25th Quebec Legislature

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 4 months after being sworn as Premier.

Seats per political party

Affiliation Members
     Union Nationale 72
     Parti libĂ©ral du QuĂ©bec 20
     Independent 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:

Name Party Riding
     Jacques Miquelon Union Nationale Abitibi-Est
     Alcide Courcy LibĂ©ral Abitibi-Ouest
     William McOvat Cottingham Union Nationale Argenteuil
     Wilfrid LabbĂ© Union Nationale Arthabaska
     Daniel Johnson Union Nationale Bagot
     Georges-Octave Poulin Union Nationale Beauce
     Edgar HĂ©bert Union Nationale Beauharnois
     AlphĂ©e Poirier Union Nationale Bellechasse
     Azellus LavallĂ©e Union Nationale Berthier
     GĂ©rard D. Levesque LibĂ©ral Bonaventure
     Jean Meunier LibĂ©ral Bourget
     Glendon Brown LibĂ©ral Brome
     Robert ThĂ©berge LibĂ©ral Chambly
     Maurice Bellemare Union Nationale Champlain
     Arthur Leclerc Union Nationale Charlevoix
     Arthur Laberge Union Nationale Châteauguay
     Antonio Talbot Union Nationale Chicoutimi
     Fabien Gagnon LibĂ©ral Compton
     Paul SauvĂ© Union Nationale Deux-Montagnes
     Joseph-Damase BĂ©gin Union Nationale Dorchester
     Robert Bernard Union Nationale Drummond
     Henri-Laurier Coiteux LibĂ©ral Duplessis
     Éloi Guillemette Union Nationale Frontenac
     Alphonse Couturier Union Nationale GaspĂ©-Nord
     Camille-Eugène Pouliot Union Nationale GaspĂ©-Sud
     GĂ©rard Desjardins Union Nationale Gatineau
     Oswald Parent LibĂ©ral Hull
     Henry Somerville Union Nationale Huntingdon
     Yvon Thuot Union Nationale Iberville
     Hormisdas Langlais Union Nationale ĂŽles-de-la-Madeleine
     Charles-AimĂ© Kirkland LibĂ©ral Jacques-Cartier
     Antonio Barrette Union Nationale Joliette
     LĂ©once Ouellet Union Nationale Jonquière-KĂ©nogami
     Alfred Plourde Union Nationale Kamouraska
     Albiny Paquette Union Nationale Labelle
     Antonio Auger Union Nationale Lac-Saint-Jean
     Victor-Stanislas Chartrand Union Nationale L'Assomption
     LĂ©opold Pouliot Union Nationale Laval
     Charles Romulus Ducharme Union Nationale Laviolette
     Albert Samson Union Nationale LĂ©vis
     Fernand Lizotte Union Nationale L'Islet
     RenĂ© Bernatchez Union Nationale Lotbinière
     Lucien Tremblay Union Nationale Maisonneuve
     Germain Caron Union Nationale MaskinongĂ©
     OnĂ©sime Gagnon Union Nationale Matane
     J-Clovis Gagnon Union Nationale MatapĂ©dia
     Tancrède LabbĂ© Union Nationale MĂ©gantic
     Jean-Jacques Bertrand Union Nationale Missisquoi
     Maurice Tellier Union Nationale Montcalm
     Antoine Rivard Union Nationale Montmagny
     Yves PrĂ©vost Union Nationale Montmorency
     Maurice-TrĂ©flĂ© Custeau Union Nationale MontrĂ©al–Jeanne-Mance
     Arsène GagnĂ© Union Nationale MontrĂ©al-Laurier
     GĂ©rard Thibeault Union Nationale MontrĂ©al-Mercier
     Paul Earl LibĂ©ral MontrĂ©al–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
     Georges-Émile Lapalme LibĂ©ral MontrĂ©al-Outremont
     Francis Hanley Independent MontrĂ©al–Sainte-Anne
     Edgar Charbonneau Union Nationale MontrĂ©al–Sainte-Marie
     Philippe Lalonde LibĂ©ral MontrĂ©al–Saint-Henri
     Paul Dozois Union Nationale MontrĂ©al–Saint-Jacques
     Dave Rochon LibĂ©ral MontrĂ©al–Saint-Louis
     Lionel-Alfred Ross LibĂ©ral MontrĂ©al-Verdun
     Hercule Riendeau Union Nationale Napierville-Laprairie
     Camille Roy Union Nationale Nicolet
     RomĂ©o Lorrain Union Nationale Papineau
     Raymond Thomas Johnston Union Nationale Pontiac
     Rosaire Chalifour Union Nationale Portneuf
     Maurice Cloutier Union Nationale QuĂ©bec-Centre
     Émilien Rochette Union Nationale QuĂ©bec-ComtĂ©
     Armand Maltais Union Nationale QuĂ©bec-Est
     Jean-Paul Galipeault LibĂ©ral QuĂ©bec-Ouest
     Bernard GagnĂ© Union Nationale Richelieu
     Émilien Lafrance Liberal Richmond
     Albert Dionne LibĂ©ral Rimouski
     Alphonse Couturier LibĂ©ral Rivière-du-Loup
     Paul-Henri Spence Union Nationale Roberval
     Laurent BarrĂ© Union Nationale Rouville
     Edgar Turpin LibĂ©ral Rouyn-Noranda
     Pierre Ouellet Union Nationale Saguenay
     RenĂ© Saint-Pierre LibĂ©ral Saint-Hyacinthe
     Jean-Paul Beaulieu Union Nationale Saint-Jean
     RenĂ© Hamel LibĂ©ral Saint-Maurice
     Francis Boudreau Union Nationale Saint-Sauveur
     Armand Russell Union Nationale Shefford
     John Samuel Bourque Union Nationale Sherbrooke
     LĂ©on-Denis GĂ©rin Union Nationale Stanstead
     Joseph-AndrĂ© Larouche Union Nationale TĂ©miscamingue
     Antoine Raymond Union Nationale TĂ©miscouata
     Joseph-LĂ©onard Blanchard Union Nationale Terrebonne
     Maurice Duplessis Union Nationale Trois-Rivières
     Joseph-Édouard Jeannotte Union Nationale Vaudreuil-Soulanges
     Clodomir Ladouceur Union Nationale Verchères
     John Richard Hyde LibĂ©ral Westmount–Saint-Georges
     Henri Vachon Union Nationale Wolfe
     Antonio Élie Union Nationale Yamaska

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected in by-elections during this mandate

Cabinet Ministers

Duplessis Cabinet (1956-1959)

Sauve Cabinet (1959-1960)

Barrette Cabinet (1960)

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

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