# 32nd Quebec Legislature

The 32nd National Assembly of Quebec was the provincial legislature in Quebec, Canada that was elected in the 1981 Quebec general election. It sat for a total of five sessions from May 19, 1981, to June 18, 1981; from September 30, 1981, to October 2, 1981; from November 9, 1981, to March 10, 1983; from March 23, 1983, to June 20, 1984; and from October 16, 1984, to October 10, 1985. The Parti Québécois government was led by Premier René Lévesque for most of the mandate, and by Pierre-Marc Johnson for a few months prior to the 1985 election. The Liberal opposition was led by Claude Ryan, by interim Liberal leader Gérard D. Levesque, and then by Robert Bourassa.

## Seats per political party

* After the 1981 elections
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| | Parti Québécois | 80 |
| | Parti libéral du Québec | 42 |
| Total | Total | 122 |
| Government Majority | Government Majority | 38 |

## Member list

This was the list of members of the National Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1981 election:
| Name | Party | Riding | First elected / previously elected |
| Jean-Paul Bordeleau | Parti Québécois | Abitibi-Est | 1976 |
| François Gendron | Parti Québécois | Abitibi-Ouest | 1976 |
| Pierre-Marc Johnson | Parti Québécois | Anjou | 1976 |
| Claude Ryan | Libéral | Argenteuil | 1979 |
| Jacques Baril | Parti Québécois | Arthabaska | 1976 |
| Adrien Ouellette | Parti Québécois | Beauce-Nord | 1976 |
| Hermann Mathieu | Libéral | Beauce-Sud | 1979 |
| Laurent Lavigne | Parti Québécois | Beauharnois | 1976 |
| Claude Lachance | Parti Québécois | Bellechasse | 1981 |
| Albert Houde | Libéral | Berthier | 1981 |
| Denis Lazure | Parti Québécois | Bertrand | 1976 |
| Robert Bourassa (1985) | Libéral | Bertrand | 1966, 1985 |
| Gérard D. Levesque | Libéral | Bonaventure | 1956 |
| Patrice Laplante | Parti Québécois | Bourassa | 1976 |
| Camille Laurin | Parti Québécois | Bourget | 1970, 1976 |
| Claude Trudel (1985) | Libéral | Bourget | 1985 |
| Pierre Paradis | Libéral | Brome-Missisquoi | 1980 |
| Luc Tremblay | Parti Québécois | Chambly | 1981 |
| Marcel Gagnon | Parti Québécois | Champlain | 1976 |
| John J. Kehoe | Libéral | Chapleau | 1981 |
| Denis de Belleval | Parti Québécois | Charlesbourg | 1976 |
| Marc-Yvan Côté (1983) | Libéral | Charlesbourg | 1973, 1983 |
| Raymond Mailloux | Libéral | Charlevoix | 1962 |
| Roland Dussault | Parti Québécois | Châteauguay | 1976 |
| Raymond Brouillet | Parti Québécois | Chauveau | 1981 |
| Marc-André Bédard | Parti Québécois | Chicoutimi | 1973 |
| Lise Bacon | Libéral | Chomedey | 1973, 1981 |
| Guy Tardif | Parti Québécois | Crémazie | 1976 |
| Herbert Marx | Libéral | D'Arcy-McGee | 1979 |
| Pierre de Bellefeuille | Parti Québécois | Deux-Montagnes | 1976 |
| Pierre de Bellefeuille | Independent | Deux-Montagnes | 1976 |
| Huguette Lachapelle | Parti Québécois | Dorion | 1981 |
| Michel Clair | Parti Québécois | Drummond | 1976 |
| Hubert Desbiens | Parti Québécois | Dubuc | 1976 |
| Denis Perron | Parti Québécois | Duplessis | 1976 |
| Michel Leduc | Parti Québécois | Fabre | 1981 |
| Gilles Grégoire | Parti Québécois | Frontenac | 1976 |
| Gilles Grégoire | Independent | Frontenac | 1976 |
| Henri Le May | Parti Québécois | Gaspé | 1981 |
| Michel Gratton | Libéral | Gatineau | 1972 |
| Jacques Rochefort | Parti Québécois | Gouin | 1981 |
| Elie Fallu | Parti Québécois | Groulx | 1976 |
| Gilles Rocheleau | Libéral | Hull | 1981 |
| Claude Dubois | Libéral | Huntingdon | 1976 |
| Jacques Beauséjour | Parti Québécois | Iberville | 1976 |
| Denise Leblanc | Parti Québécois | Îles-de-la-Madeleine | 1976 |
| Denise Leblanc | Independent | Îles-de-la-Madeleine | 1976 |
| Joan Dougherty | Libéral | Jacques-Cartier | 1981 |
| Michel Bissonnet | Libéral | Jeanne-Mance | 1981 |
| Jean-Claude Rivest | Libéral | Jean-Talon | 1979 |
| Carmen Juneau | Parti Québécois | Johnson | 1981 |
| Guy Chevrette | Parti Québécois | Joliette | 1976 |
| Claude Vaillancourt | Parti Québécois | Jonquière | 1976 |
| Aline Saint-Amand (1983) | Libéral | Jonquière | 1983 |
| Léonard Lévesque | Parti Québécois | Kamouraska-Témiscouata | 1976 |
| Jacques Léonard | Parti Québécois | Labelle | 1976 |
| Jacques Léonard | Independent | Labelle | 1976 |
| Thérèse Lavoie-Roux | Libéral | L'Acadie | 1976 |
| Jacques Brassard | Parti Québécois | Lac-Saint-Jean | 1976 |
| Marcel Léger | Parti Québécois | LaFontaine | 1970 |
| Pauline Marois | Parti Québécois | La Peltrie | 1981 |
| André Bourbeau | Libéral | Laporte | 1981 |
| Jean-Pierre Saintonge | Libéral | La Prairie | 1981 |
| Jacques Parizeau | Parti Québécois | L'Assomption | 1976 |
| Jean-Guy Gervais (1985) | Libéral | L'Assomption | 1985 |
| Christos Sirros | Libéral | Laurier | 1981 |
| Bernard Landry | Parti Québécois | Laval-des-Rapides | 1976 |
| Jean-Pierre Jolivet | Parti Québécois | Laviolette | 1976 |
| Jean Garon | Parti Québécois | Lévis | 1976 |
| Raymond Gravel | Parti Québécois | Limoilou | 1976 |
| Rodrigue Biron | Parti Québécois | Lotbinière | 1976 |
| Claude Morin | Parti Québécois | Louis-Hébert | 1976 |
| Réjean Doyon (1982) | Libéral | Louis-Hébert | 1982 |
| Louise Harel | Parti Québécois | Maisonneuve | 1981 |
| Fernand Lalonde | Libéral | Marguerite-Bourgeoys | 1973 |
| Gilles Fortin (1984) | Libéral | Marguerite-Bourgeoys | 1984 |
| Pierre Marois | Parti Québécois | Marie-Victorin | 1976 |
| Guy Pratt (1984) | Libéral | Marie-Victorin | 1984 |
| Claude Dauphin | Libéral | Marquette | 1981 |
| Yvon Picotte | Libéral | Maskinongé | 1973 |
| Yves Bérubé | Parti Québécois | Matane | 1976 |
| Léopold Marquis | Parti Québécois | Matapédia | 1976 |
| Fabien Bélanger | Libéral | Mégantic-Compton | 1980 |
| Madeleine Bélanger (1983) | Libéral | Mégantic-Compton | 1983 |
| Gérald Godin | Parti Québécois | Mercier | 1976 |
| Jean-Paul Champagne | Parti Québécois | Mille-Îles | 1981 |
| Jacques LeBlanc | Parti Québécois | Montmagny-L'Islet | 1981 |
| Clément Richard | Parti Québécois | Montmorency | 1976 |
| John Ciaccia | Libéral | Mont-Royal | 1973 |
| Clifford Lincoln | Libéral | Nelligan | 1981 |
| Yves Beaumier | Parti Québécois | Nicolet | 1981 |
| Reed Scowen | Libéral | Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | 1978 |
| Georges Vaillancourt | Libéral | Orford | 1960 |
| Pierre Fortier | Libéral | Outremont | 1980 |
| Mark Assad | Libéral | Papineau | 1970, 1981 |
| Robert Middlemiss | Libéral | Pontiac | 1981 |
| Michel Pagé | Libéral | Portneuf | 1973 |
| Robert Dean | Parti Québécois | Prévost | 1981 |
| Maurice Martel | Parti Québécois | Richelieu | 1966, 1976 |
| Yvon Vallières | Libéral | Richmond | 1973, 1981 |
| Alain Marcoux | Parti Québécois | Rimouski | 1976 |
| Jules Boucher | Parti Québécois | Rivière-du-Loup | 1976 |
| Jules Boucher | Independent | Rivière-du-Loup | 1976 |
| John O'Gallagher | Libéral | Robert-Baldwin | 1976 |
| Michel Gauthier | Parti Québécois | Roberval | 1981 |
| Gilbert Paquette | Parti Québécois | Rosemont | 1976 |
| Gilbert Paquette | Independent | Rosemont | 1976 |
| René Blouin | Parti Québécois | Rousseau | 1981 |
| Gilles Baril | Parti Québécois | Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue | 1981 |
| Lucien Lessard | Parti Québécois | Saguenay | 1970 |
| Ghislain Maltais (1983) | Libéral | Saguenay | 1983 |
| Maximilien Polak | Libéral | Saint-Anne | 1981 |
| Guy Bisaillon | Parti Québécois | Sainte-Marie | 1976 |
| Guy Bisaillon | Independent | Sainte-Marie | 1976 |
| Réal Rancourt | Parti Québécois | Saint-François | 1976 |
| Roma Hains | Libéral | Saint-Henri | 1981 |
| Maurice Dupré | Parti Québécois | Saint-Hyacinthe | 1981 |
| Claude Charron | Parti Québécois | Saint-Jacques | 1970 |
| Serge Champagne (1983) | Libéral | Saint-Jacques | 1983 |
| Jean-François Viau (1984) | Libéral | Saint-Jacques | 1984 |
| Jérôme Proulx | Parti Québécois | Saint-Jean | 1966, 1976 |
| Jérôme Proulx | Independent | Saint-Jean | 1966, 1976 |
| Claude Forget | Libéral | Saint-Laurent | 1973 |
| Germain Leduc (1982) | Libéral | Saint-Laurent | 1982 |
| Harry Blank | Libéral | Saint-Louis | 1960 |
| Yves Duhaime | Parti Québécois | Saint-Maurice | 1976 |
| Jacques-Yvan Morin | Parti Québécois | Sauvé | 1976 |
| Marcel Parent (1984) | Libéral | Sauvé | 1984 |
| Roger Paré | Parti Québécois | Shefford | 1981 |
| Raynald Fréchette | Parti Québécois | Sherbrooke | 1966, 1981 |
| René Lévesque | Parti Québécois | Taillon | 1960, 1976 |
| Richard Guay | Parti Québécois | Taschereau | 1976 |
| Yves Blais | Parti Québécois | Terrebonne | 1981 |
| Denis Vaugeois | Parti Québécois | Trois-Rivières | 1976 |
| Paul Philibert (1985) | Libéral | Trois-Rivières | 1985 |
| Marcel Lafrenière | Parti Québécois | Ungava | 1981 |
| David Payne | Parti Québécois | Vachon | 1981 |
| Jean-François Bertrand | Parti Québécois | Vanier | 1976 |
| Daniel Johnson Jr. | Libéral | Vaudreuil-Soulanges | 1981 |
| Jean-Pierre Charbonneau | Parti Québécois | Verchères | 1976 |
| Lucien Caron | Libéral | Verdun | 1970 |
| William Cusano | Libéral | Viau | 1981 |
| Cosmo Maciocia | Libéral | Viger | 1981 |
| Jean-Guy Rodrigue | Parti Québécois | Vimont | 1981 |
| Richard French | Libéral | Westmount | 1981 |

## Other elected MNAs

Other MNAs were elected in by-elections during this mandate
* Réjean Doyon, Quebec Liberal Party, Louis-Hébert, April 5, 1982
* Germain Leduc, Quebec Liberal Party, Saint-Laurent, April 5, 1982
* Marc-Yvan Côté, Quebec Liberal Party, Charlesbourg, June 20, 1983
* Ghislain Maltais, Quebec Liberal Party, Saguenay, June 20, 1983
* Serge Champagne, Quebec Liberal Party, Saint-Jacques, June 20, 1983
* Aline Saint-Amand, Quebec Liberal Party, Jonquière, December 5, 1983
* Madeleine Bélanger, Quebec Liberal Party, Mégantic-Compton, December 5, 1983
* Gilles Fortin, Quebec Liberal Party, Marguerite-Bourgeoys, June 18, 1984
* Marcel Parent, Quebec Liberal Party, Sauvé, June 18, 1984
* Jean-François Viau, Quebec Liberal Party, Saint-Jacques, November 26, 1984
* Robert Bourassa, Quebec Liberal Party, Bertrand (Montérégie), June 3, 1985
* Claude Trudel, Quebec Liberal Party, Bourget, June 3, 1985
* Jean-Guy Gervais, Quebec Liberal Party, L'Assomption, June 3, 1985
* Paul Philibert, Quebec Liberal Party, Trois-Rivières, June 3, 1985

## Cabinet Ministers
### Levesque Cabinet (1981-1985)

* Prime Minister and Executive Council President: René Lévesque
* Deputy Premier: Jacques-Yvan Morin (1981–1984), Camille Laurin (1984), Marc-André Bédard (1984–1985)
* Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Jean Garon
* Labor, Workforce and Revenue Security: Raynald Fréchette (1981–1982)
** Labor: Raynald Fréchette (1982–1985)
** Workforce and Revenue Security: Pierre Marois (1982–1983), Pauline Marois (1983–1985)
* Employment: Robert Dean (1984–1985)
** Public Works and Provisioning: Alain Marcoux (1981–1984)
* Administration: Yves Bérubé (1981–1982), Michel Clair (1984–1985)
** Administration Reform: Yves Bérubé (1982–1984)
* Public Office: Denise Leblanc (1981–1984)
* Cultural Affairs: Clément Richard
* Cultural and Science Development: Jacques-Yvan Morin (1981–1982), Gerald Godin (1982)
* Cultural Communities and Immigration: Gérald Godin (1981–1984, 1984–1985), Louise Harel (1984), Pierre-Marc Johnson (1984)
* Social Affairs: Pierre-Marc Johnson (1981–1984), Camille Laurin (1984), Michel Clair (1984), Guy Chevrette (1984–1985)
** Health and Social Services: Guy Chevrette (1985)
* Social Development: Denis Lazure (1981–1982)
* Family Policies: Yves Beaumier (1985)
* Status of Women : Pauline Marois (1981–1983, 1985), Denise Leblanc (1983–1984), René Lévesque (1984–1985), Francine Lalonde (1985)
* Language Affairs: Gérald Godin (1984)
* Education: Camille Laurin (1981–1984), Yves Bérubé (1984), François Gendron (1984)
* Science and Technology:Gilbert Paquette (1982–1984), Yves Bérubé (1984)
** Superior Education in Science and Technology: Yves Bérubé (1984–1985)
* Recreation, Hunting and Fishing: Lucien Lessard (1981–1982), Guy Chevrette (1982–1984), Jacques Brassard (1984–1985)
* Transportation: Michel Clair (1981–1984), Jacques Léonard (1984), Guy Tardif (1984–1985)
* Communications: Jean-François Bertrand
* Relations with Citizens: Denis Lazure (1982–1984), Élie Fallu (1984–1985)
* Municipal Affairs:Jacques Léonard (1981–1984), Alain Marcoux (1984–1985)
* Environment: Marcel Léger (1981–1982), Adrien Ouellette (1982–1985)
* Energy and Resources: Yves Duhaime (1981–1984), Jean-Guy Rodrigue (1984)
** Forests: Jean-Pierre Jolivet (1984–1985)
* Intergovernmental Affairs: Claude Morin (1981–1982), Jacques-Yvan Morin (1982–1984)
** Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs: Pierre-Marc Johnson (1984–1985)
** International Relations: Bernard Landry (1984–1985)
* Electoral reform: Marc-André Bedard
* Parliamentary Affairs: Claude Charron
* Industry, Commerce and Tourism: Rodrigue Biron (1981–1984)
** Industry and Commerce: Rodrigue Biron (1984–1985)
** Tourism: Marcel Léger (1984–1985)
* Planning: François Gendron (1981–1982)
** Planning and Regional Development: François Gendron (1982–1984)
** Development and Regional Roads: Henri Lemay (1984–1985)
* Housing and Consumer's Protection: Guy Tardif (1981–1984), Jacques Rochefort (1984–1985)
* Justice: Marc-André Bédard (1981–1984), Pierre-Marc Johnson (1984–1985)
* Finances: Jacques Parizeau (1981–1984), Yves Duhaime (1984–1985)
* President of the Treasury Board: Yves Bérubé (1981–1984), Michel Clair (1984–1985)
* Revenue: Raynald Fréchette (1981–1982), Alain Marcoux (1982–1984), Robert Dean (1984), Maurice Martel (1984–1985)
* Financial Institutions and Cooperatives: Jacques Parizeau (1981–1982)
* Economic Development: Bernard Landry (1981–1982)
* Foreign Trade:Bernard Landry (1982–1985)

### Johnson Cabinet (1985)

* Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Pierre-Marc Johnson
* Deputy Premier: Marc-Andre Bédard
* Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Jean Garon
* Labor: Raynald Fréchette
* Workforce and Revenue Security: Pauline Marois
* Employment: Robert Dean
* Administration: Michel Clair
* Cultural Affairs: Clement Richard (1985), Gerald Godin (1985)
* Cultural Communities and Immigration: Gérald Godin (1985), Élie Fallu (1985)
* Health and Social Services:Guy Chevrette
* Family Policies: Yves Beaumier
* Status of Women : Pauline Marois (1985), Lise Denis (1985)
* Education: Francois Gendron
* Superior Education in Science and Technology: Yves Bérubé (1985), Jean-Guy Rodrigue (1985)
* Recreation, Hunting and Fishing: Jacques Brassard
* Transportation: Guy Tardif (1985)
* Communications: Jean-François Bertrand
* Relations with Citizens: Elie Fallu (1985), Rollande Cloutier (1985)
* Municipal Affairs:Alain Marcoux
* Environment: Adrien Ouellette
* Energy and Resources: Jean-Guy Rodrigue (1985), Michel Clair (1985)
* Forests: Jean-Pierre Jolivet
* Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs: Pierre-Marc Johnson
* International Relations: Bernard Landry (1985), Louise Beaudoin (1985)
* Electoral reform: Marc-André Bédard
* Industry and Commerce: Rodrigue Biron
* Tourism: Marcel Leger
* Planning: Alain Marcoux
* Development and Regional Roads: Henri Lemay
* Housing and Consumer's Protection: Jacques Rochefort (1985)
* Justice: Raynald Fréchette
* Solicitor General: Marc-André Bédard
* Finances: Yves Duhaime (1985), Bernard Landry (1985)
* President of the Treasury Board: Michel Clair
* Revenue: Maurice Martel
* Foreign Trade: Bernard Landry (1985), Jean-Guy Parent (1985)

## New electoral districts

An electoral map reform was made in 1985 and implemented in the elections later that year.
* Maisonneuve was renamed Hochelaga-Maisonneuve.
* Nicolet was renamed Nicolet-Yamaska.