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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
  Jacques Miquelon Union Nationale Abitibi-Est 1948
  Émile Lesage Union Nationale Abitibi-Ouest 1936, 1944
  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
  Paul-Eugène Bélanger Union Nationale Bellechasse 1948
  Azellus Lavallée Union Nationale Berthier 1948
  Henri Jolicoeur Union Nationale Bonaventure 1936, 1944
  Jonathan Robinson Union Nationale Brome 1936
  Charles James Warwick Fox (1948) Union Nationale 1948
  John Redmond Roche Union Nationale Chambly 1948
  Maurice Bellemare Union Nationale Champlain 1944
  Arthur Leclerc Union Nationale Charlevoix 1936, 1944
  Arthur Laberge Union Nationale Châteauguay 1948
  Antonio Talbot Union Nationale Chicoutimi 1938
  Charles Daniel French Union Nationale Compton 1946
  Paul Sauvé Union Nationale Deux-Montagnes 1930, 1936
  Joseph-Damase Bégin Union Nationale Dorchester 1935
  Robert Bernard Union Nationale Drummond 1944
  Patrice Tardif Union Nationale Frontenac 1935, 1944
  Robert Lévesque Libéral Gaspé-Nord 1948
  Camille-Eugène Pouliot Union Nationale Gaspé-Sud 1936
  Gérard Desjardins Union Nationale Gatineau 1948
  Alexandre Taché Union Nationale Hull 1936, 1944
  John Gillies Rennie Union Nationale Huntingdon 1947
  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
  Alfred Plourde Union Nationale Kamouraska 1948
  Albiny Paquette Union Nationale Labelle 1935
  Antonio Auger Union Nationale Lac-Saint-Jean 1948
  Victor-Stanislas Chartrand Union Nationale L'Assomption 1944
  Omer Barrière Union Nationale Laval 1948
  Charles Romulus Ducharme Union Nationale Laviolette 1935, 1944
  Joseph-Théophile Larochelle Union Nationale Lévis 1935, 1944
  Albert Samson (1949) Union Nationale 1949
  Fernand Lizotte Union Nationale L'Islet 1948
  René Bernatchez Union Nationale Lotbinière 1948
  Albert Gatien Union Nationale Maisonneuve 1944
  Germain Caron Union Nationale Maskinongé 1944
  Onésime Gagnon Union Nationale Matane 1936
  Philippe Cossette Union Nationale Matapédia 1944
  Tancrède Labbé Union Nationale Mégantic 1935, 1940
  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
  Georges Guévremont Union Nationale Montréal–Jeanne-Mance 1948
  Paul Provençal Union Nationale Montréal-Laurier 1948
  Gérard Thibeault Union Nationale Montréal-Mercier 1936, 1948
  Paul Earl Libéral Montréal–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce 1948
  Henri Groulx Libéral Montréal-Outremont 1939
  Francis Hanley Independent Montréal–Sainte-Anne 1948
  Aimé Gendron Union Nationale Montréal–Sainte-Marie 1948
  Joseph-Hormisdas Delisle Union Nationale Montréal–Saint-Henri 1944
  Omer Côté Union Nationale Montréal–Saint-Jacques 1944
  Dave Rochon Libéral Montréal–Saint-Louis 1948
  Lionel-Alfred Ross Libéral Montréal-Verdun 1944
  Hercule Riendeau Union Nationale Napierville-Laprairie 1944
  Émery Fleury Union Nationale Nicolet 1936, 1944
  Roméo Lorrain Union Nationale Papineau 1935
  Raymond Thomas Johnston Union Nationale Pontiac 1948
  Bona Dussault Union Nationale Portneuf 1935, 1944
  Gérard Guay Union Nationale Québec-Centre 1948
  René Chaloult Independent[a] Québec-Comté 1936
  Joseph-Onésime Matte Union Nationale Québec-Est 1948
  Jean-Alphonse Saucier Union Nationale Québec-Ouest 1948
  Bernard Gagné Union Nationale Richelieu 1948
  Albert Goudreau Union Nationale Richmond 1935, 1944
  Alfred Dubé Union Nationale Rimouski 1936, 1944
  Roméo Gagné Union Nationale Rivière-du-Loup 1948
  Antoine Marcotte Union Nationale Roberval 1944
  Laurent Barré Union Nationale Rouville 1931, 1944
  Guy Dallaire Union Nationale Rouyn-Noranda 1948
  Pierre Ouellet Union Nationale Saguenay 1948
  Ernest-Joseph Chartier Union Nationale Saint-Hyacinthe 1944
  Jean-Paul Beaulieu Union Nationale Saint-Jean 1941
  Marc Trudel Union Nationale Saint-Maurice 1935, 1944
  Francis Boudreau Union Nationale Saint-Sauveur 1948
  Hector Choquette Union Nationale Shefford 1935, 1944
  John Samuel Bourque Union Nationale Sherbrooke 1935
  Léon-Denis Gérin Union Nationale Stanstead 1948
  Nil-Élie Larivière Union Nationale Témiscamingue 1935, 1944
  André Pelletier Union Nationale Témiscouata 1944
  Joseph-Léonard Blanchard Union Nationale Terrebonne 1944
  Maurice Duplessis Union Nationale Trois-Rivières 1927
  Joseph-Édouard Jeannotte Union Nationale Vaudreuil-Soulanges 1948
  Arthur Dupré Libéral Verchères 1944
  George Carlyle Marler Libéral Westmount–Saint-Georges 1942
  Henri Vachon Union Nationale Wolfe 1936, 1944
  Antonio Élie Union Nationale Yamaska 1931

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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