24th Quebec Legislature

The 24th Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the Quebec, Canada provincial legislature that existed from July 16, 1952, to June 20, 1956. It was the Union Nationale's third consecutive term as the governing party and the fourth under the leadership of Maurice Duplessis.

Seats per political party[]

After the 1952 elections

Affiliation		Members
	Union Nationale	68
	Liberal	23
	Independent	1
Total		92
Government Majority		45

Member list[]

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1952 election:

Name	Party	Riding
Jacques Miquelon	Union Nationale	Abitibi-Est
Émile Lesage	Union Nationale	Abitibi-Ouest
William McOuat Cottingham	Union Nationale	Argenteuil
	Union Nationale	Arthabaska
Daniel Johnson	Union Nationale	Bagot
Georges-Octave Poulin	Union Nationale	Beauce
	Union Nationale	Beauharnois
Alphée Poirier	Union Nationale	Bellechasse
	Union Nationale	Berthier
	Union Nationale	Bonaventure
	Union Nationale	Brome
	Union Nationale	Chambly
Maurice Bellemare	Union Nationale	Champlain
Arthur Leclerc	Union Nationale	Charlevoix
	Union Nationale	Châteauguay
Antonio Talbot	Union Nationale	Chicoutimi
Charles Daniel French	Union Nationale	Compton
Paul Sauvé	Union Nationale	Deux-Montagnes
Joseph-Damase Bégin	Union Nationale	Dorchester
	Libéral	Drummond
	Libéral	Frontenac
Alphonse Couturier	Union Nationale	Gaspé-Nord
Camille-Eugène Pouliot	Union Nationale	Gaspé-Sud
Gérard Desjardins	Union Nationale	Gatineau
Alexandre Taché	Union Nationale	Hull
	Union Nationale	Huntingdon
	Union Nationale	Iberville
Hormisdas Langlais	Union Nationale	Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Charles-Aimé Kirkland	Libéral	Jacques-Cartier
Antonio Barrette	Union Nationale	Joliette
	Union Nationale	Kamouraska
Albiny Paquette	Union Nationale	Labelle
	Union Nationale	Lac-Saint-Jean
Victor-Stanislas Chartrand	Union Nationale	L'Assomption
	Union Nationale	Laval
Charles Romulus Ducharme	Union Nationale	Laviolette
	Libéral	Lévis
Fernand Lizotte	Union Nationale	L'Islet
	Union Nationale	Lotbinière
	Libéral	Maisonneuve
Germain Caron	Union Nationale	Maskinongé
Onésime Gagnon	Union Nationale	Matane
	Union Nationale	Matapédia
Tancrède Labbé	Union Nationale	Mégantic
Jean-Jacques Bertrand	Union Nationale	Missisquoi
Maurice Tellier	Union Nationale	Montcalm
Antoine Rivard	Union Nationale	Montmagny
Yves Prévost	Union Nationale	Montmorency
	Libéral	Montréal–Jeanne-Mance
	Union Nationale	Montréal-Laurier
	Union Nationale	Montréal-Mercier
	Libéral	Montréal–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Henri Groulx	Libéral	Montréal-Outremont
Francis Hanley	Independent	Montréal–Sainte-Anne
Yvon Dupuis	Libéral	Montréal–Sainte-Marie
	Libéral	Montréal–Saint-Henri
Omer Côté	Union Nationale	Montréal–Saint-Jacques
	Libéral	Montréal–Saint-Louis
	Libéral	Montréal-Verdun
	Union Nationale	Napierville-Laprairie
Camille Roy	Union Nationale	Nicolet
Roméo Lorrain	Union Nationale	Papineau
Raymond Thomas Johnston	Union Nationale	Pontiac
Bona Dussault	Union Nationale	Portneuf
	Union Nationale	Québec-Centre
	Libéral	Québec-Comté
	Libéral	Québec-Est
	Libéral	Québec-Ouest
Gérard Cournoyer	Libéral	Richelieu
Émilien Lafrance	Liberal	Richmond
	Union Nationale	Rimouski
Roméo Gagné	Union Nationale	Rivière-du-Loup
	Union Nationale	Roberval
Laurent Barré	Union Nationale	Rouville
	Union Nationale	Rouyn-Noranda
	Union Nationale	Saguenay
	Union Nationale	Saint-Hyacinthe
Jean-Paul Beaulieu	Union Nationale	Saint-Jean
René Hamel	Libéral	Saint-Maurice
	Union Nationale	Saint-Sauveur
	Libéral	Shefford
John Samuel Bourque	Union Nationale	Sherbrooke
Léon-Denis Gérin	Union Nationale	Stanstead
	Libéral	Témiscamingue
Antoine Raymond	Union Nationale	Témiscouata
	Union Nationale	Terrebonne
Maurice Duplessis	Union Nationale	Trois-Rivières
	Union Nationale	Vaudreuil-Soulanges
	Libéral	Verchères
	Libéral	Westmount–Saint-Georges
	Libéral	Wolfe
Antonio Élie	Union Nationale	Yamaska

Other elected MLAs[]

Other MLAs were elected during by-elections in this mandate

, Union Nationale, Matapédia, July 9, 1953 [1]
Georges-Émile Lapalme, Quebec Liberal Party, Montréal-Outremont, July 9, 1953 [2]
, Union Nationale, Portneuf, July 9, 1953 [3]
John William French, Union Nationale, Compton, September 15, 1954 [4]
, Union Nationale, Montréal-Laurier, July 6, 1955 [5]
, Union Nationale, Saint-Hyacinthe, July 6, 1955 [6]
John Richard Hyde, Quebec Liberal Party, Westmount-Saint-Georges, July 6, 1955 [7]

Cabinet Ministers[]

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: Charles Daniel French (1952-1954), William McOuat Cottingham (1954-1956)
Hydraulic resources: John Samuel Bourque
Roads: Antonio Talbot
Transportation and Communications: Antoine Rivard (1954-1956)
Municipal Affairs: Bona Dussault (1952-1953), Yves Prevost (1953-1956)
Industry and Commerce: Jean-Paul Beaulieu
Attorney General: Maurice Duplessis
Provincial Secretary: Omer Côté (1952-1956), Romeo Lorrain (1956)
Solicitor General: Antoine Rivard
Finances: Onésime Gagnon
State Ministers: Arthur Leclerc, Jacques Miquelon, Wilfrid Labbé

New electoral ridings[]

The electoral map was slightly modified in 1954 with the creation of Jonquière-Kenogami from parts of Chicoutimi. The change was effective in the 1956 elections. [8]