22nd Quebec Legislature

The 22nd Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the Quebec, Canada provincial legislature that existed from August 8, 1944, to July 28, 1948. The Union Nationale led by Maurice Duplessis returned to power after defeating the Quebec Liberal Party led by Adélard Godbout who defeated the Union Nationale in the 1939 elections. It was the first of four consecutive terms by the UN until 1960.

Seats per political party

• After the 1944 elections

Affiliation		Members
	Union Nationale	48
	Liberal	37
	Bloc populaire	4
	Co-operative Commonwealth	1
	Nationaliste	1
Total		91
Government Majority		11

Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1944 election:

	Name	Party	Riding	First elected / previously elected
	Henri Drouin	Libéral	Abitibi-Est	1944
	Émile Lesage	Union Nationale	Abitibi-Ouest	1936, 1944
	Georges-Étienne Dansereau	Libéral	Argenteuil	1935
	Pierre-Horace Plourde	Libéral	Arthabaska	1944
	Cyrille Dumaine	Libéral	Bagot	1935, 1939
	Daniel Johnson (1946)	Union Nationale	1946
	Édouard Lacroix	Bloc populaire canadien	Beauce	1944
	Georges-Octave Poulin (1945)	Union Nationale	1945
	Albert Lemieux	Bloc populaire canadien	Beauharnois	1944
	Valmore Bienvenue	Libéral	Bellechasse	1939
	Armand Sylvestre	Libéral	Berthier	1944
	Henri Jolicoeur	Union Nationale	Bonaventure	1936, 1944
	Jonathan Robinson	Union Nationale	Brome	1936
	Dowina-Évariste Joyal	Libéral	Chambly	1939
	Maurice Bellemare	Union Nationale	Champlain	1944
	Arthur Leclerc	Union Nationale	Charlevoix-Saguenay	1936, 1944
	Honoré Mercier III	Libéral	Châteauguay	1944
	Antonio Talbot	Union Nationale	Chicoutimi	1938
	William James Duffy	Libéral	Compton	1931, 1939
	Charles Daniel French (1946)	Union Nationale	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
	Joseph-Alphonse Pelletier	Union Nationale	Gaspé-Nord	1936, 1944
	Camille-Eugène Pouliot	Union Nationale	Gaspé-Sud	1936
	Joseph-Célestin Nadon	Libéral	Gatineau	1939
	Alexandre Taché	Union Nationale	Hull	1936, 1944
	Dennis James O'Connor	Libéral	Huntingdon	1941
	John Gillies Rennie (1947)	Union Nationale	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
	Louis Philippe Lizotte	Libéral	Kamouraska	1944
	Albiny Paquette	Union Nationale	Labelle	1935
	Joseph-Ludger Fillion	Libéral	Lac-Saint-Jean	1931, 1939
	Victor-Stanislas Chartrand	Union Nationale	L'Assomption	1944
	François Leduc	Libéral	Laval	1935
	Charles Romulus Ducharme	Union Nationale	Laviolette	1935, 1944
	Joseph-Théophile Larochelle	Union Nationale	Lévis	1935, 1944
	Adélard Godbout	Libéral	L'Islet	1929, 1939
	Guy Roberge	Libéral	Lotbinière	1944
	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
	Henri A. Gosselin	Libéral	Missisquoi	1939
	Maurice Tellier	Union Nationale	Montcalm	1936, 1944
	Fernand Choquette	Libéral	Montmagny	1939
	Jacques Dumoulin	Libéral	Montmorency	1939
	Joseph-Émile Dubreuil	Libéral	Montréal–Jeanne-Mance	1939
	André Laurendeau	Bloc populaire canadien	Montréal-Laurier	1944
	Independent
	Joseph-Achille Francoeur	Libéral	Montréal-Mercier	1931, 1939
	James Arthur Mathewson	Libéral	Montréal–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	1939
	Henri Groulx	Libéral	Montréal-Outremont	1939
	Thomas Guerin	Libéral	Montréal–Sainte-Anne	1942
	Camille Côté	Union Nationale	Montréal–Sainte-Marie	1944
	Joseph-Hormisdas Delisle	Union Nationale	Montréal–Saint-Henri	1944
	Omer Côté	Union Nationale	Montréal–Saint-Jacques	1944
	Maurice Hartt	Libéral	Montréal–Saint-Louis	1939
	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
	Edward Charles Lawn	Libéral	Pontiac	1935
	Bona Dussault	Union Nationale	Portneuf	1935, 1944
	Joseph-William Morin	Libéral	Québec-Centre	1939
	René Chaloult	Nationaliste[a]	Québec-Comté	1936
	Henri-Paul Drouin	Libéral	Québec-Est	1944
	Wilfrid Samson	Libéral	Québec-Ouest	1944
	Joseph-Willie Robidoux	Libéral	Richelieu	1942
	Albert Goudreau	Union Nationale	Richmond	1935, 1944
	Alfred Dubé	Union Nationale	Rimouski	1936, 1944
	Léon Casgrain	Libéral	Rivière-du-Loup	1927
	Antoine Marcotte	Union Nationale	Roberval	1944
	Laurent Barré	Union Nationale	Rouville	1931, 1944
	David Côté	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Rouyn-Noranda	1944
	Independent
	Ernest-Joseph Chartier	Union Nationale	Saint-Hyacinthe	1944
	Jean-Paul Beaulieu	Union Nationale	Saint-Jean	1941
	Marc Trudel	Union Nationale	Saint-Maurice	1935, 1944
	Wilfrid Hamel	Libéral	Saint-Sauveur	1939
	Hector Choquette	Union Nationale	Shefford	1935, 1944
	John Samuel Bourque	Union Nationale	Sherbrooke	1935
	Ovila Bergeron	Bloc populaire canadien	Stanstead	1944
	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
	Alphide Sabourin	Libéral	Vaudreuil-Soulanges	1939
	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

Other MLAs were elected in by-elections during this term

• Georges-Octave Poulin, Union Nationale, Beauce, November 21, 1945
• Charles Daniel French, Union Nationale, Compton, July 3, 1946
• Daniel Johnson, Union Nationale, Bagot, December 18, 1946
• John Gillies Rennie, Union Nationale, Huntingdon, July 23, 1947

Cabinet Ministers

• Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Maurice Duplessis
• Agriculture: Laurent Barrée
• Colonization: Joseph-Damase Begin
• Labour: Antonio Barrette
• Public Works: Roméo Lorrain
• Health and Social Welfare: Albiny Paquette (1944-1946)
  • Social Welfare and Youth: Paul Sauvé (1946-1948)
  • Health: Albiny Paquette (1947-1948)
• Lands and Forests: John Samuel Bourque
• Hunting and Coastal Fisheries: Camille-Eugène Pouliot
• Mines: Jonathan Robinson
• Hydraulic resources: John Samuel Bourque (1945-1948)
• Roads: Antonio Talbot
• Municipal Affairs: Bona Dussault
• Industry and Commerce: Jean-Paul Beaulieu
• Attorney General: Maurice Duplessis
• Provincial Secretary: Omer Côté
• Treasurer: Onésime Gagnon
• Members without portfolios: Thomas Chapais, Antonio Élie, Tancrède Labbé, Marc Trudel, Patrice Tardif, Joseph-Hormisdas Delisle, Joseph-Théophile Larochelle

New electoral districts

The electoral map was slightly modified in 1945 as the Charlevoix et Saguenay riding was split into two new ridings: Charlevoix and Saguenay. The change was effective in the 1948 elections.

Notes

1. First elected as a Union Nationale candidate