23rd Quebec Legislature

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

• After the 1948 elections

Affiliation		Members
	Union Nationale	82
	Liberal	8
	Independent	2
Total		92
Government Majority		74

Member list

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

Other MLAs were elected in by-elections during the term

• Charles James Warwick Fox, Union Nationale, Brome, December 7, 1948
• Albert Samson, Union Nationale, Lévis, February 16, 1949

Cabinet Ministers

• 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

1. First elected as a Union Nationale candidate