18th Quebec Legislature

The 18th Quebec Legislature is the provincial legislature that existed in Quebec, Canada from August 24, 1931, to October 30, 1935. The Liberal Party led by Louis-Alexandre Taschereau had a majority of seats in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec and remained in power in the government.

Seats per political party[edit]

Affiliation Members
Liberal 79
Conservative 11
 Total
90
 Government Majority
68

Member list[edit]

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1931 election:

Name Party Riding
  Hector Authier Liberal Abitibi
  Georges-Étienne Dansereau Liberal Argenteuil
  Joseph-Édouard Perrault Liberal Arthabaska
  Joseph-Émery Phaneuf Liberal Bagot
  Joseph-Edouard Fortin Liberal Beauce
  Gontran Saint-Onge Liberal Beauharnois
  Robert Taschereau Liberal Bellechasse
  Cléophas Bastien Liberal Berthier
  Pierre-Émile Côté Liberal Bonaventure
  Ralph Frederick Stockwell Liberal Brome
  Hortensius Béïque Conservative Chambly
  William-Pierre Grant Liberal Champlain
  Edgar Rochette Liberal Charlevoix et Saguenay
  Honoré Mercier Jr. Liberal Châteauguay
  Gustave Delisle Liberal Chicoutimi
  William James Duffy Liberal Compton
  Paul Sauvé Conservative Deux-Montagnes
  Ernest Ouellet Liberal Dorchester
  Hector Laferté Liberal Drummond
  Henri-Louis Gagnon Liberal Frontenac
  Thomas Côté Liberal Gaspé-Nord
  Alexandre Chouinard Liberal Gaspé-Sud
  Augustin-Armand Legault Liberal Gatineau
  Aimé Guertin Conservative Hull
  Martin Beattie Fisher Conservative Huntingdon
  Lucien Lamoureux Liberal Iberville
  Amédée Caron Liberal Îles-de-la-Madeleine
  Victor Marchand Liberal Jacques-Cartier
  Lucien Dugas Liberal Joliette
  Pierre Gagnon Liberal Kamouraska
  Pierre Lortie Liberal Labelle
  Joseph-Ludger Fillion Liberal Lac-Saint-Jean
  Walter Reed Liberal L'Assomption
  Joseph Filion Liberal Laval
  Joseph-Alphida Crête Liberal Laviolette
  Arthur Bélanger Liberal Lévis
  Adélard Godbout Liberal L'Islet
  Joseph-Napoléon Francoeur Liberal Lotbinière
  Charles-Joseph Arcand Liberal Maisonneuve
  Louis-Joseph Thisdel Liberal Maskinongé
  Joseph-Arthur Bergeron Liberal Matane
  Joseph Dufour Liberal Matapédia
  Lauréat Lapierre Liberal Mégantic
  Alexandre Saurette Liberal Missisquoi
  Médéric Duval Liberal Montcalm
  Charles-Abraham Paquet Liberal Montmagny
  Louis-Alexandre Taschereau Liberal Montmorency
  Joseph-Achille Francoeur Liberal Montréal-Dorion
  Ernest Poulin Liberal Montréal-Laurier
  Anatole Plante Liberal Montréal-Mercier
  Joseph Henry Dillon Liberal Montréal–Sainte-Anne
  Gaspard Fauteux Liberal Montréal–Sainte-Marie
  Charles Ernest Gault Conservative Montréal–Saint-Georges
  Joseph-Maurice Gabias Liberal Montréal–Saint-Henri
  Irénée Vautrin Liberal Montréal–Saint-Jacques
  Joseph Cohen Liberal Montréal–Saint-Laurent
  Peter Bercovitch Liberal Montréal–Saint-Louis
  Pierre-Auguste Lafleur Conservative Montréal-Verdun
  Joseph-Euclide Charbonneau Liberal Napierville-Laprairie
  Joseph-Alcide Savoie Liberal Nicolet
  Désiré Lahaie Liberal Papineau
  Wallace McDonald Liberal Pontiac
  Pierre Gauthier Liberal Portneuf
  Joseph-Ephraim Bédard Liberal Québec-Comté
  Joseph Samson Liberal Québec-Centre
  Oscar Drouin Liberal Québec-Est
  Joseph Ignatius Power Liberal Québec-Ouest
  Avila Turcotte Liberal Richelieu
  Stanislas-Edmond Desmarais Liberal Richmond
  Louis-Joseph Moreault Liberal Rimouski
  Léon Casgrain Liberal Rivière-du-Loup
  Émile Moreau Liberal Roberval
  Laurent Barré Conservative Rouville
  Télesphore-Damien Bouchard Liberal Saint-Hyacinthe
  Alexis Bouthillier Liberal Saint-Jean
  Joseph-Auguste Frigon Liberal Saint-Maurice
  Pierre Bertrand Conservative Saint-Sauveur
  Robert-Raoul Bachand Liberal Shefford
  Émery-Hector Fortier Liberal Sherbrooke
  Avila Ferland Liberal Soulanges
  Alfred-Joseph Bissonnet Liberal Stanstead
  Joseph-Édouard Piché Liberal Témiscamingue
  Joseph-Wilfrid Morel Liberal Témiscouata
  Athanase David Liberal Terrebonne
  Maurice Duplessis Conservative Trois-Rivières
  Elzéar Sabourin Liberal Vaudreuil
  Félix Messier Liberal Verchères
  Charles Allan Smart Conservative Westmount
  Cyrénus Lemieux Liberal Wolfe
  Antonio Élie Conservative Yamaska

Other elected MLAs[edit]

Other MLAs were elected in by-elections during the term

Cabinet Ministers[edit]

  • Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
  • Agriculture: Adélard Godbout
  • Colonization, Hunting and Fishing: Hector Laferté (1931-1934)
  • Public Works and Labor: Joseph-Napoléon Francoeur (1931)
    • Labour: Charles-Joseph Arcand (1931-1935)
    • Colonization: Irénée Vautrin (1934-1935)
    • Public Works, Hunting and Fishing: Joseph-Napoléon Francoeur (1934-1935)
      • Public Works: Joseph-Napoléon Francoeur (1931-1934)
  • Mines:Joseph-Édouard Perrault
  • Lands and Forests: Honoré Mercier Jr
  • Roads: Joseph-Édouard Perrault
  • Municipal Affairs: Louis-Alexandre Taschereau (1931-1935)
    • Municipal Affairs, Industry and Commerce: Télesphore-Damien Bouchard (1935)
  • Attorney General: Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
  • Provincial secretary: Athanase David
  • Treasurer: Louis-Alexandre Taschereau (1931-1932), Ralph Frederick Stockwell (1932-1935)
  • Members without portfolios: George Bryson Jr. (1931-1935), Irénée Vautrin (1934), John Hall Kelly (1935)

Notes and references[edit]

  1. ^ "QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Nicolet". Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
  2. ^ "QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Wolfe". Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
  3. ^ "QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Jacques-Cartier". Archived from the original on 2007-10-07. Retrieved 2007-07-04.