|Union Nationale

|Wolfe

|1936, 1944

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|Antonio Élie

|Union Nationale

|Yamaska

|1931

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected in by-elections during the term

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: Jonathan Robinson (1948), Charles Daniel French (1948–1952)
  • Hydraulic resources: John Samuel Bourque
  • Roads: Antonio Talbot
  • Municipal Affairs: Bona Dussault
  • Industry and Commerce: Jean-Paul Beaulieu
  • Attorney General: Maurice Duplessis
  • Provincial Secretary: Omer Côté
  • Solicitor General: Antoine Rivard (1950–1952)
  • Treasurer: Onésime Gagnon (1948–1951)
  • Finances: Onesime Gagnon (1951–1952)
  • State Ministers: Antoine Rivard (1948–1950)

Notes

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References

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External Links

  • [http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/elect23.html 1948 election results]
  • [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/patrimoine/cabinets2.html List of Historical Cabinet Ministers]

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