# 20th Quebec Legislature

The 20th Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the provincial legislature in Quebec, Canada that existed from August 17, 1936, to October 25, 1939. The Union Nationale led by Maurice Duplessis was the governing party for the first time ever.

## Seats per political party

* After the 1936 elections
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| | Union Nationale | 76 |
| | Parti libéral du Québec | 14 |
| Total | Total | 90 |
| Government Majority | Government Majority | 62 |

## Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1936 election:
| Name | Party | Riding | First elected / previously elected |
| Émile Lesage | Union Nationale | Abitibi | 1936 |
| Georges-Étienne Dansereau | Libéral | Argenteuil | 1935 |
| Joseph-David Gagné | Union Nationale | Arthabaska | 1936 |
| Cyrille Dumaine | Libéral | Bagot | 1935 |
| Philippe Adam (1938) | Union Nationale | Bagot | 1938 |
| Raoul Poulin | Union Nationale | Beauce | 1936 |
| Joseph-Emile Perron (1937) | Union Nationale | Beauce | 1937 |
| Delpha Sauvé | Union Nationale | Beauharnois | 1935 |
| Émile Boiteau | Union Nationale | Bellechasse | 1936 |
| Cléophas Bastien | Libéral | Berthier | 1927 |
| Henri Jolicoeur | Union Nationale | Bonaventure | 1936 |
| Jonathan Robinson | Union Nationale | Brome | 1936 |
| Hortensius Béïque | Union Nationale | Chambly | 1931, 1936 |
| Ulphée-Wilbrod Rousseau | Union Nationale | Champlain | 1935 |
| Arthur Leclerc | Union Nationale | Charlevoix—Saguenay | 1936 |
| Auguste Boyer | Union Nationale | Châteauguay | 1936 |
| Arthur Larouche | Union Nationale | Chicoutimi | 1935 |
| Antonio Talbot (1938) | Union Nationale | Chicoutimi | 1938 |
| Payson Sherman | Union Nationale | Compton | 1935 |
| Paul Sauvé | Union Nationale | Deux-Montagnes | 1930, 1936 |
| Joseph-Damase Bégin | Union Nationale | Dorchester | 1935 |
| Joseph Marier | Union Nationale | Drummond | 1936 |
| Patrice Tardif | Union Nationale | Frontenac | 1935 |
| Joseph-Alphonse Pelletier | Union Nationale | Gaspé-Nord | 1936 |
| Camille-Eugène Pouliot | Union Nationale | Gaspé-Sud | 1936 |
| Georges-Adélard Auger | Union Nationale | Gatineau | 1936 |
| Alexandre Taché | Union Nationale | Hull | 1936 |
| Martin Fisher | Union Nationale | Huntingdon | 1930 |
| Lucien Lamoureux | Libéral | Iberville | 1923 |
| Hormisdas Langlais | Union Nationale | Îles-de-la-Madeleine | 1936 |
| Anatole Carignan | Union Nationale | Jacques-Cartier | 1936 |
| Antonio Barrette | Union Nationale | Joliette | 1936 |
| René Chaloult | Union Nationale | Kamouraska | 1936 |
| Albiny Paquette | Union Nationale | Labelle | 1935 |
| Joseph-Léonard Duguay | Union Nationale | Lac-Saint-Jean | 1935 |
| Adhémar Raynault | Union Nationale | L'Assomption | 1936 |
| François Leduc | Union Nationale | Laval | 1935 |
| Charles Romulus Ducharme | Union Nationale | Laviolette | 1935 |
| Joseph-Théophile Larochelle | Union Nationale | Lévis | 1935 |
| Joseph Bilodeau | Union Nationale | L'Islet | 1936 |
| Maurice Pelletier | Union Nationale | Lotbinière | 1936 |
| William Tremblay | Union Nationale | Maisonneuve | 1927, 1935 |
| Joseph-Napoléon Caron | Union Nationale | Maskinongé | 1936 |
| Onésime Gagnon | Union Nationale | Matane | 1936 |
| Ferdinand Paradis | Union Nationale | Matapédia | 1936 |
| Tancrède Labbé | Union Nationale | Mégantic | 1935 |
| François A. Pouliot | Union Nationale | Missisquoi | 1935 |
| Maurice Tellier | Union Nationale | Montcalm | 1936 |
| Joseph-Ernest Grégoire | Union Nationale | Montmagny | 1935 |
| Joseph-Félix Roy | Union Nationale | Montmorency | 1936 |
| Grégoire Bélanger | Union Nationale | Montréal-Dorion | 1935 |
| Charles-Auguste Bertrand | Libéral | Montréal-Laurier | 1936 |
| Gérard Thibeault | Union Nationale | Montréal-Mercier | 1936 |
| Francis Lawrence Connors | Libéral | Montréal–Sainte-Anne | 1935 |
| Candide Rochefort | Union Nationale | Montréal–Sainte-Marie | 1935 |
| Gilbert Layton | Union Nationale | Montréal–Saint-Georges | 1936 |
| René Labelle | Union Nationale | Montréal–Saint-Henri | 1936 |
| Henry Lemaître Auger | Union Nationale | Montréal–Saint-Jacques | 1935 |
| Thomas Joseph Coonan | Union Nationale | Montréal–Saint-Laurent | 1936 |
| Peter Bercovitch | Libéral | Montréal–Saint-Louis | 1916 |
| Louis Fitch (1938) | Union Nationale | Montréal–Saint-Louis | 1938 |
| Pierre-Auguste Lafleur | Union Nationale | Montréal-Verdun | 1923 |
| Philippe Monette | Union Nationale | Napierville-Laprairie | 1936 |
| Émery Fleury | Union Nationale | Nicolet | 1936 |
| Roméo Lorrain | Union Nationale | Papineau | 1935 |
| Edward Charles Lawn | Libéral | Pontiac | 1935 |
| Bona Dussault | Union Nationale | Portneuf | 1935 |
| Adolphe Marcoux | Union Nationale | Québec-Comté | 1936 |
| Philippe Hamel | Union Nationale | Québec-Centre | 1935 |
| Oscar Drouin | Union Nationale | Québec-Est | 1928 |
| Charles Delagrave | Libéral | Québec-Ouest | 1935 |
| Avila Turcotte | Libéral | Richelieu | 1929 |
| Albert Goudreau | Union Nationale | Richmond | 1935 |
| Alfred Dubé | Union Nationale | Rimouski | 1936 |
| Léon Casgrain | Libéral | Rivière-du-Loup | 1927 |
| Antoine Castonguay | Union Nationale | Roberval | 1935 |
| Laurent Barré | Union Nationale | Rouville | 1931 |
| Télesphore-Damien Bouchard | Libéral | Saint-Hyacinthe | 1912, 1923 |
| Alexis Bouthillier | Libéral | Saint-Jean | 1919 |
| Marc Trudel | Union Nationale | Saint-Maurice | 1935 |
| Pierre Bertrand | Union Nationale | Saint-Sauveur | 1923, 1931 |
| Hector Choquette | Union Nationale | Shefford | 1935 |
| John Samuel Bourque | Union Nationale | Sherbrooke | 1935 |
| Édouard Leduc | Union Nationale | Soulanges | 1936 |
| Rouville Beaudry | Union Nationale | Stanstead | 1935 |
| Henri Gérin (1938) | Union Nationale | Stanstead | 1938 |
| Nil-Élie Larivière | Union Nationale | Témiscamingue | 1935 |
| Louis-Felix Dubé | Union Nationale | Témiscouata | 1936 |
| Hermann Barrette | Union Nationale | Terrebonne | 1936 |
| Maurice Duplessis | Union Nationale | Trois-Rivières | 1927 |
| Dionel Bellemare | Union Nationale | Vaudreuil | 1936 |
| Félix Messier | Libéral | Verchères | 1927 |
| William Ross Bulloch | Union Nationale | Westmount | 1936 |
| Henri Vachon | Union Nationale | Wolfe | 1936 |
| Antonio Élie | Union Nationale | Yamaska | 1931 |

## Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected during the term in by-elections
* Joseph-Emile Perron, Union Nationale, Beauce, March 17, 1937
* Philippe Adam, Union Nationale, Bagot, February 16, 1938
* Antonio Talbot, Union Nationale, Chicoutimi, May 25, 1938
* Louis Fitch, Union Nationale, Montréal-Saint-Louis, November 2, 1938
* Henri Gérin, Union Nationale, Stanstead, November 2, 1938

## Cabinet Ministers

* Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Maurice Duplessis
* Agriculture: Bona Dussault
* Mines, Hunting and Fishing: Onésime Gagnon (1936)
** Mines and Fishing: Onésime Gagnon (1936–1939)
* Colonization: Henri Lemaître Auger
* Labour: William Tremblay
* Public Works: John Samuel Bourque
* Lands and Forests: Oscar Drouin (1936–1937), Maurice Duplessis (1937–1938), John Samuel Bourque (1938–1939)
* Health: Albiny Paquette (1936–1939)
* Roads: François-Joseph Leduc (1936–1938), Maurice Duplessis (1938), Anatole Carignan (1938–1939)
* Municipal Affairs, Industry and Commerce: Joseph Bilodeau
* Attorney General: Maurice Duplessis
* Provincial Secretary: Albiny Paquette
* Treasurer: Martin Beattie Fisher
* Members without portfolios: Antonio Élie, Thomas Chapais (1936–1939), Gilbert Layton, Thomas Joseph Coonan

## New electoral districts

The electoral map was reformed in 1939 just prior to the elections later that year.
* Châteauguay and Laprairie were merged to form Châteauguay-Laprairie while Napierville which was merged with Laprairie was merged with Saint-Jean to form Saint-Jean-Napierville.
* Kamouraska and Rivière-du-Loup were merged to form Kamouraska-Rivière-du-Loup
* Westmount was split into two new ridings: Montréal-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and Montréal-Outremont.
* Montréal-Jeanne-Mance was formed from parts of Maisonneuve, Montréal-Mercier and Montréal-Dorion.
* Montréal-Saint-Georges was renamed Westmount-Saint-Georges.
* Richelieu and Verchères was merged to form Richelieu-Vercheres
* Vaudreuil and Soulanges were merged to form Vaudreuil-Soulanges.