# 37th Quebec Legislature

The 37th National Assembly of Quebec, Canada, was elected in the 2003 Quebec general election, and sat from June 4, 2003 to March 10, 2006 (first session) and March 14, 2006 to February 21, 2007 (second session).
At dissolution, the 125 seats of the National Assembly were distributed as follows:
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members | Female Members |
| | Parti libéral du Québec | 72 | 22 |
| | Parti Québécois | 45 | 15 |
| | Action démocratique du Québec | 5 | 1 |
| | Independent | 1 | 0 |
| | Vacant | 2 | - |
| Total | Total | 125 | 38 |
| Government Majority | Government Majority | 21 |
* Liberal member Daniel Bouchard (Megantic-Compton) sat as an independent after March 16, 2004.
* Liberal member Russell Williams (Nelligan) resigned on March 9, 2004. Yolande James (PLQ) won the by-election with 52.6% of the vote.
* Liberal member Marc Bellemare (Vanier) resigned on April 28, 2004. Sylvain Légaré (ADQ) won the by-election with 46.8% of the vote.
* Liberal member Christos Sirros (Laurier-Dorion) resigned on June 17, 2004. Elsie Lefebvre (PQ) won the by-election with 46.1% of the vote.
* Parti Québécois member André Boisclair (Gouin) resigned on August 17, 2004. Nicolas Girard (PQ) won the by-election with 57.8% of the vote.
By-elections were held in these four districts on September 20, 2004.
* Libéral member Yves Séguin (Outremont) resigned on May 26, 2005. Raymond Bachand (PLQ) won the by-election with 48.8% of the vote.
* Leader of the Opposition and Former Premier Bernard Landry (Verchères) resigned on June 6, 2005. Stéphane Bergeron (PQ) won the by-election with 69.2% of the vote.
By-elections were held in these two districts on December 12, 2005.
A by-election was held in this district on April 10, 2006.
* Parti Québécois member Pauline Marois (Taillon) resigned on March 20, 2006. Marie Malavoy (PQ) won the by-election with 43,6% of the vote.
* Parti Québécois member Nicole Léger (Pointe-aux-Trembles) resigned on June 1, 2006. André Boisclair (PQ) won the by-election with 70,9% of the vote.
By-elections were held in these two districts on August 14, 2006.
* Parti Québécois member Jean-Pierre Charbonneau (Borduas) resigned on November 15, 2006.
* Liberal member Diane Legault (Chambly) resigned on November 15, 2006.

## Member list

Cabinet Ministers are in bold, Leaders are in italics and the President of the National Assembly has a dagger next to his name.
| Name | Party | Riding | First elected / previously elected |
| Maxime Arseneau | Parti Québécois | Îles-de-la-Madeleine | 1998 |
| Vincent Auclair | Libéral | Vimont | 2003 |
| Michel Audet | Libéral | Laporte | 2003 |
| Claude Bachand | Libéral | Arthabaska | 2003 |
| Yves Séguin | Libéral | Outremont | 1985, 2003 |
| Raymond Bachand (2005) | Libéral | Outremont | 2005 |
| Line Beauchamp | Libéral | Bourassa-Sauvé | 1998 |
| Denise Beaudoin | Parti Québécois | Mirabel | 2003 |
| Claude Béchard | Libéral | Kamouraska-Témiscouata | 1997 |
| Stéphane Bédard | Parti Québécois | Chicoutimi | 1998 |
| Lawrence Bergman | Libéral | D'Arcy-McGee | 1994 |
| Bernard Landry | Parti Québécois | Verchères | 1976, 1994 |
| Stéphane Bergeron (2005) | Parti Québécois | Verchères | 2005 |
| Daniel Bernard | Libéral | Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue | 2003 |
| Raymond Bernier | Libéral | Montmorency | 2003 |
| Rosaire Bertrand | Parti Québécois | Charlevoix | 1994 |
| Michel Bissonnet † | Libéral | Jeanne-Mance–Viger | 1981 |
| Karl Blackburn | Libéral | Roberval | 2003 |
| Nicole Léger | Parti Québécois | Pointe-aux-Trembles | 1996 |
| André Boisclair (2006) | Parti Québécois | Pointe-aux-Trembles | 1989, 2006 |
| Yvan Bordeleau | Libéral | Acadie | 1989 |
| Camil Bouchard | Parti Québécois | Vachon | 2003 |
| Daniel Bouchard | Libéral | Mégantic-Compton | 2003 |
| Daniel Bouchard | Independent | Mégantic-Compton | 2003 |
| Claude Boucher | Parti Québécois | Johnson | 1994 |
| Julie Boulet | Libéral | Laviolette | 2001 |
| Alexandre Bourdeau | Parti Québécois | Berthier | 2003 |
| Bernard Brodeur | Libéral | Shefford | 1994 |
| Jocelyne Caron | Parti Québécois | Terrebonne | 1989 |
| Jacques Chagnon | Libéral | Westmount–Saint-Louis | 1985 |
| Noëlla Champagne | Parti Québécois | Champlain | 2003 |
| Jean-Pierre Charbonneau | Parti Québécois | Borduas | 1976, 1994 |
| Jean Charest | Libéral | Sherbrooke | 1998 |
| Nancy Charest | Libéral | Matane | 2003 |
| Solange Charest | Parti Québécois | Rimouski | 1994 |
| Lucie Charlebois | Libéral | Soulanges | 2003 |
| André Chenail | Libéral | Huntingdon | 1989 |
| Roch Cholette | Libéral | Hull | 1998 |
| Maurice Clermont | Libéral | Mille-Îles | 2003 |
| Russell Copeman | Libéral | Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | 1994 |
| Pierre Corbeil | Libéral | Abitibi-Est | 2003 |
| Jacques Côté | Parti Québécois | Dubuc | 1998 |
| Philippe Couillard | Libéral | Mont-Royal | 2003 |
| Michelle Courchesne | Libéral | Fabre | 2003 |
| Claude Cousineau | Parti Québécois | Bertrand | 1998 |
| William Cusano | Libéral | Viau | 1981 |
| Margaret Delisle | Libéral | Jean-Talon | 1994 |
| Pierre Descoteaux | Libéral | Groulx | 2003 |
| Serge Deslières | Parti Québécois | Beauharnois | 1994 |
| Michel Després | Libéral | Jean-Lesage | 1985, 1998 |
| Léandre Dion | Parti Québécois | Saint-Hyacinthe | 1994 |
| Rita Dionne-Marsolais | Parti Québécois | Rosemont | 1994 |
| Danielle Doyer | Parti Québécois | Matapédia | 1994 |
| Jean Dubuc | Libéral | La Prairie | 2003 |
| Marjolain Dufour | Parti Québécois | René-Lévesque | 2003 |
| Mario Dumont | ADQ | Rivière-du-Loup | 1994 |
| Jacques Dupuis | Libéral | Saint-Laurent | 1998 |
| Jean-Marc Fournier | Libéral | Châteauguay | 1994 |
| André Gabias | Libéral | Trois-Rivières | 2003 |
| Monique Gagnon-Tremblay | Libéral | Saint-François | 1985 |
| Francine Gaudet | Libéral | Maskinongé | 2003 |
| Françoise Gauthier | Libéral | Jonquière | 2001 |
| Henri-François Gautrin | Libéral | Verdun | 1989 |
| François Gendron | Parti Québécois | Abitibi-Ouest | 1976 |
| André Boisclair | Parti Québécois | Gouin | 1989 |
| Nicolas Girard (2004) | Parti Québécois | Gouin | 2004 |
| Janvier Grondin | ADQ | Beauce-Nord | 2003 |
| Sam Hamad | Libéral | Louis-Hébert | 2003 |
| France Hamel | Libéral | La Peltrie | 2003 |
| Louise Harel | Parti Québécois | Hochelaga-Maisonneuve | 1981 |
| Fatima Houda-Pepin | Libéral | La Pinière | 1994 |
| Russell Williams | Libéral | Nelligan | 1989 |
| Yolande James (2004) | Libéral | Nelligan | 2004 |
| Monique Jérôme-Forget | Libéral | Marguerite-Bourgeoys | 1998 |
| Normand Jutras | Parti Québécois | Drummond | 1994 |
| Geoffrey Kelley | Libéral | Jacques-Cartier | 1994 |
| Réjean Lafrenière | Libéral | Gatineau | 1989 |
| Michèle Lamquin-Éthier | Libéral | Crémazie | 1997 |
| Diane Leblanc | Libéral | Beauce-Sud | 1997 |
| Charlotte L'Écuyer | Libéral | Pontiac | 2003 |
| Christos Sirros | Libéral | Laurier-Dorion | 1981 |
| Elsie Lefebvre (2004) | Parti Québécois | Laurier-Dorion | 2004 |
| Marc Bellemare | Libéral | Vanier | 2003 |
| Sylvain Légaré (2004) | ADQ | Vanier | 2004 |
| Diane Legault | Libéral | Chambly | 2003 |
| François Legault | Parti Québécois | Rousseau | 1998 |
| Richard Legendre | Parti Québécois | Blainville | 2001 |
| Guy Lelièvre | Parti Québécois | Gaspé | 1994 |
| André Boulerice | Parti Québécois | Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques | 1985 |
| Martin Lemay (2006) | Parti Québécois | Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques | 2006 |
| Diane Lemieux | Parti Québécois | Bourget | 1998 |
| Laurent Lessard | Libéral | Frontenac | 2003 |
| Michel Létourneau | Parti Québécois | Ungava | 1994 |
| Nicole Loiselle | Libéral | Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne | 1989 |
| Norman MacMillan | Libéral | Papineau | 1989 |
| Pauline Marois | Parti Québécois | Taillon | 1981, 1989 |
| Marie Malavoy (2006) | Parti Québécois | Taillon | 1994, 2006 |
| Agnès Maltais | Parti Québécois | Taschereau | 1998 |
| Yvon Marcoux | Libéral | Vaudreuil | 1998 |
| Pierre Marsan | Libéral | Robert-Baldwin | 1994 |
| Éric Mercier | Libéral | Charlesbourg | 2003 |
| Pierre Moreau | Libéral | Marguerite-D'Youville | 2003 |
| Michel Morin | Parti Québécois | Nicolet-Yamaska | 1994 |
| Norbert Morin | Libéral | Montmagny-L'Islet | 2003 |
| Thomas Mulcair | Libéral | Chomedey | 1994 |
| Nathalie Normandeau | Libéral | Bonaventure | 1998 |
| François Ouimet | Libéral | Marquette | 1994 |
| Sylvain Pagé | Parti Québécois | Labelle | 2001 |
| Lucie Papineau | Parti Québécois | Prévost | 1997 |
| Alain Paquet | Libéral | Laval-des-Rapides | 2003 |
| Jean-Pierre Paquin | Libéral | Saint-Jean | 2003 |
| Pierre Paradis | Libéral | Brome-Missisquoi | 1980 |
| Benoît Pelletier | Libéral | Chapleau | 1998 |
| Sarah Perreault | Libéral | Chauveau | 2003 |
| Marc Picard | ADQ | Chutes-de-la-Chaudière | 2003 |
| Claude Pinard | Parti Québécois | Saint-Maurice | 1994 |
| Pierre Reid | Libéral | Orford | 2003 |
| Lorraine Richard | Parti Québécois | Duplessis | 2003 |
| Jean Rioux | Libéral | Iberville | 2003 |
| Hélène Robert | Parti Québécois | Deux-Montagnes | 1994 |
| Sylvie Roy | ADQ | Lotbinière | 2003 |
| Sylvain Simard | Parti Québécois | Richelieu | 1994 |
| Jean-Pierre Soucy | Libéral | Portneuf | 2003 |
| Jean-Claude St-André | Parti Québécois | L'Assomption | 1996 |
| Carole Théberge | Libéral | Lévis | 2003 |
| Lise Thériault | Libéral | Anjou | 2002 |
| Luc Thériault | Parti Québécois | Masson | 2003 |
| Tony Tomassi | Libéral | LaFontaine | 2003 |
| Stéphan Tremblay | Parti Québécois | Lac-Saint-Jean | 2002 |
| Daniel Turp | Parti Québécois | Mercier | 2003 |
| Yvon Vallières | Libéral | Richmond | 1973, 1981 |
| Jonathan Valois | Parti Québécois | Joliette | 2003 |
| Cécile Vermette | Parti Québécois | Marie-Victorin | 1985 |
| Dominique Vien | Libéral | Bellechasse | 2003 |
| David Whissell | Libéral | Argenteuil | 1998 |

## Cabinet Ministers

* Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Jean Charest
* Deputy Premier: Monique Gagnon-Tremblay (2003–2005), Jacques P. Dupuis (2005–2007)
* Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Françoise Gauthier (2003–2005) Yvon Vallières, (2005–2007)
* Employment, Social Solidarity and Family: Claude Béchard (2003–2005)
* Family (Delegate): Carole Théberge (2003–2005)
** Employment and Social Solidarity: Michelle Courchesne (2005–2007)
** Family, Seniors and Status of Women: Carole Théberge (2005–2007)
* Labor: Michel Després (2003–2005), Laurent Lessard (2005–2007)
* Government Administration and President of the Treasury Board: Monique Jérôme-Forget
* Information Access:Benoît Pelletier (2005–2007)
* Government online: Henri-François Gautrin (2005–2006)
* Government Services:Pierre Reid (2005–2006), Henri-François Gautrin (2006–2007)
* Culture and Communications: Line Beauchamp
* International Relations: Monique Gagnon-Tremblay
* Indian Affairs: Benoît Pelletier (2003–2005), Geoffrey Kelley (2005–2007)
* Canadian Francophonie: Benoît Pelletier (2005–2007)
* Health and Social Services: Philippe Couillard
* Health and Status of Seniors (Delegate): Julie Boulet (2003–2005)
* Health, Social Services and Status of Seniors (Delegate): Julie Boulet (2003)
* Education: Pierre Reid (2003–2005), Jean-Marc Fournier (2005–2007)
* Relations with the Citizens and Immigration: Michelle Courchesne (2003–2005)
** Immigration and Cultural Communities: Lise Thériault (2005–2007)
* Youth Protection and Rehabilitation: Margaret Delisle
* Transportation: Yvon Marcoux (2003–2005), Michel Després (2005–2007)
* Transportation (Delegate): Julie Boulet (2003–2007)
* Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs: Benoît Pelletier
* Municipal Affairs and Regions: Nathalie Normandeau (2005–2007)
* Democratic Institutions Reform: Jacques P. Dupuis (2003–2005), Benoît Pelletier (2005–2007)
* Sport and Recreation: Jean-Marc Fournier
* Environment: Thomas J.Mulcair (2003–2005)
** Sustainable Development and Parks: Thomas J.Mulcair (2005)
*** Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks: Thomas J. Mulcair (2005–2006), Claude Bechard (2006–2007)
* Natural Resources, Wildlife and Parcs: Sam Hamad (2003–2005)
** Natural Resources and Wildlife: Pierre Corbeil (2005–2007)
* Forests, Wildlife and Parks: Pierre Corbeil (2003–2005)
* Justice: Marc Bellemare (2003–2004), Jacques P. Dupuis (2004–2005), Yvon Marcoux (2005–2007)
* Public Safety: Jacques Chagnon (2003–2005), Jacques P. Dupuis (2005–2007)
* Finances: Yves Seguin (2003–2005), Michel Audet (2007)
* Revenue: Lawrence Bergman
* Regional development and Tourism (Delegate): Nathalie Normandeau (2003–2005)
** Tourism: Françoise Gauthier (2005–2007)
* Interior Commerce Accord: Benoît Pelletier (2005–2007)
* Economic and Regional Development: Michel Audet (2003–2004)
** Economic and Regional Development and Research: Michel Audet (2004–2005)
*** Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade : Claude Béchard (2005–2006), Raymond Bachand (2006–2007)