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 four months after being sworn as Premier.

## Seats per political party

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* After the 1956 elections

Affiliation  | Members

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| Union Nationale | 72
| Liberal | 20
| Independent | 1
Total
| 93
Government Majority
| 52

## Member list

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This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1956 election:

| Name  | Party  | Riding  | First elected / previously elected

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| Jacques Miquelon | Union Nationale | Abitibi-Est | 1948
| Alcide Courcy | Libéral | Abitibi-Ouest | 1956
| William McOuat Cottingham | Union Nationale | Argenteuil | 1948
| Wilfrid Labbé | Union Nationale | Arthabaska | 1948
| Daniel Johnson | Union Nationale | Bagot | 1946
| Georges-Octave Poulin | Union Nationale | Beauce | 1945
| Edgar Hébert | Union Nationale | Beauharnois | 1948
| Alphée Poirier | Union Nationale | Bellechasse | 1952
| Azellus Lavallée | Union Nationale | Berthier | 1948
| Gérard D. Levesque | Libéral | Bonaventure | 1956
| Glendon Brown | Libéral | Brome | 1956
| Robert Théberge | Libéral | Chambly | 1956
| Maurice Bellemare | Union Nationale | Champlain | 1944
| Arthur Leclerc | Union Nationale | Charlevoix | 1936, 1944
| Arthur Laberge | Union Nationale | Châteauguay | 1948
| Joseph-Maurice Laberge (1957)  | Union Nationale | 1957
| Antonio Talbot | Union Nationale | Chicoutimi | 1938
| Fabien Gagnon | Libéral | Compton | 1956
| Claude-Gilles Gosselin (1957)  | Union Nationale | 1957
| Paul Sauvé | Union Nationale | Deux-Montagnes | 1930, 1936
| Joseph-Damase Bégin | Union Nationale | Dorchester | 1935
| Robert Bernard | Union Nationale | Drummond | 1944, 1956
| Éloi Guillemette | Union Nationale | Frontenac | 1956
| Alphonse Couturier | Union Nationale | Gaspé-Nord | 1952
| Camille-Eugène Pouliot | Union Nationale | Gaspé-Sud | 1936
| Gérard Desjardins | Union Nationale | Gatineau | 1948
| Oswald Parent | Libéral | Hull | 1956
| Henry Somerville | Union Nationale | Huntingdon | 1952
| Yvon Thuot | Union Nationale | Iberville | 1944
| Hormisdas Langlais | Union Nationale | Îles-de-la-Madeleine | 1936
| Charles-Aimé Kirkland | Libéral | Jacques-Cartier | 1939
| Antonio Barrette | Union Nationale | Joliette | 1936
| Léonce Ouellet | Union Nationale | Jonquière-Kénogami | 1956
| Alfred Plourde | Union Nationale | Kamouraska | 1948
| Albiny Paquette | Union Nationale | Labelle | 1935
| Pierre Bohémier (1958)  | Union Nationale | 1958
| Fernand Lafontaine (1959)  | Union Nationale | 1959
| Antonio Auger | Union Nationale | Lac-Saint-Jean | 1948
| Jean-Paul Levasseur (1959)  | Union Nationale | 1959
| Victor-Stanislas Chartrand | Union Nationale | L'Assomption | 1944
| Léopold Pouliot | Union Nationale | Laval | 1956
| Charles Romulus Ducharme | Union Nationale | Laviolette | 1935, 1944
| Albert Samson | Union Nationale | Lévis | 1949, 1956
| Fernand Lizotte | Union Nationale | L'Islet | 1948
| René Bernatchez | Union Nationale | Lotbinière | 1948
| Lucien Tremblay | Union Nationale | Maisonneuve | 1956
| Germain Caron | Union Nationale | Maskinongé | 1944
| Onésime Gagnon | Union Nationale | Matane | 1936
| Benoît Gaboury (1958)  | Union Nationale | 1958
| J-Clovis Gagnon | Union Nationale | Matapédia | 1953
| Tancrède Labbé | Union Nationale | Mégantic | 1935, 1940
| Joseph-Émile Fortin (1957)  | Union Nationale | 1957
| Jean-Jacques Bertrand | Union Nationale | Missisquoi | 1948
| Maurice Tellier | Union Nationale | Montcalm | 1936, 1944
| Antoine Rivard | Union Nationale | Montmagny | 1948
| Yves Prévost | Union Nationale | Montmorency | 1948
| Maurice-Tréflé Custeau | Union Nationale | Montréal–Jeanne-Mance | 1956
| Arsène Gagné | Union Nationale | Montréal-Laurier | 1955
| Gérard Thibeault | Union Nationale | Montréal-Mercier | 1936, 1948
| Paul Earl | Libéral | Montréal–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | 1948
| Georges-Émile Lapalme | Libéral | Montréal-Outremont | 1953
| Francis Hanley | Independent | Montréal–Sainte-Anne | 1948
| Edgar Charbonneau | Union Nationale | Montréal–Sainte-Marie | 1956
| Philippe Lalonde | Libéral | Montréal–Saint-Henri | 1952
| Paul Dozois | Union Nationale | Montréal–Saint-Jacques | 1956
| Dave Rochon | Libéral | Montréal–Saint-Louis | 1948
| Independent
| Lionel-Alfred Ross | Libéral | Montréal-Verdun | 1944
| Independent
| Hercule Riendeau | Union Nationale | Napierville-Laprairie | 1944
| Camille Roy | Union Nationale | Nicolet | 1952
| Roméo Lorrain | Union Nationale | Papineau | 1935
| Raymond Thomas Johnston | Union Nationale | Pontiac | 1948
| Rosaire Chalifour | Union Nationale | Portneuf | 1953
| Maurice Cloutier | Union Nationale | Québec-Centre | 1952
| Émilien Rochette | Union Nationale | Québec-Comté | 1956
| Armand Maltais | Union Nationale | Québec-Est | 1956
| Jean-Paul Galipeault | Libéral | Québec-Ouest | 1956
| Bernard Gagné | Union Nationale | Richelieu | 1948, 1956
| Émilien Lafrance | Libéral | Richmond | 1952
| Albert Dionne | Libéral | Rimouski | 1956
| Alphonse Couturier | Libéral | Rivière-du-Loup | 1956
| Paul-Henri Spence | Union Nationale | Roberval | 1956
| Jean-Joseph Turcotte (1958)  | Union Nationale | 1958
| Laurent Barré | Union Nationale | Rouville | 1931, 1944
| Edgar Turpin | Libéral | Rouyn-Noranda | 1956
| Pierre Ouellet | Union Nationale | Saguenay | 1948
| René Saint-Pierre | Libéral | Saint-Hyacinthe | 1956
| Jean-Paul Beaulieu | Union Nationale | Saint-Jean | 1941
| René Hamel | Libéral | Saint-Maurice | 1952
| Francis Boudreau | Union Nationale | Saint-Sauveur | 1948
| Armand Russell | Union Nationale | Shefford | 1956
| John Samuel Bourque | Union Nationale | Sherbrooke | 1935
| Léon-Denis Gérin | Union Nationale | Stanstead | 1948
| Joseph-André Larouche | Union Nationale | Témiscamingue | 1956
| Antoine Raymond | Union Nationale | Témiscouata | 1952
| Joseph-Léonard Blanchard | Union Nationale | Terrebonne | 1944
| Maurice Duplessis | Union Nationale | Trois-Rivières | 1927
| Joseph-Édouard Jeannotte | Union Nationale | Vaudreuil-Soulanges | 1948
| Loyola Schmidt (1957)  | Union Nationale | 1957
| Clodomir Ladouceur | Union Nationale | Verchères | 1956
| John Richard Hyde | Libéral | Westmount–Saint-Georges | 1955
| Henri Vachon | Union Nationale | Wolfe | 1936, 1944, 1956
| Antonio Élie | Union Nationale | Yamaska | 1931

## Other elected MLAs

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Other MLAs were elected in by-elections during this mandate

* Joseph-Maurice Laberge, Union Nationale, Chateauguay, September 18, 1957 [1]
* Claude-Gilles Gosselin, Union Nationale, Compton, September 18, 1957 [2]
* Joseph-Émile Fortin, Union Nationale, Mégantic, September 18, 1957 [3]
* Loyola Schmidt, Union Nationale, Vaudreuil-Soulanges, September 18, 1957 [4]
* Benoît Gaboury, Union Nationale, Matane, July 2, 1958 [5]
* Pierre Bohémier, Union Nationale, Labelle, October 15, 1958 [6]
* Jean-Joseph Turcotte, Union Nationale, Roberval, October 15, 1958 [7]
* Fernand Lafontaine, Union Nationale, Labelle, September 16, 1959 [8]
* Jean-Paul Levasseur, Union Nationale, Lac-Saint-Jean, September 16, 1959 [9]

## Cabinet Ministers

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### Duplessis Cabinet (1956-1959)

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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 (1956–1958), Arthur Leclerc (1958–1959)
* Lands and Forests: John Samuel Bourque (1956–1958), Jean-Jacques Bertrand (1958–1959)
* Hunting and Coastal Fisheries: Camille-Eugène Pouliot (1956–1958)
* Fisheries and Hunting: Camille-Eugene Pouliot (1958–1959)
* Mines: William McOuat Cottingham
* Hydraulic resources: John Samuel Bourque (1956–1958), Daniel Johnson Sr. (1958–1959)
* Roads: Antonio Talbot
* Transportation and Communications: Antoine Rivard
* Municipal Affairs: Yves Prevost (1956), Paul Dozois (1956–1959)
* Industry and Commerce: Jean-Paul Beaulieu
* Attorney General: Maurice Duplessis
* Provincial Secretary: Romeo Lorrain (1956), Yves Prevost (1956–1959)
* Solicitor General: Antoine Rivard
* Finances: Onésime Gagnon (1956), John Samuel Bourque (1958–1959)
* State Ministers: Gerard Thibeault (1958–1959)

### Sauve Cabinet (1959-1960)

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* Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Paul Sauve
* Agriculture: Laurent Barrée
* Colonization: Joseph-Damase Begin
* Labour: Antonio Barrette
* Public Works: Roméo Lorrain
* Social Welfare and Youth: Paul Sauvé
* Health: Arthur Leclerc
* Lands and Forests: Jean-Jacques Bertrand
* Fisheries and Hunting: Camille-Eugène Pouliot
* Mines: William McOuat Cottingham
* Hydraulic resources: Daniel Johnson Sr.
* Roads: Antonio Talbot
* Transportation and Communications: Antoine Rivard
* Municipal Affairs: Paul Dozois
* Industry and Commerce: Jean-Paul Beaulieu
* Attorney General: Antoine Rivard
* Provincial Secretary: Yves Prevost
* Solicitor General: Jacques Miquelon (1959–1960)
* Finances: John Samuel Bourque
* State Ministers: Gerard Thibeault, Antonio Elie, Maurice Bellemare, Wilfrid Labbe, Robert Bernard, Jacques Miquelon (1959)

### Barrette Cabinet (1960)

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* Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Antonio Barrette
* Agriculture: Laurent Barrée
* Colonization: Joseph-Damase Begin
* Labour: Antonio Barrette
* Public Works: Roméo Lorrain
* Social Welfare and Youth: Jean-Jacques Bertrand
* Health: Arthur Leclerc
* Lands and Forests: Jacques Miquelon
* Fisheries and Hunting: Camille-Eugène Pouliot
* Mines: William McOuat Cottingham
* Hydraulic resources: Daniel Johnson Sr.
* Roads: Antonio Talbot
* Transportation and Communications: Antoine Rivard
* Municipal Affairs: Paul Dozois
* Industry and Commerce: Jean-Paul Beaulieu
* Attorney General: Antoine Rivard
* Provincial Secretary: Yves Prévost
* Solicitor General: Jacques Miquelon
* Finances: John Samuel Bourque
* State Ministers: Gerard Thibeault, Antonio Élie, Maurice Bellemare, Wilfrid Labbe, Robert Bernard, Maurice-Tréfflé Custeau, Armand Maltais

## New electoral districts

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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. [10]

## References

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## External links

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* 1956 election results
* List of Historical Cabinet Ministers

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