The 25th Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the Quebec, Canada, provincial political legislature that existed from June 20, 1956, and June 22, 1960. The Union Nationale was the governing party for the fourth consecutive mandate. It was also Maurice Duplessis last term as Premier of Quebec. He died in office in 1959 and was succeeded in less than a year by Paul Sauvé and former cabinet Minister Antonio Barrette after Sauvé died less than four months after being sworn as Premier.
Seats per political party
After the 1956 elections
Affiliation Members 72 20 1 Total 93 Government Majority 52
Member list
This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1956 election:
NamePartyRidingFirst elected / previously electedNo. of termsJacques MiquelonUnion NationaleAbitibi-Est 19483rd termAlcide CourcyLibéralAbitibi-Ouest 19561st termWilliam McOuat CottinghamUnion NationaleArgenteuil19483rd termWilfrid LabbéUnion NationaleArthabaska 19483rd termDaniel JohnsonUnion NationaleBagot 1946 4th termGeorges-Octave PoulinUnion NationaleBeauce 19454th termEdgar HébertUnion NationaleBeauharnois19483rd termAlphée PoirierUnion NationaleBellechasse19522nd termAzellus LavalléeUnion NationaleBerthier19483rd term Gérard D. LevesqueLibéralBonaventure19561st termGlendon BrownLibéralBrome19561st termRobert ThébergeLibéralChambly 19561st termMaurice BellemareUnion NationaleChamplain 19444th termArthur LeclercUnion NationaleCharlevoix 1936, 19445th term*Arthur LabergeUnion NationaleChâteauguay 19483rd termJoseph-Maurice Laberge (1957)Union Nationale19571st termAntonio TalbotUnion NationaleChicoutimi 19386th termFabien GagnonLibéralCompton1956 1st termClaude-Gilles Gosselin (1957)Union Nationale19571st termPaul SauvéUnion NationaleDeux-Montagnes1930, 19368th term*Joseph-Damase BéginUnion NationaleDorchester19357th termRobert BernardUnion NationaleDrummond1944, 1956 3rd term*Éloi GuillemetteUnion NationaleFrontenac1956 1st termAlphonse CouturierUnion NationaleGaspé-Nord 19522nd termCamille-Eugène PouliotUnion NationaleGaspé-Sud 19366th termGérard DesjardinsUnion NationaleGatineau 19483rd termOswald ParentLibéralHull 1956 1st termHenry SomervilleUnion NationaleHuntingdon19522nd termYvon ThuotUnion NationaleIberville19444th termHormisdas LanglaisUnion NationaleÎles-de-la-Madeleine 1936 6th termCharles-Aimé KirklandLibéralJacques-Cartier 19395th termAntonio BarretteUnion NationaleJoliette 1936 6th termLéonce OuelletUnion NationaleJonquière-Kénogami 1956 1st termAlfred PlourdeUnion NationaleKamouraska1948 3rd termAlbiny PaquetteUnion NationaleLabelle19357th termPierre Bohémier (1958)Union Nationale19581st termFernand Lafontaine (1959)Union Nationale19591st term Antonio AugerUnion NationaleLac-Saint-Jean 19483rd termJean-Paul Levasseur (1959)Union Nationale1959 1st termVictor-Stanislas ChartrandUnion NationaleL'Assomption 19444th termLéopold PouliotUnion NationaleLaval1956 1st termCharles Romulus DucharmeUnion NationaleLaviolette 1935, 19446th term*Albert SamsonUnion NationaleLévis1949, 19562nd term*Fernand LizotteUnion NationaleL'Islet19483rd termRené BernatchezUnion NationaleLotbinière 19483rd termLucien TremblayUnion NationaleMaisonneuve 19561st termGermain CaronUnion NationaleMaskinongé 1944 4th termOnésime GagnonUnion NationaleMatane 1936 6th termBenoît Gaboury (1958)Union Nationale19581st termJ-Clovis GagnonUnion NationaleMatapédia 19532nd termTancrède LabbéUnion NationaleMégantic 1935, 1940 7th term*Joseph-Émile Fortin (1957)Union Nationale1957 1st termJean-Jacques BertrandUnion NationaleMissisquoi19483rd termMaurice TellierUnion NationaleMontcalm1936, 19445th term* Antoine RivardUnion NationaleMontmagny19483rd termYves PrévostUnion NationaleMontmorency1948 3rd termMaurice-Tréflé CusteauUnion NationaleMontréal–Jeanne-Mance 19561st termArsène GagnéUnion NationaleMontréal-Laurier 19552nd termGérard ThibeaultUnion NationaleMontréal-Mercier 1936, 19484th term*Paul EarlLibéralMontréal–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce 19483rd termGeorges-Émile LapalmeLibéralMontréal-Outremont 19532nd termFrancis HanleyIndependentMontréal–Sainte-Anne 19483rd termEdgar CharbonneauUnion NationaleMontréal–Sainte-Marie 19561st termPhilippe LalondeLibéralMontréal–Saint-Henri 19522nd termPaul DozoisUnion NationaleMontréal–Saint-Jacques 19561st termDave RochonLibéralMontréal–Saint-Louis 19483rd termIndependentLionel-Alfred RossLibéralMontréal-Verdun 19444th termIndependentHercule RiendeauUnion NationaleNapierville-Laprairie19444th termCamille RoyUnion NationaleNicolet19522nd termRoméo LorrainUnion NationalePapineau1935 7th termRaymond Thomas JohnstonUnion NationalePontiac 19483rd termRosaire ChalifourUnion NationalePortneuf19532nd termMaurice CloutierUnion NationaleQuébec-Centre19522nd termÉmilien RochetteUnion NationaleQuébec-Comté19561st termArmand MaltaisUnion NationaleQuébec-Est19561st termJean-Paul GalipeaultLibéralQuébec-Ouest19561st termBernard GagnéUnion NationaleRichelieu 1948, 19562nd term*Émilien LafranceLibéralRichmond19522nd termAlbert DionneLibéralRimouski1956 1st termAlphonse CouturierLibéralRivière-du-Loup 19561st termPaul-Henri SpenceUnion NationaleRoberval 19561st termJean-Joseph Turcotte (1958)Union Nationale19581st termLaurent BarréUnion NationaleRouville 1931, 19447th term*Edgar TurpinLibéralRouyn-Noranda1956 1st termPierre OuelletUnion NationaleSaguenay1948 3rd termRené Saint-PierreLibéralSaint-Hyacinthe 1956 1st termJean-Paul BeaulieuUnion NationaleSaint-Jean19415th termRené HamelLibéralSaint-Maurice 19522nd termFrancis BoudreauUnion NationaleSaint-Sauveur19483rd termArmand RussellUnion NationaleShefford1956 1st termJohn Samuel BourqueUnion NationaleSherbrooke1935 7th termLéon-Denis GérinUnion NationaleStanstead 19483rd termJoseph-André LaroucheUnion NationaleTémiscamingue 19561st termAntoine RaymondUnion NationaleTémiscouata19522nd termJoseph-Léonard BlanchardUnion NationaleTerrebonne1944 4th termMaurice DuplessisUnion NationaleTrois-Rivières 19279th termJoseph-Édouard JeannotteUnion NationaleVaudreuil-Soulanges19483rd termLoyola Schmidt (1957)Union Nationale1957 1st termClodomir LadouceurUnion NationaleVerchères1956 1st termJohn Richard HydeLibéralWestmount–Saint-Georges 19552nd termHenri VachonUnion NationaleWolfe 1936, 1944, 19564th term*Antonio ÉlieUnion NationaleYamaska 19318th term
Other elected MLAs
Other MLAs were elected in by-elections during this mandate
Joseph-Maurice Laberge, Union Nationale, Chateauguay, September 18, 1957 Claude-Gilles Gosselin, Union Nationale, Compton, September 18, 1957 Joseph-Émile Fortin, Union Nationale, Mégantic, September 18, 1957 Loyola Schmidt, Union Nationale, Vaudreuil-Soulanges, September 18, 1957 Benoît Gaboury, Union Nationale, Matane, July 2, 1958 Pierre Bohémier, Union Nationale, Labelle, October 15, 1958 Jean-Joseph Turcotte, Union Nationale, Roberval, October 15, 1958 Fernand Lafontaine, Union Nationale, Labelle, September 16, 1959 Jean-Paul Levasseur, Union Nationale, Lac-Saint-Jean, September 16, 1959
Cabinet Ministers
Duplessis Cabinet (1956-1959)
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 (1956–1958), Arthur Leclerc (1958–1959) Lands and Forests: John Samuel Bourque (1956–1958), Jean-Jacques Bertrand (1958–1959) Hunting and Coastal Fisheries: Camille-Eugène Pouliot (1956–1958) Fisheries and Hunting: Camille-Eugene Pouliot (1958–1959) Mines: William McOuat Cottingham Hydraulic resources: John Samuel Bourque (1956–1958), Daniel Johnson Sr. (1958–1959) Roads: Antonio Talbot Transportation and Communications: Antoine Rivard Municipal Affairs: Yves Prevost (1956), Paul Dozois (1956–1959) Industry and Commerce: Jean-Paul Beaulieu Attorney General: Maurice Duplessis Provincial Secretary: Romeo Lorrain (1956), Yves Prevost (1956–1959) Solicitor General: Antoine Rivard Finances: Onésime Gagnon (1956), John Samuel Bourque (1958–1959) State Ministers: Gerard Thibeault (1958–1959)
Sauve Cabinet (1959-1960)
Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Paul Sauve Agriculture: Laurent Barrée Colonization: Joseph-Damase Begin Labour: Antonio Barrette Public Works: Roméo Lorrain Social Welfare and Youth: Paul Sauvé Health: Arthur Leclerc Lands and Forests: Jean-Jacques Bertrand Fisheries and Hunting: Camille-Eugène Pouliot Mines: William McOuat Cottingham Hydraulic resources: Daniel Johnson Sr. Roads: Antonio Talbot Transportation and Communications: Antoine Rivard Municipal Affairs: Paul Dozois Industry and Commerce: Jean-Paul Beaulieu Attorney General: Antoine Rivard Provincial Secretary: Yves Prevost Solicitor General: Jacques Miquelon (1959–1960) Finances: John Samuel Bourque State Ministers: Gerard Thibeault, Antonio Elie, Maurice Bellemare, Wilfrid Labbe, Robert Bernard, Jacques Miquelon (1959)
Barrette Cabinet (1960)
Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Antonio Barrette Agriculture: Laurent Barrée Colonization: Joseph-Damase Begin Labour: Antonio Barrette Public Works: Roméo Lorrain Social Welfare and Youth: Jean-Jacques Bertrand Health: Arthur Leclerc Lands and Forests: Jacques Miquelon Fisheries and Hunting: Camille-Eugène Pouliot Mines: William McOuat Cottingham Hydraulic resources: Daniel Johnson Sr. Roads: Antonio Talbot Transportation and Communications: Antoine Rivard Municipal Affairs: Paul Dozois Industry and Commerce: Jean-Paul Beaulieu Attorney General: Antoine Rivard Provincial Secretary: Yves Prévost Solicitor General: Jacques Miquelon Finances: John Samuel Bourque State Ministers: Gerard Thibeault, Antonio Élie, Maurice Bellemare, Wilfrid Labbe, Robert Bernard, Maurice-Tréfflé Custeau, Armand Maltais
New electoral districts
The electoral map was slightly modified in 1960 with the creation of the Duplessis riding from parts of Saguenay just before the elections later that year. In addition, Bourget was created from parts of Laval.
References
External links 1956 election results List of Historical Cabinet Ministers