21st Quebec Legislature

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

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AffiliationMembers
Liberal70
Union Nationale15
 Independent1
 Total
86
 Government Majority
55

Member list

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This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1939 election:

NamePartyRiding
 Félix AllardLiberalAbitibi
 Georges-Étienne DansereauLiberalArgenteuil
 Wilfrid GirouardLiberalArthabaska
 Cyrille DumaineLiberalBagot
 Henri-René RenaultLiberalBeauce
 Delpha SauvéUnion NationaleBeauharnois
 Valmore BienvenueLiberalBellechasse
 Cléophas BastienLiberalBerthier
 Pierre-Émile CôtéLiberalBonaventure
 Jonathan RobinsonUnion NationaleBrome
 Dowina-Évariste JoyalLiberalChambly
 Joseph-Philias MorinUnion NationaleChamplain
 Edgar RochetteLiberalCharlevoix—Saguenay
 Roméo FortinLiberalChâteauguay-Laprairie
 Antonio TalbotUnion NationaleChicoutimi
 William James DuffyLiberalCompton
 Paul SauvéUnion NationaleDeux-Montagnes
 Joseph-Damase BéginUnion NationaleDorchester
 Arthur RajotteLiberalDrummond
 Henri-Louis GagnonLiberalFrontenac
 Perreault CasgrainLiberalGaspé-Nord
 Camille-Eugène PouliotUnion NationaleGaspé-Sud
 Joseph-Célestin NadonLiberalGatineau
 Alexis CaronLiberalHull
 James Walker RossLiberalHuntingdon
 Émile BonvouloirLiberalIberville
 Hormisdas LanglaisUnion NationaleÎles-de-la-Madeleine
 Charles-Aimé KirklandLiberalJacques-Cartier
 Antonio BarretteUnion NationaleJoliette
 Léon CasgrainLiberalKamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup
 Albiny PaquetteUnion NationaleLabelle
 Joseph-Ludger FillionLiberalLac-Saint-Jean
 Bernard BissonnetteLiberalL'Assomption
 François LeducLiberalLaval
 Edmond GuibordLiberalLaviolette
 Joseph-Georges FrancoeurLiberalLévis
 Adélard GodboutLiberalL'Islet
 René ChaloultLiberalLotbinière
 Joseph-Georges CaronLiberalMaisonneuve
 Louis-Joseph ThisdelLiberalMaskinongé
 Onésime GagnonUnion NationaleMatane
 Joseph DufourLiberalMatapédia
 Louis HoudeLiberalMégantic
 Henri A. GosselinLiberalMissisquoi
 Joseph-Odilon DuvalLiberalMontcalm
 Fernand ChoquetteLiberalMontmagny
 Jacques DumoulinLiberalMontmorency
 Joseph-Émile DubreuilLiberalMontréal–Jeanne-Mance
 Paul GauthierLiberalMontréal-Laurier
 Joseph-Achille FrancoeurLiberalMontréal-Mercier
 James Arthur MathewsonLiberalMontréal–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
 Henri GroulxLiberalMontréal-Outremont
 Francis Lawrence ConnorsLiberalMontréal–Sainte-Anne
 Camillien HoudeIndependentMontréal–Sainte-Marie
 Émile BoucherLiberalMontréal–Saint-Henri
 Joseph-Roméo ToupinLiberalMontréal–Saint-Jacques
 Maurice HarttLiberalMontréal–Saint-Louis
 Léopold ComeauLiberalMontréal-Verdun
 Henri-Napoléon BironLiberalNicolet
 Roméo LorrainUnion NationalePapineau
 Edward Charles LawnLiberalPontiac
 Lucien PlamondonLiberalPortneuf
 Joseph-William MorinLiberalQuébec-Centre
 François-Xavier BouchardLiberalQuébec-Comté
 Oscar DrouinLiberalQuébec-Est
 Charles DelagraveLiberalQuébec-Ouest
 Félix MessierLiberalRichelieu-Verchères
 Stanislas-Edmond DesmaraisLiberalRichmond
 Louis-Joseph MoreaultLiberalRimouski
 Georges PotvinLiberalRoberval
 Henri-Pascal PanetLiberalRouville
 Télesphore-Damien BouchardLiberalSaint-Hyacinthe
 Alexis BouthillierLiberalSaint-Jean–Napierville
 Polydore BeaulacLiberalSaint-Maurice
 Wilfrid HamelLiberalSaint-Sauveur
 Charles Munson BullockLiberalShefford
 John Samuel BourqueUnion NationaleSherbrooke
 Raymond-François FrégeauLiberalStanstead
 Paul-Oliva GouletLiberalTémiscamingue
 Joseph-Alphonse BeaulieuLiberalTémiscouata
 Athanase DavidLiberalTerrebonne
 Maurice DuplessisUnion NationaleTrois-Rivières
 Alphide SabourinLiberalVaudreuil-Soulanges
 Georges Gordon HydeLiberalWestmount–Saint-Georges
 Thomas Hercule LapointeLiberalWolfe
 Antonio ÉlieUnion NationaleYamaska

Other elected MLAs

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Other MLAs were elected in by-elections during this term

Cabinet Ministers

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  • 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

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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. [9]

References

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