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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

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Affiliation Members
Union Nationale 82
Liberal 8
Independent 2
 Total
 92
 Government Majority
 74

Member list

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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 No. of terms
  Jacques Miquelon Union Nationale Abitibi-Est 1948 1st term
  Émile Lesage Union Nationale Abitibi-Ouest 1936, 1944 3rd term*
  William McOuat Cottingham Union Nationale Argenteuil 1948 1st term
  Wilfrid Labbé Union Nationale Arthabaska 1948 1st term
  Daniel Johnson Union Nationale Bagot 1946 2nd term
  Georges-Octave Poulin Union Nationale Beauce 1945 2nd term
  Edgar Hébert Union Nationale Beauharnois 1948 1st term
  Paul-Eugène Bélanger Union Nationale Bellechasse 1948 1st term
  Azellus Lavallée Union Nationale Berthier 1948 1st term
  Henri Jolicoeur Union Nationale Bonaventure 1936, 1944 3rd term*
  Jonathan Robinson Union Nationale Brome 1936 4th term
  Charles James Warwick Fox (1948) Union Nationale 1948 1st term
  John Redmond Roche Union Nationale Chambly 1948 1st term
  Maurice Bellemare Union Nationale Champlain 1944 2nd term
  Arthur Leclerc Union Nationale Charlevoix 1936, 1944 3rd term*
  Arthur Laberge Union Nationale Châteauguay 1948 1st term
  Antonio Talbot Union Nationale Chicoutimi 1938 4th term
  Charles Daniel French Union Nationale Compton 1946 2nd term
  Paul Sauvé Union Nationale Deux-Montagnes 1930, 1936 6th term*
  Joseph-Damase Bégin Union Nationale Dorchester 1935 5th term
  Robert Bernard Union Nationale Drummond 1944 2nd term
  Patrice Tardif Union Nationale Frontenac 1935, 1944 4th term*
  Robert Lévesque Libéral Gaspé-Nord 1948 1st term
  Camille-Eugène Pouliot Union Nationale Gaspé-Sud 1936 4th term
  Gérard Desjardins Union Nationale Gatineau 1948 1st term
  Alexandre Taché Union Nationale Hull 1936, 1944 3rd term*
  John Gillies Rennie Union Nationale Huntingdon 1947 2nd term
  Yvon Thuot Union Nationale Iberville 1944 2nd term
  Hormisdas Langlais Union Nationale Îles-de-la-Madeleine 1936 4th term
  Charles-Aimé Kirkland Libéral Jacques-Cartier 1939 3rd term
  Antonio Barrette Union Nationale Joliette 1936 4th term
  Alfred Plourde Union Nationale Kamouraska 1948 1st term
  Albiny Paquette Union Nationale Labelle 1935 5th term
  Antonio Auger Union Nationale Lac-Saint-Jean 1948 1st term
  Victor-Stanislas Chartrand Union Nationale L'Assomption 1944 2nd term
  Omer Barrière Union Nationale Laval 1948 1st term
  Charles Romulus Ducharme Union Nationale Laviolette 1935, 1944 4th term*
  Joseph-Théophile Larochelle Union Nationale Lévis 1935, 1944 4th term*
  Joseph-Albert Samson (1949) Union Nationale 1949 1st term
  Fernand Lizotte Union Nationale L'Islet 1948 1st term
  René Bernatchez Union Nationale Lotbinière 1948 1st term
  Albert Gatien Union Nationale Maisonneuve 1944 2nd term
  Germain Caron Union Nationale Maskinongé 1944 2nd term
  Onésime Gagnon Union Nationale Matane 1936 4th term
  Philippe Cossette Union Nationale Matapédia 1944 2nd term
  Tancrède Labbé Union Nationale Mégantic 1935, 1940 5th term*
  Jean-Jacques Bertrand Union Nationale Missisquoi 1948 1st term
  Maurice Tellier Union Nationale Montcalm 1936, 1944 3rd term*
  Antoine Rivard Union Nationale Montmagny 1948 1st term
  Yves Prévost Union Nationale Montmorency 1948 1st term
  Georges Guévremont Union Nationale Montréal–Jeanne-Mance 1948 1st term
  Paul Provençal Union Nationale Montréal-Laurier 1948 1st term
  Gérard Thibeault Union Nationale Montréal-Mercier 1936, 1948 2nd term*
  Paul Earl Libéral Montréal–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce 1948 1st term
  Henri Groulx Libéral Montréal-Outremont 1939 3rd term
  Francis Hanley Independent Montréal–Sainte-Anne 1948 1st term
  Aimé Gendron Union Nationale Montréal–Sainte-Marie 1948 1st term
  Joseph-Hormisdas Delisle Union Nationale Montréal–Saint-Henri 1944 2nd term
  Omer Côté Union Nationale Montréal–Saint-Jacques 1944 2nd term
  Dave Rochon Libéral Montréal–Saint-Louis 1948 1st term
  Lionel-Alfred Ross Libéral Montréal-Verdun 1944 2nd term
  Hercule Riendeau Union Nationale Napierville-Laprairie 1944 2nd term
  Émery Fleury Union Nationale Nicolet 1936, 1944 3rd term*
  Roméo Lorrain Union Nationale Papineau 1935 5th term
  Raymond Thomas Johnston Union Nationale Pontiac 1948 1st term
  Bona Dussault Union Nationale Portneuf 1935, 1944 4th term*
  Gérard Guay Union Nationale Québec-Centre 1948 1st term
  René Chaloult Independent[a] Québec-Comté 1936 4th term
  Joseph-Onésime Matte Union Nationale Québec-Est 1948 1st term
  Jean-Alphonse Saucier Union Nationale Québec-Ouest 1948 1st term
  Bernard Gagné Union Nationale Richelieu 1948 1st term
  Albert Goudreau Union Nationale Richmond 1935, 1944 4th term*
  Alfred Dubé Union Nationale Rimouski 1936, 1944 3rd term*
  Roméo Gagné Union Nationale Rivière-du-Loup 1948 1st term
  Antoine Marcotte Union Nationale Roberval 1944 2nd term
  Laurent Barré Union Nationale Rouville 1931, 1944 5th term*
  Guy Dallaire Union Nationale Rouyn-Noranda 1948 1st term
  Pierre Ouellet Union Nationale Saguenay 1948 1st term
  Ernest-Joseph Chartier Union Nationale Saint-Hyacinthe 1944 2nd term
  Jean-Paul Beaulieu Union Nationale Saint-Jean 1941 3rd term
  Marc Trudel Union Nationale Saint-Maurice 1935, 1944 4th term*
  Francis Boudreau Union Nationale Saint-Sauveur 1948 1st term
  Hector Choquette Union Nationale Shefford 1935, 1944 4th term*
  John Samuel Bourque Union Nationale Sherbrooke 1935 5th term
  Léon-Denis Gérin Union Nationale Stanstead 1948 1st term
  Nil-Élie Larivière Union Nationale Témiscamingue 1935, 1944 4th term*
  André Pelletier Union Nationale Témiscouata 1944 2nd term
  Joseph-Léonard Blanchard Union Nationale Terrebonne 1944 2nd term
  Maurice Duplessis Union Nationale Trois-Rivières 1927 7th term
  Joseph-Édouard Jeannotte Union Nationale Vaudreuil-Soulanges 1948 1st term
  Arthur Dupré Libéral Verchères 1944 2nd term
  George Carlyle Marler Libéral Westmount–Saint-Georges 1942 3rd term
  Henri Vachon Union Nationale Wolfe 1936, 1944 3rd term*
  Antonio Élie Union Nationale Yamaska 1931 6th term

Other elected MLAs

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Other MLAs were elected in by-elections during the term

Cabinet Ministers

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  • 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)

Notes

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  1. ↑ First elected as a Union Nationale candidate

References

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