# 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.

## 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 |
| Daniel Ratthé | Independent | Blainville | 2008 |
| 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, 1989, 2007 |
| Pierre Moreau | Liberal | Châteauguay | 2003, 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, 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 | Outremont | 2003, 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, 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, 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 | Viau | 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 | Number of members per party by date | 2012 | 2013 | 2013 | 2013 | 2013 | 2014 |
| Number of members per party by date | Number of members per party by date | Sep 4 | May 21 | Aug 9 | Aug 26 | Dec 9 | Jan 20 |
| | Parti Québécois | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 |
| | Liberal | 50 | 50 | 49 | 48 | 50 | 49 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| | Québec solidaire | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| | Independent | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| | Total members | 125 | 125 | 124 | 123 | 125 | 125 |
| | Vacant | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | Government majority | −17 | −17 | −16 | −15 | −17 | −17 |
Membership changes in the 40th Assembly :
| Date | Name | District | Party | Reason |
| September 4, 2012 | See list of members | See list of members | See list of members | Election day of the 40th Quebec general election |
| May 21, 2013 | Daniel Ratthé | Blainville | Independent | Suspended from CAQ caucus |
| August 9, 2013 | Emmanuel Dubourg | Viau | Liberal | Resigned seat |
| August 26, 2013 | Raymond Bachand | Outremont | Liberal | Resigned seat |
| December 18, 2013 | Philippe Couillard | Outremont | Liberal | Elected in a by-election |
| December 18, 2013 | David Heurtel | Viau | Liberal | Elected in a by-election |
| January 20, 2014 | Fatima Houda-Pepin | La Pinière | Independent | Left Liberal caucus to sit as Independent. |