The 21st Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the provincial legislature in Quebec, Canada that existed from October 25, 1939, to August 8, 1944. The Quebec Liberal Party led by Adélard Godbout was the governing party. It was the last term for the Liberals in power until 1960. The Union Nationale were in power for the following four terms.
Seats per political party
After the 1939 elections
Affiliation Members 70 15 Independent 1 Total 86 Government Majority 55
Member list
This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1939 election:
NamePartyRidingFirst elected / previously electedNo. of termsFélix AllardLiberalAbitibi 19391st termGeorges-Étienne DansereauLiberalArgenteuil19353rd termWilfrid GirouardLiberalArthabaska 19391st termCyrille DumaineLiberalBagot1935, 1939 2nd term* Henri-René RenaultLiberalBeauce1939 1st termDelpha SauvéUnion NationaleBeauharnois19353rd termValmore BienvenueLiberalBellechasse1939 1st termCléophas BastienLiberalBerthier 19275th termPierre-Émile CôtéLiberalBonaventure1924, 19395th term*Jonathan RobinsonUnion NationaleBrome19362nd termDowina-Évariste JoyalLiberalChambly 1939 1st termJoseph-Philias MorinUnion NationaleChamplain 1939 1st termEdgar RochetteLiberalCharlevoix—Saguenay 1927, 1939 4th term*Roméo FortinLiberalChâteauguay-Laprairie 1939 1st termAntonio TalbotUnion NationaleChicoutimi 19382nd termWilliam James DuffyLiberalCompton 1931, 19392nd term*Paul SauvéUnion NationaleDeux-Montagnes1930, 19364th term*Joseph-Damase BéginUnion NationaleDorchester19353rd termArthur RajotteLiberalDrummond 1935, 19392nd term*Henri-Louis GagnonLiberalFrontenac1931, 19392nd term*Perreault CasgrainLiberalGaspé-Nord 19391st termCamille-Eugène PouliotUnion NationaleGaspé-Sud 19362nd termJoseph-Célestin NadonLiberalGatineau 19391st termAlexis CaronLiberalHull 1935, 19392nd term*James Walker RossLiberalHuntingdon19391st termDennis James O'Connor (1941)Liberal19411st termÉmile BonvouloirLiberalIberville19391st termHormisdas LanglaisUnion NationaleÎles-de-la-Madeleine 19362nd termCharles-Aimé KirklandLiberalJacques-Cartier 19391st termAntonio BarretteUnion NationaleJoliette 19362nd termLéon CasgrainLiberalKamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup 19275th termAlbiny PaquetteUnion NationaleLabelle 19353rd termJoseph-Ludger FillionLiberalLac-Saint-Jean 1931, 19392nd term*Bernard BissonnetteLiberalL'Assomption 19391st termFrançois LeducLiberalLaval19353rd termEdmond GuibordLiberalLaviolette 19391st termJoseph-Georges FrancoeurLiberalLévis19391st termAdélard GodboutLiberalL'Islet1929, 19394th term*René ChaloultLiberalLotbinière 19362nd termBloc populaire canadienIndependentJoseph-Georges CaronLiberalMaisonneuve 19391st termLouis-Joseph ThisdelLiberalMaskinongé 1930, 19394th term*Onésime GagnonUnion NationaleMatane 1936 2nd termJoseph DufourLiberalMatapédia 1919, 19396th term*Louis HoudeLiberalMégantic 19391st termTancrède Labbé (1940)Union Nationale1935, 19403rd term*Henri A. GosselinLiberalMissisquoi19391st termJoseph-Odilon DuvalLiberalMontcalm19391st termFernand ChoquetteLiberalMontmagny19391st termJacques DumoulinLiberalMontmorency 19391st termJoseph-Émile DubreuilLiberalMontréal–Jeanne-Mance 19391st termPaul GauthierLiberalMontréal-Laurier 19391st termJoseph-Achille FrancoeurLiberalMontréal-Mercier 1931, 19392nd term*James Arthur MathewsonLiberalMontréal–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce 19391st termHenri GroulxLiberalMontréal-Outremont 19391st termFrancis Lawrence ConnorsLiberalMontréal–Sainte-Anne 19353rd termThomas Guérin (1942)Liberal19421st termCamillien HoudeIndependentMontréal–Sainte-Marie 1923, 1928, 19393rd term*Émile BoucherLiberalMontréal–Saint-Henri 19391st termJoseph-Roméo ToupinLiberalMontréal–Saint-Jacques 19391st termMaurice HarttLiberalMontréal–Saint-Louis1939 1st termLéopold ComeauLiberalMontréal-Verdun1939 1st termHenri-Napoléon BironLiberalNicolet1939 1st termRoméo LorrainUnion NationalePapineau 19353rd termEdward Charles LawnLiberalPontiac1935 3rd termLucien PlamondonLiberalPortneuf19391st termJoseph-William MorinLiberalQuébec-Centre1939 1st termFrançois-Xavier BouchardLiberalQuébec-Comté 19391st termOscar DrouinLiberalQuébec-Est 1928 5th termCharles DelagraveLiberalQuébec-Ouest 19353rd termFélix MessierLiberalRichelieu-Verchères1927 5th termJoseph-Willie Robidoux (1942)Liberal19421st termStanislas-Edmond DesmaraisLiberalRichmond1923, 19394th term*Louis-Joseph MoreaultLiberalRimouski1923, 19395th term*Georges PotvinLiberalRoberval 19391st termHenri-Pascal PanetLiberalRouville 19391st termTélesphore-Damien BouchardLiberalSaint-Hyacinthe 1912, 19238th term*Alexis BouthillierLiberalSaint-Jean–Napierville19197th termJean-Paul Beaulieu (1941)Union Nationale19411st termPolydore BeaulacLiberalSaint-Maurice 19391st termWilfrid HamelLiberalSaint-Sauveur 19391st termCharles Munson BullockLiberalShefford 19391st termJohn Samuel BourqueUnion NationaleSherbrooke 19353rd termRaymond-François FrégeauLiberalStanstead 19391st termPaul-Oliva GouletLiberalTémiscamingue1939 1st termJoseph-Alphonse BeaulieuLiberalTémiscouata1935, 19392nd term*Athanase DavidLiberalTerrebonne1916, 1939 8th term*Damase Perrier (1940)Liberal1940 1st termMaurice DuplessisUnion NationaleTrois-Rivières 19275th termAlphide SabourinLiberalVaudreuil-Soulanges 1939 1st termGeorges Gordon HydeLiberalWestmount–Saint-Georges 19391st termGeorge Carlyle Marler (1942)Liberal1942 1st termThomas Hercule LapointeLiberalWolfe 1933, 19393rd term*Antonio ÉlieUnion NationaleYamaska 19314th term
Other elected MLAs
Other MLAs were elected in by-elections during this term
Joseph-Tancrède Labbé, Union Nationale, Mégantic, November 19, 1940 Damase Perrier, Quebec Liberal Party, Terrebonne, November 19, 1940 Dennis James O'Connor, Quebec Liberal Party, Huntingdon, October 6, 1941 Jean-Paul Beaulieu, Union Nationale, Saint-Jean-Napierville, October 6, 1941 Thomas Guérin, Quebec Liberal Party, Montréal-Sainte-Anne, March 23, 1942 Claude Jodoin, Quebec Liberal Party, Montréal-Saint-Jacques, March 23, 1942 Joseph-Willie Robidoux, Quebec Liberal Party, Richelieu-Verchères, March 23, 1942 George Carlyle Marler, Quebec Liberal Party, Westmount-Saint-Georges, March 23, 1942
Cabinet Ministers
Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Adélard Godbout Agriculture: Adélard Godbout Colonization: Adélard Godbout (1939-1942), Cléophas Bastien (1942-1944) Labour: Edgar Rochette Public Works: Télesphore-Damien Bouchard (1939-1942), Georges-Étienne Dansereau (1942-1944) Health: Henri Groulx (1939-1941) Social Welfare: Henri Groulx (1940-1941) Health and Social Welfare:Henri Groulx (1941-1944) Lands, Forests, Hunting and Fishing: Pierre-Émile Côté (1939-1941) Lands and Forests: Pierre-Émile Côté (1941-1942), Wilfrid Hamel (1942-1944) Hunting and Fishing: Pierre-Émile Côté (1941-1942), Valmore Bienvenue (1942-1944) Mines and Fisheries: Edgar Rochette (1939-1941) Mines and coastal fisheries: Edgar Rochette (1941-1942) Mines: Edgar Rochette (1942-1944) Roads: Télesphore-Damien Bouchard (1939-1944), Georges-Étienne Dansereau (1944) Municipal Affairs, Industry and Commerce: Oscar Drouin (1939-1944), Henri-René Renault (1944) Attorney General: Wilfrid Girouard (1939-1942), Léon Casgrain (1942-1944) Provincial Secretary: Henri Groulx (1939-1940), Hector Perrier (1940-1944) Treasurer: James Arthur Matthewson Members without portfolios: Frank Lawrence Connors, Georges-Étienne Dansereau (1939-1942), Léon Casgrain (1939-1942), Louis-Joseph Thisdel, Cléophas Bastien (1939-1942), Wilfrid Hamel (1939-1942), Francois-Philippe Brais (1940-1944), Perrault Casgrain (1942-1944), Henri-René Renault (1942-1944), Joseph-Achille Francoeur (1944), Maurice Gingues (1944)
New electoral districts
The electoral map was reformed in 1944 which was used in the upcoming election later that year. Some of the changes included de-mergers of ridings that were created in the previous reform in 1939.
Abitibi was split into two ned ridings: Abitibi-Ouest and Abitibi-Est. Rouyn-Noranda was formed from parts of Témiscamingue. The riding of Napierville-Laprairie was recreated after Châteauguay and Laprairie were de-merged as well as Saint-Jean and Napierville which formed Saint-Jean-Napierville in 1939. Châteauguay and Saint-Jean were reformed as individual ridings. Richelieu and Verchères, which formed Richelieu-Verchères returned as individual ridings. Kamouraska and Rivière-du-Loup which formed Kamouraska-Rivière-du-Loup returned as individual ridings.
Notes
References
External links List of Historical Cabinet Ministers