18th Quebec Legislature

The 18th Quebec Legislature is the provincial legislature that existed in Quebec, Canada from August 24, 1931, to October 30, 1935. The Liberal Party led by Louis-Alexandre Taschereau had a majority of seats in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec and remained in power in the government.

Seats per political party

Affiliation Members
Liberal 79
Conservative 11
 Total
 90
 Government Majority
 68

Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1931 election:

Name Party Riding
  Hector Authier Liberal Abitibi
  Georges-Étienne Dansereau Liberal Argenteuil
  Joseph-Édouard Perrault Liberal Arthabaska
  Joseph-Émery Phaneuf Liberal Bagot
  Joseph-Edouard Fortin Liberal Beauce
  Gontran Saint-Onge Liberal Beauharnois
  Robert Taschereau Liberal Bellechasse
  Cléophas Bastien Liberal Berthier
  Pierre-Émile Côté Liberal Bonaventure
  Ralph Frederick Stockwell Liberal Brome
  Hortensius Béïque Conservative Chambly
  William-Pierre Grant Liberal Champlain
  Edgar Rochette Liberal Charlevoix et Saguenay
  Honoré Mercier Jr. Liberal Châteauguay
  Gustave Delisle Liberal Chicoutimi
  William James Duffy Liberal Compton
  Paul Sauvé Conservative Deux-Montagnes
  Ernest Ouellet Liberal Dorchester
  Hector Laferté Liberal Drummond
  Henri-Louis Gagnon Liberal Frontenac
  Thomas Côté Liberal Gaspé-Nord
  Alexandre Chouinard Liberal Gaspé-Sud
  Augustin-Armand Legault Liberal Gatineau
  Aimé Guertin Conservative Hull
  Martin Beattie Fisher Conservative Huntingdon
  Lucien Lamoureux Liberal Iberville
  Amédée Caron Liberal Îles-de-la-Madeleine
  Victor Marchand Liberal Jacques-Cartier
  Lucien Dugas Liberal Joliette
  Pierre Gagnon Liberal Kamouraska
  Pierre Lortie Liberal Labelle
  Joseph-Ludger Fillion Liberal Lac-Saint-Jean
  Walter Reed Liberal L'Assomption
  Joseph Filion Liberal Laval
  Joseph-Alphida Crête Liberal Laviolette
  Arthur Bélanger Liberal Lévis
  Adélard Godbout Liberal L'Islet
  Joseph-Napoléon Francoeur Liberal Lotbinière
  Charles-Joseph Arcand Liberal Maisonneuve
  Louis-Joseph Thisdel Liberal Maskinongé
  Joseph-Arthur Bergeron Liberal Matane
  Joseph Dufour Liberal Matapédia
  Lauréat Lapierre Liberal Mégantic
  Alexandre Saurette Liberal Missisquoi
  Médéric Duval Liberal Montcalm
  Charles-Abraham Paquet Liberal Montmagny
  Louis-Alexandre Taschereau Liberal Montmorency
  Joseph-Achille Francoeur Liberal Montréal-Dorion
  Ernest Poulin Liberal Montréal-Laurier
  Anatole Plante Liberal Montréal-Mercier
  Joseph Henry Dillon Liberal Montréal–Sainte-Anne
  Gaspard Fauteux Liberal Montréal–Sainte-Marie
  Charles Ernest Gault Conservative Montréal–Saint-Georges
  Joseph-Maurice Gabias Liberal Montréal–Saint-Henri
  Irénée Vautrin Liberal Montréal–Saint-Jacques
  Joseph Cohen Liberal Montréal–Saint-Laurent
  Peter Bercovitch Liberal Montréal–Saint-Louis
  Pierre-Auguste Lafleur Conservative Montréal-Verdun
  Joseph-Euclide Charbonneau Liberal Napierville-Laprairie
  Joseph-Alcide Savoie Liberal Nicolet
  Désiré Lahaie Liberal Papineau
  Wallace McDonald Liberal Pontiac
  Pierre Gauthier Liberal Portneuf
  Joseph-Ephraim Bédard Liberal Québec-Comté
  Joseph Samson Liberal Québec-Centre
  Oscar Drouin Liberal Québec-Est
  Joseph Ignatius Power Liberal Québec-Ouest
  Avila Turcotte Liberal Richelieu
  Stanislas-Edmond Desmarais Liberal Richmond
  Louis-Joseph Moreault Liberal Rimouski
  Léon Casgrain Liberal Rivière-du-Loup
  Émile Moreau Liberal Roberval
  Laurent Barré Conservative Rouville
  Télesphore-Damien Bouchard Liberal Saint-Hyacinthe
  Alexis Bouthillier Liberal Saint-Jean
  Joseph-Auguste Frigon Liberal Saint-Maurice
  Pierre Bertrand Conservative Saint-Sauveur
  Robert-Raoul Bachand Liberal Shefford
  Émery-Hector Fortier Liberal Sherbrooke
  Avila Ferland Liberal Soulanges
  Alfred-Joseph Bissonnet Liberal Stanstead
  Joseph-Édouard Piché Liberal Témiscamingue
  Joseph-Wilfrid Morel Liberal Témiscouata
  Athanase David Liberal Terrebonne
  Maurice Duplessis Conservative Trois-Rivières
  Elzéar Sabourin Liberal Vaudreuil
  Félix Messier Liberal Verchères
  Charles Allan Smart Conservative Westmount
  Cyrénus Lemieux Liberal Wolfe
  Antonio Élie Conservative Yamaska

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected in by-elections during the term

Cabinet Ministers

  • Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
  • Agriculture: Adélard Godbout
  • Colonization, Hunting and Fishing: Hector Laferté (1931–1934)
  • Public Works and Labor: Joseph-Napoléon Francoeur (1931)
    • Labour: Charles-Joseph Arcand (1931–1935)
    • Colonization: Irénée Vautrin (1934–1935)
    • Public Works, Hunting and Fishing: Joseph-Napoléon Francoeur (1934–1935)
      • Public Works: Joseph-Napoléon Francoeur (1931–1934)
  • Mines:Joseph-Édouard Perrault
  • Lands and Forests: Honoré Mercier Jr
  • Roads: Joseph-Édouard Perrault
  • Municipal Affairs: Louis-Alexandre Taschereau (1931–1935)
    • Municipal Affairs, Industry and Commerce: Télesphore-Damien Bouchard (1935)
  • Attorney General: Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
  • Provincial secretary: Athanase David
  • Treasurer: Louis-Alexandre Taschereau (1931–1932), Ralph Frederick Stockwell (1932–1935)
  • Members without portfolios: George Bryson Jr. (1931–1935), Irénée Vautrin (1934), John Hall Kelly (1935)

Notes and references

  1. ^ "QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Nicolet". Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
  2. ^ "QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Wolfe". Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
  3. ^ "QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Jacques-Cartier". Archived from the original on 2007-10-07. Retrieved 2007-07-04.