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 [ edit ] This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1948 election :
Name Party Riding First elected / previously elected Jacques Miquelon Union Nationale Abitibi-Est 1948 Émile Lesage Union Nationale Abitibi-Ouest 1936, 1944 William McOuat Cottingham Union Nationale Argenteuil 1948 Wilfrid Labbé Union Nationale Arthabaska 1948 Daniel Johnson Union Nationale Bagot 1946 Georges-Octave Poulin Union Nationale Beauce 1945 Edgar Hébert Union Nationale Beauharnois 1948 Paul-Eugène Bélanger Union Nationale Bellechasse 1948 Azellus Lavallée Union Nationale Berthier 1948 Henri Jolicoeur Union Nationale Bonaventure 1936, 1944 Jonathan Robinson Union Nationale Brome 1936 Charles James Warwick Fox (1948) Union Nationale 1948 John Redmond Roche Union Nationale Chambly 1948 Maurice Bellemare Union Nationale Champlain 1944 Arthur Leclerc Union Nationale Charlevoix 1936, 1944 Arthur Laberge Union Nationale Châteauguay 1948 Antonio Talbot Union Nationale Chicoutimi 1938 Charles Daniel French Union Nationale Compton 1946 Paul Sauvé Union Nationale Deux-Montagnes 1930, 1936 Joseph-Damase Bégin Union Nationale Dorchester 1935 Robert Bernard Union Nationale Drummond 1944 Patrice Tardif Union Nationale Frontenac 1935, 1944 Robert Lévesque Libéral Gaspé-Nord 1948 Camille-Eugène Pouliot Union Nationale Gaspé-Sud 1936 Gérard Desjardins Union Nationale Gatineau 1948 Alexandre Taché Union Nationale Hull 1936, 1944 John Gillies Rennie Union Nationale Huntingdon 1947 Yvon Thuot Union Nationale Iberville 1944 Hormisdas Langlais Union Nationale Îles-de-la-Madeleine 1936 Charles-Aimé Kirkland Libéral Jacques-Cartier 1939 Antonio Barrette Union Nationale Joliette 1936 Alfred Plourde Union Nationale Kamouraska 1948 Albiny Paquette Union Nationale Labelle 1935 Antonio Auger Union Nationale Lac-Saint-Jean 1948 Victor-Stanislas Chartrand Union Nationale L'Assomption 1944 Omer Barrière Union Nationale Laval 1948 Charles Romulus Ducharme Union Nationale Laviolette 1935, 1944 Joseph-Théophile Larochelle Union Nationale Lévis 1935, 1944 Albert Samson (1949) Union Nationale 1949 Fernand Lizotte Union Nationale L'Islet 1948 René Bernatchez Union Nationale Lotbinière 1948 Albert Gatien Union Nationale Maisonneuve 1944 Germain Caron Union Nationale Maskinongé 1944 Onésime Gagnon Union Nationale Matane 1936 Philippe Cossette Union Nationale Matapédia 1944 Tancrède Labbé Union Nationale Mégantic 1935, 1940 Jean-Jacques Bertrand Union Nationale Missisquoi 1948 Maurice Tellier Union Nationale Montcalm 1936, 1944 Antoine Rivard Union Nationale Montmagny 1948 Yves Prévost Union Nationale Montmorency 1948 Georges Guévremont Union Nationale Montréal–Jeanne-Mance 1948 Paul Provençal Union Nationale Montréal-Laurier 1948 Gérard Thibeault Union Nationale Montréal-Mercier 1936, 1948 Paul Earl Libéral Montréal–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce 1948 Henri Groulx Libéral Montréal-Outremont 1939 Francis Hanley Independent Montréal–Sainte-Anne 1948 Aimé Gendron Union Nationale Montréal–Sainte-Marie 1948 Joseph-Hormisdas Delisle Union Nationale Montréal–Saint-Henri 1944 Omer Côté Union Nationale Montréal–Saint-Jacques 1944 Dave Rochon Libéral Montréal–Saint-Louis 1948 Lionel-Alfred Ross Libéral Montréal-Verdun 1944 Hercule Riendeau Union Nationale Napierville-Laprairie 1944 Émery Fleury Union Nationale Nicolet 1936, 1944 Roméo Lorrain Union Nationale Papineau 1935 Raymond Thomas Johnston Union Nationale Pontiac 1948 Bona Dussault Union Nationale Portneuf 1935, 1944 Gérard Guay Union Nationale Québec-Centre 1948 René Chaloult Independent [ a] Québec-Comté 1936 Joseph-Onésime Matte Union Nationale Québec-Est 1948 Jean-Alphonse Saucier Union Nationale Québec-Ouest 1948 Bernard Gagné Union Nationale Richelieu 1948 Albert Goudreau Union Nationale Richmond 1935, 1944 Alfred Dubé Union Nationale Rimouski 1936, 1944 Roméo Gagné Union Nationale Rivière-du-Loup 1948 Antoine Marcotte Union Nationale Roberval 1944 Laurent Barré Union Nationale Rouville 1931, 1944 Guy Dallaire Union Nationale Rouyn-Noranda 1948 Pierre Ouellet Union Nationale Saguenay 1948 Ernest-Joseph Chartier Union Nationale Saint-Hyacinthe 1944 Jean-Paul Beaulieu Union Nationale Saint-Jean 1941 Marc Trudel Union Nationale Saint-Maurice 1935, 1944 Francis Boudreau Union Nationale Saint-Sauveur 1948 Hector Choquette Union Nationale Shefford 1935, 1944 John Samuel Bourque Union Nationale Sherbrooke 1935 Léon-Denis Gérin Union Nationale Stanstead 1948 Nil-Élie Larivière Union Nationale Témiscamingue 1935, 1944 André Pelletier Union Nationale Témiscouata 1944 Joseph-Léonard Blanchard Union Nationale Terrebonne 1944 Maurice Duplessis Union Nationale Trois-Rivières 1927 Joseph-Édouard Jeannotte Union Nationale Vaudreuil-Soulanges 1948 Arthur Dupré Libéral Verchères 1944 George Carlyle Marler Libéral Westmount–Saint-Georges 1942 Henri Vachon Union Nationale Wolfe 1936, 1944 Antonio Élie Union Nationale Yamaska 1931
Other MLAs were elected in by-elections during the term
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) ^ First elected as a Union Nationale candidate