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

• After the 1939 elections

Affiliation		Members
	Liberal	70
	Union Nationale	15
	Independent	1
Total		86
Government Majority		55

Member list

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

	Name	Party	Riding	First elected / previously elected
	Félix Allard	Liberal	Abitibi	1939
	Georges-Étienne Dansereau	Liberal	Argenteuil	1935
	Wilfrid Girouard	Liberal	Arthabaska	1939
	Cyrille Dumaine	Liberal	Bagot	1935, 1939
	Henri-René Renault	Liberal	Beauce	1939
	Delpha Sauvé	Union Nationale	Beauharnois	1935
	Valmore Bienvenue	Liberal	Bellechasse	1939
	Cléophas Bastien	Liberal	Berthier	1927
	Pierre-Émile Côté	Liberal	Bonaventure	1924, 1939
	Jonathan Robinson	Union Nationale	Brome	1936
	Dowina-Évariste Joyal	Liberal	Chambly	1939
	Joseph-Philias Morin	Union Nationale	Champlain	1939
	Edgar Rochette	Liberal	Charlevoix—Saguenay	1927, 1939
	Roméo Fortin	Liberal	Châteauguay-Laprairie	1939
	Antonio Talbot	Union Nationale	Chicoutimi	1938
	William James Duffy	Liberal	Compton	1931, 1939
	Paul Sauvé	Union Nationale	Deux-Montagnes	1930, 1936
	Joseph-Damase Bégin	Union Nationale	Dorchester	1935
	Arthur Rajotte	Liberal	Drummond	1935, 1939
	Henri-Louis Gagnon	Liberal	Frontenac	1931, 1939
	Perreault Casgrain	Liberal	Gaspé-Nord	1939
	Camille-Eugène Pouliot	Union Nationale	Gaspé-Sud	1936
	Joseph-Célestin Nadon	Liberal	Gatineau	1939
	Alexis Caron	Liberal	Hull	1935, 1939
	James Walker Ross	Liberal	Huntingdon	1939
	Dennis James O'Connor (1941)	Liberal	1941
	Émile Bonvouloir	Liberal	Iberville	1939
	Hormisdas Langlais	Union Nationale	Îles-de-la-Madeleine	1936
	Charles-Aimé Kirkland	Liberal	Jacques-Cartier	1939
	Antonio Barrette	Union Nationale	Joliette	1936
	Léon Casgrain	Liberal	Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup	1927
	Albiny Paquette	Union Nationale	Labelle	1935
	Joseph-Ludger Fillion	Liberal	Lac-Saint-Jean	1931, 1939
	Bernard Bissonnette	Liberal	L'Assomption	1939
	François Leduc	Liberal	Laval	1935
	Edmond Guibord	Liberal	Laviolette	1939
	Joseph-Georges Francoeur	Liberal	Lévis	1939
	Adélard Godbout	Liberal	L'Islet	1929, 1939
	René Chaloult	Liberal[a]	Lotbinière	1936
		Bloc populaire canadien
	Independent
	Joseph-Georges Caron	Liberal	Maisonneuve	1939
	Louis-Joseph Thisdel	Liberal	Maskinongé	1930, 1939
	Onésime Gagnon	Union Nationale	Matane	1936
	Joseph Dufour	Liberal	Matapédia	1919, 1939
	Louis Houde	Liberal	Mégantic	1939
	Tancrède Labbé (1940)	Union Nationale	1935, 1940
	Henri A. Gosselin	Liberal	Missisquoi	1939
	Joseph-Odilon Duval	Liberal	Montcalm	1939
	Fernand Choquette	Liberal	Montmagny	1939
	Jacques Dumoulin	Liberal	Montmorency	1939
	Joseph-Émile Dubreuil	Liberal	Montréal–Jeanne-Mance	1939
	Paul Gauthier	Liberal	Montréal-Laurier	1939
	Joseph-Achille Francoeur	Liberal	Montréal-Mercier	1931, 1939
	James Arthur Mathewson	Liberal	Montréal–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	1939
	Henri Groulx	Liberal	Montréal-Outremont	1939
	Francis Lawrence Connors	Liberal	Montréal–Sainte-Anne	1935
	Thomas Guérin (1942)	Liberal	1942
	Camillien Houde	Independent[b]	Montréal–Sainte-Marie	1923, 1928, 1939
	Émile Boucher	Liberal	Montréal–Saint-Henri	1939
	Joseph-Roméo Toupin	Liberal	Montréal–Saint-Jacques	1939
	Maurice Hartt	Liberal	Montréal–Saint-Louis	1939
	Léopold Comeau	Liberal	Montréal-Verdun	1939
	Henri-Napoléon Biron	Liberal	Nicolet	1939
	Roméo Lorrain	Union Nationale	Papineau	1935
	Edward Charles Lawn	Liberal	Pontiac	1935
	Lucien Plamondon	Liberal	Portneuf	1939
	Joseph-William Morin	Liberal	Québec-Centre	1939
	François-Xavier Bouchard	Liberal	Québec-Comté	1939
	Oscar Drouin	Liberal	Québec-Est	1928
	Charles Delagrave	Liberal	Québec-Ouest	1935
	Félix Messier	Liberal	Richelieu-Verchères	1927
	Joseph-Willie Robidoux (1942)	Liberal	1942
	Stanislas-Edmond Desmarais	Liberal	Richmond	1923, 1939
	Louis-Joseph Moreault	Liberal	Rimouski	1923, 1939
	Georges Potvin	Liberal	Roberval	1939
	Henri-Pascal Panet	Liberal	Rouville	1939
	Télesphore-Damien Bouchard	Liberal	Saint-Hyacinthe	1912, 1923
	Alexis Bouthillier	Liberal	Saint-Jean–Napierville	1919
	Jean-Paul Beaulieu (1941)	Union Nationale	1941
	Polydore Beaulac	Liberal	Saint-Maurice	1939
	Wilfrid Hamel	Liberal	Saint-Sauveur	1939
	Charles Munson Bullock	Liberal	Shefford	1939
	John Samuel Bourque	Union Nationale	Sherbrooke	1935
	Raymond-François Frégeau	Liberal	Stanstead	1939
	Paul-Oliva Goulet	Liberal	Témiscamingue	1939
	Joseph-Alphonse Beaulieu	Liberal	Témiscouata	1935, 1939
	Athanase David	Liberal	Terrebonne	1916, 1939
	Damase Perrier (1940)	Liberal	1940
	Maurice Duplessis	Union Nationale	Trois-Rivières	1927
	Alphide Sabourin	Liberal	Vaudreuil-Soulanges	1939
	Georges Gordon Hyde	Liberal	Westmount–Saint-Georges	1939
	George Carlyle Marler (1942)	Liberal	1942
	Thomas Hercule Lapointe	Liberal	Wolfe	1933, 1939
	Antonio Élie	Union Nationale	Yamaska	1931

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected in by-elections during this term

• Joseph-Tancrède Labbé, Union Nationale, Mégantic, November 19, 1940
• Damase Perrier, Quebec Liberal Party, Terrebonne, November 19, 1940
• Dennis James O'Connor, Quebec Liberal Party, Huntingdon, October 6, 1941
• Jean-Paul Beaulieu, Union Nationale, Saint-Jean-Napierville, October 6, 1941
• Thomas Guérin, Quebec Liberal Party, Montréal-Sainte-Anne, March 23, 1942
• Claude Jodoin, Quebec Liberal Party, Montréal-Saint-Jacques, March 23, 1942
• Joseph-Willie Robidoux, Quebec Liberal Party, Richelieu-Verchères, March 23, 1942
• George Carlyle Marler, Quebec Liberal Party, Westmount-Saint-Georges, March 23, 1942

Cabinet Ministers

• 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

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.

• Abitibi was split into two ned ridings: Abitibi-Ouest and Abitibi-Est.
• Rouyn-Noranda was formed from parts of Témiscamingue.
• The riding of Napierville-Laprairie was recreated after Châteauguay and Laprairie were de-merged as well as Saint-Jean and Napierville which formed Saint-Jean-Napierville in 1939. Châteauguay and Saint-Jean were reformed as individual ridings.
• Richelieu and Verchères, which formed Richelieu-Verchères returned as individual ridings.
• Kamouraska and Rivière-du-Loup which formed Kamouraska-Rivière-du-Loup returned as individual ridings.

Notes

1. First elected as a Union Nationale candidate
2. 1923 and 1928 elected as a Conservative