26th Quebec Legislature

The 26th Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the political provincial legislature in Quebec, Canada that was elected in the 1960 Quebec general election. It sat from 20 September 1960 to 22 September 1960, from 10 November 1960 to 10 June 1961, and from 9 January 1962 to 19 September 1962. The Quebec Liberal Party led by Jean Lesage began the Quiet Revolution reforms. The Union Nationale, which had previously governed for more than 15 years, formed the official opposition under successive interim leaders Yves Prévost and Antonio Talbot, and then under Daniel Johnson, Sr. The Legislature lasted only two years as Lesage called the 1962 election as a referendum for the nationalization of hydroelectricity under Hydro-Québec.

Seats per political party

• After the 1960 elections

Affiliation		Members
	Liberal	51
	Union Nationale	43
	Independent	1
Total		95
Government Majority		8

Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1960 election:

	Name	Party	Riding	First elected / previously elected
	Lucien Cliche	Libéral	Abitibi-Est	1960
	Alcide Courcy	Libéral	Abitibi-Ouest	1956
	William McOuat Cottingham	Union Nationale	Argenteuil	1948
	Albert Morissette	Libéral	Arthabaska	1960
	Daniel Johnson	Union Nationale	Bagot	1946
	Fabien Poulin	Libéral	Beauce	1960
	Edgar Hébert	Union Nationale	Beauharnois	1948
	Gustave Plante	Libéral	Bellechasse	1960
	Azellus Lavallée	Union Nationale	Berthier	1948
	Gérard D. Levesque	Libéral	Bonaventure	1956
	Jean Meunier	Libéral	Bourget	1960
	Glendon Brown	Libéral	Brome	1956
	Robert Théberge	Libéral	Chambly	1956
	Pierre Laporte (1961)	Libéral	1961
	Maurice Bellemare	Union Nationale	Champlain	1944
	Arthur Leclerc	Union Nationale	Charlevoix	1936, 1944
	Joseph-Maurice Laberge	Union Nationale	Châteauguay	1957
	Antonio Talbot	Union Nationale	Chicoutimi	1938
	Claude-Gilles Gosselin	Union Nationale	Compton	1957
	Gaston Binette	Libéral	Deux-Montagnes	1960
	Joseph-Damase Bégin	Union Nationale	Dorchester	1935
	Bernard Pinard	Libéral	Drummond	1952, 1960
	Henri-Laurier Coiteux	Libéral	Duplessis	1960
	Éloi Guillemette	Union Nationale	Frontenac	1956
	Claude Jourdain	Libéral	Gaspé-Nord	1960
	Camille-Eugène Pouliot	Union Nationale	Gaspé-Sud	1936
	Gérard Desjardins	Union Nationale	Gatineau	1948
	Oswald Parent	Libéral	Hull	1956
	Henry Somerville	Union Nationale	Huntingdon	1952
	Laurent Hamel	Libéral	Iberville	1960
	Hormisdas Langlais	Union Nationale	Îles-de-la-Madeleine	1936
	Charles-Aimé Kirkland	Libéral	Jacques-Cartier	1939
	Marie-Claire Kirkland (1961)	Libéral	1961
	Antonio Barrette	Union Nationale	Joliette	1936
	Gaston Lambert (1960)	Libéral	1960
	Gérald Harvey	Libéral	Jonquière-Kénogami	1960
	Alfred Plourde	Union Nationale	Kamouraska	1948
	Fernand Lafontaine	Union Nationale	Labelle	1959
	Lucien Collard	Libéral	Lac-Saint-Jean	1960
	Victor-Stanislas Chartrand	Union Nationale	L'Assomption	1944
	Frédéric Coiteux (1961)	Libéral	1961
	Jean-Noël Lavoie	Libéral	Laval	1960
	Charles Romulus Ducharme	Union Nationale	Laviolette	1935, 1944
	Roger Roy	Libéral	Lévis	1960
	André Rousseau	Libéral	L'Islet	1960
	René Bernatchez	Union Nationale	Lotbinière	1948
	Lucien Tremblay	Union Nationale	Maisonneuve	1956
	Germain Caron	Union Nationale	Maskinongé	1944
	Philippe Castonguay	Libéral	Matane	1960
	Bona Arsenault	Libéral	Matapédia	1960
	Pierre J. Maheux	Libéral	Mégantic	1960
	Jean-Jacques Bertrand	Union Nationale	Missisquoi	1948
	Maurice Tellier	Union Nationale	Montcalm	1936, 1944
	Laurent Lizotte	Libéral	Montmagny	1960
	Yves Prévost	Union Nationale	Montmorency	1948
	Maurice-Tréflé Custeau	Union Nationale	Montréal–Jeanne-Mance	1956
	René Lévesque	Libéral	Montréal-Laurier	1960
	Gérard Thibeault	Union Nationale	Montréal-Mercier	1936, 1948
	Paul Earl	Libéral	Montréal–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	1948
	Georges-Émile Lapalme	Libéral	Montréal-Outremont	1953
	Francis Hanley	Independent	Montréal–Sainte-Anne	1948
	Edgar Charbonneau	Union Nationale	Montréal–Sainte-Marie	1956
	Philippe Lalonde	Libéral	Montréal–Saint-Henri	1952
	Paul Dozois	Union Nationale	Montréal–Saint-Jacques	1956
	Harry Blank	Libéral	Montréal–Saint-Louis	1960
	George O'Reilly	Libéral	Montréal-Verdun	1960
	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
	Marcellin Laroche	Libéral	Portneuf	1960
	Maurice Cloutier	Union Nationale	Québec-Centre	1952
	Jean-Jacques Bédard	Libéral	Québec-Comté	1952, 1960
	Armand Maltais	Union Nationale	Québec-Est	1956
	Jean Lesage	Libéral	Québec-Ouest	1960
	Gérard Cournoyer	Libéral	Richelieu	1952, 1960
	Émilien Lafrance	Libéral	Richmond	1952
	Albert Dionne	Libéral	Rimouski	1956
	Alphonse Couturier	Libéral	Rivière-du-Loup	1956
	Jean-Claude Plourde	Libéral	Roberval	1960
	Laurent Barré	Union Nationale	Rouville	1931, 1944
	François Boulais (1960)	Libéral	1960
	Edgar Turpin	Libéral	Rouyn-Noranda	1956
	Lucien Bélanger	Libéral	Saguenay	1960
	René Saint-Pierre	Libéral	Saint-Hyacinthe	1956
	Philodor Ouimet	Libéral	Saint-Jean	1960
	René Hamel	Libéral	Saint-Maurice	1952
	Francis Boudreau	Union Nationale	Saint-Sauveur	1948
	Armand Russell	Union Nationale	Shefford	1956
	Louis-Philippe Brousseau	Libéral	Sherbrooke	1960
	Georges Vaillancourt	Libéral	Stanstead	1960
	Joseph-André Larouche	Union Nationale	Témiscamingue	1956
	Antoine Raymond	Union Nationale	Témiscouata	1952
	Lionel Bertrand	Libéral	Terrebonne	1960
	Yves Gabias	Union Nationale	Trois-Rivières	1960
	Paul Gérin-Lajoie	Libéral	Vaudreuil-Soulanges	1960
	Guy Lechasseur	Libéral	Verchères	1960
	John Richard Hyde	Libéral	Westmount–Saint-Georges	1955
	Gérard Lemieux	Libéral	Wolfe	1952, 1960
	Antonio Élie	Union Nationale	Yamaska	1931

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected during this mandate in by-elections

• Gaston Lambert, Quebec Liberal Party, Joliette, November 23, 1960 ^[1]
• François Boulais, Quebec Liberal Party, Rouville, November 23, 1960 ^[2]
• Pierre Laporte, Quebec Liberal Party, Chambly, December 14, 1961 ^[3]
• Marie-Claire Kirkland, Quebec Liberal Party, Jacques-Cartier, December 14, 1961 ^[4]

Cabinet Ministers

• Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Jean Lesage
• Vice-President of the Executive Council: Georges-Émile Lapalme
• Agriculture: Alcide Courcy (1960–1962)
• Colonization: Alcide Courcy (1960–1962)
  • Agriculture and Colonization: Alcide Courcy (1962)
• Labour: René Hamel
• Public Works: René Lévesque (1960–1961), René Saint-Pierre (1961–1962)
• Cultural Affairs: Georges-Émile Lapalme (1961–1962)
• Social Welfare: Émilien Lafrance (1960–1961)
  • Family and Social Welfare: Émilien Lafrance (1961–1962)
• Youth: Paul Gérin-Lajoie
• Health: Alphonse Couturier
• Lands and Forests: Bona Arsenault
• Fisheries and Hunting: Gérard D. Levesque
• Mines: Paul Earl (1960–1961)
• Hydraulic resources: René Lévesque (1960–1961)
  • Natural Ressources: René Lévesque (1961–1962)
• Roads: Bernard Pinard
• Transportation and Communications: Gérard Cournoyer
• Municipal Affairs: René Hamel (1960–1961), Lucien Cliche (1961–1962)
• Federal-provincial Affairs: Jean Lesage (1961–1962)
• Industry and Commerce: André Rousseau
• Attorney General: Georges-Émile Lapalme
• Provincial Secretary: Lionel Bertrand
• Finances: Jean Lesage
• Revenu: Paul Earl (1961–1962)
• State Ministers: George Carlyle Marler, Charles-Aimé Kirkland