27th Quebec Legislature

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The 27th Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the Quebec, Canada provincial legislature that was elected in the 1962 Quebec general election. It sat for six sessions, from 15 January 1963 to 11 July 1963; from 21 August 1963 to 23 August 1963; from 14 January 1964 to 31 July 1964; from 21 January 1965 to 6 August 1965; from 22 October 1965 to 23 October 1965; and from 25 January 1966 to 18 April 1966. The Liberal government led by Jean Lesage continued the Quiet Revolution reforms begun during its first mandate. The official opposition Union Nationale was led by Daniel Johnson, Sr.

Seats per political party

After the 1962 elections

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" | Affiliation

! Members

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

| 63

{{Canadian party colour|QC|UN|row-name}}

| 31

{{Canadian party colour|QC|Independent|row-name}}

| 1

colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| Total

| 95

colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| Government Majority

| 32

Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1962 election:

class="wikitable sortable"

!

!Name

!Party

!Riding

!First elected / previously elected

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

|1960

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

|1956

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

|William McOuat Cottingham

|Union Nationale

|1948

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

|Albert Morissette

|1960

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

|Daniel Johnson

|Union Nationale

|1946

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

|Paul-Émile Allard

|Union Nationale

|1962

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

|Gérard Cadieux

|1962

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

|Gabriel Loubier

|Union Nationale

|1962

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

|Lucien McGuire

|1962

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

|Gérard D. Levesque

|1956

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

|1960

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

|1956

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

|Pierre Laporte

|1961

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

|Maurice Bellemare

|Union Nationale

|1944

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

|Raymond Mailloux

|1962

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

|George Kennedy

|1962

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

|Antonio Talbot

|Union Nationale

|1938

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

|Claude-Gilles Gosselin

|Union Nationale

|1957

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

|Gaston Binette

|Deux-Montagnes

|1960

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

|Joseph-Armand Nadeau

|Union Nationale

|rowspan=2|Dorchester

|1962

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

|Francis O'Farrell (1964)

|1964

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

|Bernard Pinard

|1952, 1960

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

|Henri-Laurier Coiteux

|1960

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

|Éloi Guillemette

|Union Nationale

|1956

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

|François Gagnon

|Union Nationale

|1962

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

|1962

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

|1962

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

|1956

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

|Henry Somerville

|Union Nationale

|1952

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

|1960

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

|Louis-Philippe Lacroix

|Îles-de-la-Madeleine

|1962

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

|Marie-Claire Kirkland

|Jacques-Cartier

|1961

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

|Maurice Majeau

|Union Nationale

|1962

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

|Gérald Harvey

|Jonquière-Kénogami

|1960

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

|Gérard Dallaire

|1962

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

|Fernand Lafontaine

|Union Nationale

|1959

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

|Lucien Collard

|Lac-Saint-Jean

|1960

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

|Frédéric Coiteux

|1961

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

|Jean-Noël Lavoie

|1960

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

|Charles Romulus Ducharme

|Union Nationale

|1935, 1944

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

|1960

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

|Fernand Lizotte

|Union Nationale

|1948, 1962

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

|René Bernatchez

|Union Nationale

|1948

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

|1962

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

|Union Nationale

|1944

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

|Philippe Castonguay

|rowspan=2|Matane

|1960

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

|Jacques Bernier (1964)

|1964

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

|Bona Arsenault

|1960

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

|Pierre J. Maheux

|1960

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

|Jean-Jacques Bertrand

|Union Nationale

|1948

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

|Gérard Martin

|1962

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

|Jean-Paul Cloutier

|Union Nationale

|1962

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

|Albert Gervais

|Union Nationale

|1962

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

|Montréal–Jeanne-Mance

|1962

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

|René Lévesque

|Montréal-Laurier

|1960

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

|Jean-Baptiste Crépeau

|Montréal-Mercier

|1962

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

|rowspan=2|Montréal–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

|1948

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

|Eric Kierans (1963)

|1963

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

|Georges-Émile Lapalme

|Montréal-Outremont

|1953

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

|Francis Hanley

|Montréal–Sainte-Anne

|1948

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

|Edgar Charbonneau

|Union Nationale

|Montréal–Sainte-Marie

|1956

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

|Philippe Lalonde

|Montréal–Saint-Henri

|1952

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

|Union Nationale

|Montréal–Saint-Jacques

|1956

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

|Montréal–Saint-Louis

|1960

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

|George O'Reilly

|rowspan=2|Montréal-Verdun

|1960

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

|Claude Wagner (1964)

|1964

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

|Laurier Baillargeon

|Napierville-Laprairie

|1962

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

|Germain Hébert

|1962

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

|Roméo Lorrain

|Union Nationale

|1935

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

|Raymond Thomas Johnston

|Union Nationale

|1948

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

|Marcellin Laroche

|1960

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

|Henri Beaupré

|Québec-Centre

|1962

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

|Jean-Jacques Bédard

|Québec-Comté

|1952, 1960

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

|Ernest Godbout

|1962

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

|1960

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

|Gérard Cournoyer

|1952, 1960

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

|Émilien Lafrance

|1952

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

|1956

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

|Alphonse Couturier

|Rivière-du-Loup

|1956

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

|Joseph-Georges Gauthier

|Union Nationale

|1962

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

|François Boulais

|1960

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

|1956

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

|Rodrigue Thibault

|rowspan=2|Saguenay

|1962

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

|Pierre-Willie Maltais (1964)

|1964

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

|René Saint-Pierre

|Saint-Hyacinthe

|1956

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

|Philodor Ouimet

|1960

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

|rowspan=2|Saint-Maurice

|1952

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

|Jean-Guy Trépanier (1965)

|1965

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

|Francis Boudreau

|Union Nationale

|1948

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

|Armand Russell

|Union Nationale

|1956

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

|Carrier Fortin

|1962

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

|Georges Vaillancourt

|1960

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

|Gilbert-Roland Théberge

|Témiscamingue

|1962

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

|Antoine Raymond

|Union Nationale

|1952

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

|Lionel Bertrand

|rowspan=2|Terrebonne

|1960

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

|Denis Hardy (1965)

|1965

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

|Union Nationale

|Trois-Rivières

|1960

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

|Paul Gérin-Lajoie

|Vaudreuil-Soulanges

|1960

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

|Guy Lechasseur

|1960

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

|John Richard Hyde

|Westmount–Saint-Georges

|1955

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

|Union Nationale

|1962

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

|Union Nationale

|1931

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected in by-elections during this mandate

Eric William Kierans, Quebec Liberal Party, Montréal-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, September 25, 1963 {{cite web|url=http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-notre-dame-de-grace.html#1963p |title=Élections dans Notre-Dame-de-Grâce « QuébecPolitique.com |publisher=Quebecpolitique.com |date=2013-11-07 |access-date=2015-07-17}}
Francis O'Farrell, Quebec Liberal Party, Dorchester, October 5, 1964 {{cite web|url=http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-beauce-nord.html#1964p |title=Élections dans Beauce-Nord « QuébecPolitique.com |publisher=Quebecpolitique.com |date=2013-11-07 |access-date=2015-07-17}}
Jacques Bernier, Quebec Liberal Party, Matane, October 5, 1964 {{cite web|url=http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-matane.html#1964p |title=Élections dans Matane « QuébecPolitique.com |publisher=Quebecpolitique.com |date=2013-11-07 |access-date=2015-07-17}}
Pierre-Willie Maltais, Quebec Liberal Party, Saguenay, October 5, 1964 {{cite web|url=http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-rene-levesque.html#1964p |title=Élections dans René-Lévesque « QuébecPolitique.com |publisher=Quebecpolitique.com |date=2013-11-07 |access-date=2015-07-17}}
Claude Wagner, Quebec Liberal Party, Montréal-Verdun, October 5, 1964 {{cite web|url=http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-verdun.html#1964p |title=Élections dans Verdun « QuébecPolitique.com |publisher=Quebecpolitique.com |date=2013-11-07 |access-date=2015-07-17}}
Jean-Guy Trépanier, Quebec Liberal Party, Saint-Maurice, January 18, 1965 {{cite web|url=http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-saint-maurice.html#1965p |title=Élections dans Saint-Maurice « QuébecPolitique.com |publisher=Quebecpolitique.com |date=2013-11-07 |access-date=2015-07-17}}
Denis Hardy, Quebec Liberal Party, Terrebonne, January 18, 1965 {{cite web|url=http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-terrebonne.html#1965p |title=Élections dans Terrebonne « QuébecPolitique.com |publisher=Quebecpolitique.com |date=2013-11-07 |access-date=2015-07-17}}

Cabinet Ministers

Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Jean Lesage
Vice-President of the Executive Council: Georges-Émile Lapalme (1962–1964), Paul Gerin-Lajoie (1964–1966)
Agriculture and Colonization: Alcide Courcy
Labour: René Hamel (1962–1963), Carrier Fortin (1963–1966)
Public Works: René Saint-Pierre
Cultural Affairs: Georges-Émile Lapalme (1962–1964), Pierre Laporte (1964–1966)
Family and Social Welfare: Émilien Lafrance (1962–1965), René Lévesque (1965–1966)
Youth: Paul Gérin-Lajoie (1962–1964)
Education: Paul Gérin-Lajoie (1964–1966)
Health: Alphonse Couturier (1962–1965), Eric William Kierans (1965–1966)
Lands and Forests: Bona Arsenault (1962), Lucien Cliche (1962–1966)
Fisheries and Hunting: Gérard D. Levesque (1962–1963)
Tourism, Hunting and Fishing: Lionel Bertrand (1963–1964), Gérard Cournoyer (1964–1965), Alphonse Couturier (1965–1966)
Natural Resources: René Lévesque (1962–1966), Gaston Binette (1966)
Roads: Bernard Pinard
Transportation and Communications: Gérard Cournoyer (1962–1964), Marie-Claire Kirkland (1964–1966)
Municipal Affairs: Lucien Cliche (1962), Pierre Laporte (1962–1966)
Federal-provincial Affairs: Jean Lesagex
Industry and Commerce: André Rousseau (1962), Gérard D. Levesque (1962–1966)
Attorney General: Georges-Émile Lapalme (1962–1963), René Hamel (1963–1964), Claude Wagner (1964–1965)
Justice: Claude Wagner (1965–1966)
Solicitor General: Claude Wagner (1964–1966)
Provincial Secretary: Lionel Bertrand (1962–1963), Bona Arsenault (1963–1966)
Finances: Jean Lesage
Revenu: Paul Earl (1962–1963), Jean Lesage (1963), Eric William Kierans (1963–1966)
State Ministers: Carrier Fortin (1962–1963), Marie-Claire Kirkland (1962–1964), Gaston Binette (1965–1966), Albert Morissette (1965–1966), Gerard Cournoyer (1965–1966), Émilien Lafrance (1965–1966)

New electoral districts

A major electoral map reform took place in 1965. The changes were effective starting in the 1966 election. Several ridings were also renamed.{{cite web|url=http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/electcomte-1965.html |title=Élections par circonscription « QuébecPolitique.com |publisher=Quebecpolitique.com |date=2013-11-07 |access-date=2015-07-17}}

Parts of Laval were split into new ridings including Ahuntsic and Fabre
Parts of Bourget were split to form Bourassa, Olier and LaFontaine
Montréal-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce was renamed Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and parts of it were split to form D'Arcy-McGee.
Montréal-Jeanne-Mance was renamed Jeanne-Mance and parts of it were split to form Dorion and Gouin.
Dubuc was formed from parts of Chicoutimi.
Parts of Jacques-Cartier were split to form Marguerite-Bourgeoys, Saint-Laurent and Robert-Baldwin.
Montréal-Sainte-Anne was renamed Sainte-Anne.
Montréal-Saint-Henri was renamed Sainte-Henri.
Montréal-Saint-Jacques was renamed Sainte-Jacques.
Montréal-Sainte-Marie was renamed Sainte-Marie.
Westmount-Saint-Georges was renamed Westmount.
Montréal-Saint-Louis was renamed Saint-Louis.
Montréal-Verdun was renamed Verdun.
Montréal-Laurier was renamed Laurier.
Montréal-Outremont was renamed Outremont.
Taillon was formed from parts of Chambly.
Québec-Ouest was renamed Louis-Hébert.
Québec-Est was renamed Limoilou.
Québec County was renamed Chauveau.
Québec-Centre was renamed Jean-Talon.
Jonquiere-Kenogami was renamed Jonquière

References

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External links

[http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/elect27.html 1962 election results]
[http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/patrimoine/cabinets2.html List of Historical Cabinet Ministers]

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