24th Quebec Legislature

The 24th Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the Quebec, Canada provincial legislature that existed from July 16, 1952, to June 20, 1956. This assembly marked the third consecutive term of the Union Nationale as the governing party and the fourth under the leadership of Maurice Duplessis.

Seats per political party

• After the 1952 elections

Affiliation		Members
	Union Nationale	68
	Liberal	23
	Independent	1
Total		92
Government Majority		45

Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1952 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
	Alphée Poirier	Union Nationale	Bellechasse	1952
	Azellus Lavallée	Union Nationale	Berthier	1948
	Henri Jolicoeur	Union Nationale	Bonaventure	1936, 1944
	Charles James Warwick Fox	Union Nationale	Brome	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
	John William French (1954)	Union Nationale	1954
	Paul Sauvé	Union Nationale	Deux-Montagnes	1930, 1936
	Joseph-Damase Bégin	Union Nationale	Dorchester	1935
	Bernard Pinard	Libéral	Drummond	1952
	Gérard Noel	Libéral	Frontenac	1952
	Alphonse Couturier	Union Nationale	Gaspé-Nord	1952
	Camille-Eugène Pouliot	Union Nationale	Gaspé-Sud	1936
	Gérard Desjardins	Union Nationale	Gatineau	1948
	Alexandre Taché	Union Nationale	Hull	1936, 1944
	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
	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
	Raynold Bélanger	Libéral	Lévis	1952
	Fernand Lizotte	Union Nationale	L'Islet	1948
	René Bernatchez	Union Nationale	Lotbinière	1948
	Alcide Montpetit	Libéral	Maisonneuve	1952
	Germain Caron	Union Nationale	Maskinongé	1944
	Onésime Gagnon	Union Nationale	Matane	1936
	Philippe Cossette	Union Nationale	Matapédia	1944
	Clovis Gagnon (1953)	Union Nationale	1953
	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
	Jean-Paul Noël	Libéral	Montréal–Jeanne-Mance	1952
	Paul Provençal	Union Nationale	Montréal-Laurier	1948
	Arsène Gagné (1955)	Union Nationale	1955
	Gérard Thibeault	Union Nationale	Montréal-Mercier	1936, 1948
	Paul Earl	Libéral	Montréal–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	1948
	Henri Groulx	Libéral	Montréal-Outremont	1939
	Georges-Émile Lapalme (1953)	Libéral	1953
	Francis Hanley	Independent	Montréal–Sainte-Anne	1948
	Yvon Dupuis	Libéral	Montréal–Sainte-Marie	1952
	Philippe Lalonde	Libéral	Montréal–Saint-Henri	1952
	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
	Camille Roy	Union Nationale	Nicolet	1952
	Roméo Lorrain	Union Nationale	Papineau	1935
	Raymond Thomas Johnston	Union Nationale	Pontiac	1948
	Bona Dussault	Union Nationale	Portneuf	1935, 1944
	Rosaire Chalifour (1953)	Union Nationale	1953
	Maurice Cloutier	Union Nationale	Québec-Centre	1952
	Jean-Jacques Bédard	Libéral	Québec-Comté	1952
	Joseph-Antonin Marquis	Libéral	Québec-Est	1952
	Jules Savard	Libéral	Québec-Ouest	1952
	Gérard Cournoyer	Libéral	Richelieu	1952
	Émilien Lafrance	Libéral	Richmond	1952
	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
	Pierre-Jacques-François Bousquet (1955)	Union Nationale	1955
	Jean-Paul Beaulieu	Union Nationale	Saint-Jean	1941
	René Hamel	Libéral	Saint-Maurice	1952
	Francis Boudreau	Union Nationale	Saint-Sauveur	1948
	Gaston Ledoux	Libéral	Shefford	1952
	John Samuel Bourque	Union Nationale	Sherbrooke	1935
	Léon-Denis Gérin	Union Nationale	Stanstead	1948
	Paul-Oliva Goulet	Libéral	Témiscamingue	1939, 1952
	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
	Arthur Dupré	Libéral	Verchères	1944
	George Carlyle Marler	Libéral	Westmount–Saint-Georges	1942
	John Richard Hyde (1955)	Libéral	1955
	Gérard Lemieux	Libéral	Wolfe	1952
	Antonio Élie	Union Nationale	Yamaska	1931

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected during by-elections in this mandate

• Clovis Gagnon, Union Nationale, Matapédia, July 9, 1953
• Georges-Émile Lapalme, Quebec Liberal Party, Montréal-Outremont, July 9, 1953
• Rosaire Chalifour, Union Nationale, Portneuf, July 9, 1953
• John William French, Union Nationale, Compton, September 15, 1954
• Arsène Gagné, Union Nationale, Montréal-Laurier, July 6, 1955
• Pierre-Jacques-François Bousquet, Union Nationale, Saint-Hyacinthe, July 6, 1955
• John Richard Hyde, Quebec Liberal Party, Westmount-Saint-Georges, July 6, 1955

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: Charles Daniel French (1952-1954), William McOuat Cottingham (1954-1956)
• Hydraulic resources: John Samuel Bourque
• Roads: Antonio Talbot
• Transportation and Communications: Antoine Rivard (1954-1956)
• Municipal Affairs: Bona Dussault (1952-1953), Yves Prevost (1953-1956)
• Industry and Commerce: Jean-Paul Beaulieu
• Attorney General: Maurice Duplessis
• Provincial Secretary: Omer Côté (1952-1956), Romeo Lorrain (1956)
• Solicitor General: Antoine Rivard
• Finances: Onésime Gagnon
• State Ministers: Arthur Leclerc, Jacques Miquelon, Wilfrid Labbé

New electoral ridings

The electoral map was slightly modified in 1954 with the creation of Jonquière-Kenogami from parts of Chicoutimi. The change was effective in the 1956 elections.