40th Quebec Legislature

The 40th National Assembly of Quebec consisted of those elected in the 2012 general election and two by-elections in December 2013. Pauline Marois (PQ) was the premier. The leader of the opposition changed twice. Jean-Marc Fournier (Liberal) started as leader of the opposition after the resignation of former Liberal Premier Jean Charest who lost his seat in the last provincial election. Philippe Couillard was elected Liberal leader and won election to the assembly in a by-election on December 9, 2013. The assembly was dissolved on March 5, 2014.

40th Quebec Legislature
Minority parliament
October 30, 2012 – March 5, 2014
Parliament leaders
Premier	Pauline Marois
Leader of the Opposition	Jean-Marc Fournier 2012-2013
	Philippe Couillard 2013-2014
Party caucuses
Government	Parti Québécois
Opposition	Liberal
Recognized	Coalition Avenir Québec
Unrecognized	Québec solidaire
Members	125 MNA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II 6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022
Lieutenant Governor	Pierre Duchesne 7 June 2007 – 24 September 2015
Sessions
1st session October 30, 2012 – March 5, 2014
← 39th → 41st

Member list

Cabinet ministers are in bold, party leaders are in italic and the president of the National Assembly is marked with a †.

	Name	Party	Riding	First elected / previously elected
	Élizabeth Larouche	Parti Québécois	Abitibi-Est	2012
	François Gendron	Parti Québécois	Abitibi-Ouest	1976
	Christine St-Pierre	Liberal	Acadie	2007
	Lise Thériault	Liberal	Anjou–Louis-Riel	2002
	Roland Richer	Parti Québécois	Argenteuil	2012
	Sylvie Roy	CAQ	Arthabaska	2003
	André Spénard	CAQ	Beauce-Nord	2012
	Robert Dutil	Liberal	Beauce-Sud	1985, 2008
	Guy Leclair	Parti Québécois	Beauharnois	2008
	Dominique Vien	Liberal	Bellechasse	2003, 2008
	André Villeneuve	Parti Québécois	Berthier	2008
	Claude Cousineau	Parti Québécois	Bertrand	1998
	Daniel Ratthé	CAQ (until May 21, 2013)	Blainville	2008[a]
		Independent
	Sylvain Roy	Parti Québécois	Bonaventure	2012
	Pierre Duchesne	Parti Québécois	Borduas	2012
	Rita de Santis	Liberal	Bourassa-Sauvé	2012
	Maka Kotto	Parti Québécois	Bourget	2008
	Pierre Paradis	Liberal	Brome-Missisquoi	1980
	Bertrand St-Arnaud	Parti Québécois	Chambly	2008
	Noëlla Champagne	Parti Québécois	Champlain	2003, 2008
	Marc Carrière	Liberal	Chapleau	2008
	Denise Trudel	CAQ	Charlesbourg	2012
	Pauline Marois	Parti Québécois	Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré	1981,[b] 1989,[c] 2007
	Pierre Moreau	Liberal	Châteauguay	2003,[d] 2008
	Gérard Deltell	CAQ	Chauveau	2008
	Stéphane Bédard	Parti Québécois	Chicoutimi	1998
	Guy Ouellette	Liberal	Chomedey	2007
	Marc Picard	CAQ	Chutes-de-la-Chaudière	2003
	Norbert Morin	Liberal	Côte-du-Sud	2003, 2008
	Diane De Courcy	Parti Québécois	Crémazie	2012
	Lawrence Bergman	Liberal	D'Arcy-McGee	1994
	Daniel Goyer	Parti Québécois	Deux-Montagnes	2012
	Sébastien Schneeberger	CAQ	Drummond–Bois-Francs	2007, 2012
	Jean-Marie Claveau	Parti Québécois	Dubuc	2012
	Lorraine Richard	Parti Québécois	Duplessis	2003
	Gilles Ouimet	Liberal	Fabre	2012
	Gaétan Lelièvre	Parti Québécois	Gaspé	2012
	Stéphanie Vallée	Liberal	Gatineau	2007
	Françoise David	Québec solidaire	Gouin	2012
	François Bonnardel	CAQ	Granby	2007
	Hélène Daneault	CAQ	Groulx	2012
	Carole Poirier	Parti Québécois	Hochelaga-Maisonneuve	2008
	Maryse Gaudreault	Libéral	Hull	2008
	Stéphane Billette	Libéral	Huntingdon	2008
	Marie Bouillé	Parti Québécois	Iberville	2008
	Jeannine Richard	Parti Québécois	Îles-de-la-Madeleine	2012
	Geoffrey Kelley	Liberal	Jacques-Cartier	1994
	André Drolet	Liberal	Jean-Lesage	2008
	Filomena Rotiroti	Liberal	Jeanne-Mance–Viger	2008
	Yves Bolduc	Liberal	Jean-Talon	2008
	Yves-François Blanchet	Parti Québécois	Johnson	2008
	Véronique Hivon	Parti Québécois	Joliette	2008
	Sylvain Gaudreault	Parti Québécois	Jonquière	2007
	Sylvain Pagé	Parti Québécois	Labelle	2001
	Alexandre Cloutier	Parti Québécois	Lac-Saint-Jean	2007
	Marc Tanguay	Liberal	LaFontaine	2012
	Éric Caire	CAQ	La Peltrie	2007
	Fatima Houda-Pepin	Liberal	La Pinière	1994
	Nicole Ménard	Liberal	Laporte	2007
	Stéphane Le Bouyonnec	CAQ	La Prairie	2012
	François Legault	CAQ	L'Assomption	1998,[e] 2012
	Gerry Sklavounos	Liberal	Laurier-Dorion	2007
	Léo Bureau-Blouin	Parti Québécois	Laval-des-Rapides	2012
	Julie Boulet	Liberal	Laviolette	2001
	Christian Dubé	CAQ	Lévis	2012
	Laurent Lessard	Liberal	Lotbinière-Frontenac	2003
	Sam Hamad	Liberal	Louis-Hébert	2003
	Robert Poëti	Liberal	Marguerite-Bourgeoys	2012
	Bernard Drainville	Parti Québécois	Marie-Victorin	2007
	François Ouimet	Liberal	Marquette	1994
	Jean-Paul Diamond	Liberal	Maskinongé	2008
	Diane Hamelin	Parti Québécois	Masson	2012
	Pascal Bérubé	Parti Québécois	Matane-Matapédia	2007
	Ghislain Bolduc	Liberal	Mégantic	2012
	Amir Khadir	Québec solidaire	Mercier	2008
	Francine Charbonneau	Liberal	Mille-Îles	2008
	Denise Beaudoin	Parti Québécois	Mirabel	2003, 2008
	Nathalie Roy	CAQ	Montarville	2012
	Michelyne St-Laurent	CAQ	Montmorency	2012
	Pierre Arcand	Liberal	Mont-Royal	2007
	Yolande James	Liberal	Nelligan	2004
	Donald Martel	CAQ	Nicolet-Bécancour	2012
	Kathleen Weil	Liberal	Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	2008
	Pierre Reid	Liberal	Orford	2003
	Raymond Bachand (until August 26, 2013)	Liberal	Outremont	2005
	Philippe Couillard (from December 9, 2013)	Liberal		2003,[f] 2013
	Alexandre Iracà	Liberal	Papineau	2012
	Nicole Léger	Parti Québécois	Pointe-aux-Trembles	1996, 2008
	Charlotte L'Écuyer	Liberal	Pontiac	2003
	Jacques Marcotte	CAQ	Portneuf	2012
	Marjolain Dufour	Parti Québécois	René-Lévesque	2003
	Scott McKay	Parti Québécois	Repentigny	2008
	Élaine Zakaïb	Parti Québécois	Richelieu	2012
	Karine Vallières	Liberal	Richmond	2012
	Irvin Pelletier	Parti Québécois	Rimouski	2007
	Jean D'Amour	Liberal	Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata	2009
	Pierre Marsan	Liberal	Robert-Baldwin	1994
	Denis Trottier	Parti Québécois	Roberval	2007
	Jean-François Lisée	Parti Québécois	Rosemont	2012
	Nicolas Marceau	Parti Québécois	Rousseau	2009
	Gilles Chapadeau	Parti Québécois	Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue	2012
	Réjean Hébert	Parti Québécois	Saint-François	2012
	Marguerite Blais	Liberal	Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne	2007
	Émilien Pelletier	Parti Québécois	Saint-Hyacinthe	2008
	Dave Turcotte	Parti Québécois	Saint-Jean	2008
	Jacques Duchesneau	CAQ	Saint-Jérôme	2012
	Jean-Marc Fournier	Liberal	Saint-Laurent	1994,[g] 2010
	Daniel Breton	Parti Québécois	Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques	2012
	Luc Trudel	Parti Québécois	Saint-Maurice	2012
	Suzanne Proulx	Parti Québécois	Sainte-Rose	2012
	Alain Therrien	Parti Québécois	Sanguinet	2012
	Serge Cardin	Parti Québécois	Sherbrooke	2012
	Lucie Charlebois	Liberal	Soulanges	2003
	Marie Malavoy	Parti Québécois	Taillon	1994,[h] 2006
	Agnès Maltais	Parti Québécois	Taschereau	1998
	Mathieu Traversy	Parti Québécois	Terrebonne	2008
	Danielle St-Amand	Liberal	Trois-Rivières	2008
	Luc Ferland	Parti Québécois	Ungava	2007
	Martine Ouellet	Parti Québécois	Vachon	2010
	Sylvain Lévesque	CAQ	Vanier-Les Rivières	2012
	Yvon Marcoux	Liberal	Vaudreuil	1998
	Stéphane Bergeron	Parti Québécois	Verchères	2005
	Henri-François Gautrin	Liberal	Verdun	1989
	Emmanuel Dubourg (until August 9, 2013)	Liberal	Viau	2007
	David Heurtel (from December 9, 2013)	Liberal	2013
	Jean Rousselle	Liberal	Vimont	2012
	Jacques Chagnon †	Liberal	Westmount–Saint-Louis	1985

Standings changes during the legislature

Number of members per party by date		2012	2013				2014
		Sep 4	May 21	Aug 9	Aug 26	Dec 9	Jan 20
	Parti Québécois	54
	Liberal	50		49	48	50	49
	Coalition Avenir Québec	19	18
	Québec solidaire	2
	Independent	0	1				2
	Total members	125		124	123	125
	Vacant	0		1	2	0
	Government majority	−17		−16	−15	−17

Membership changes in the 40th Assembly
	Date	Name	District	Party	Reason
	September 4, 2012	See list of members			Election day of the 40th Quebec general election
	May 21, 2013	Daniel Ratthé	Blainville	Independent	Suspended from CAQ caucus[1]
	August 9, 2013	Emmanuel Dubourg	Viau	Liberal	Resigned seat[2]
	August 26, 2013	Raymond Bachand	Outremont	Liberal	Resigned seat[3]
	December 18, 2013	Philippe Couillard	Outremont	Liberal	Elected in a by-election[4]
	December 18, 2013	David Heurtel	Viau	Liberal	Elected in a by-election[4]
	January 20, 2014	Fatima Houda-Pepin	La Pinière	Independent	Left Liberal caucus to sit as Independent.[5]

Notes

1. First elected as a PQ
2. La Peltrie
3. Taillon
4. Marguerite-D'Youville
5. Rousseau (First elected as a PQ)
6. Mont-Royal
7. Châteauguay
8. Sherbrooke