18th Quebec Legislature explained

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

• After the 1931 elections

Affiliation		Members
79
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
Georges-Étienne Dansereau	Liberal	Argenteuil
Joseph-Édouard Perrault	Liberal
Joseph-Émery Phaneuf	Liberal
Joseph-Edouard Fortin	Liberal
Gontran Saint-Onge	Liberal	Beauharnois
Robert Taschereau	Liberal	Bellechasse
Cléophas Bastien	Liberal
Pierre-Émile Côté	Liberal	Bonaventure
Ralph Frederick Stockwell	Liberal	Brome
Hortensius Béïque	Conservative
William-Pierre Grant	Liberal
Edgar Rochette	Liberal
Honoré Mercier Jr.	Liberal
Gustave Delisle	Liberal
William James Duffy	Liberal
Paul Sauvé	Conservative	Deux-Montagnes
Ernest Ouellet	Liberal	Dorchester
Hector Laferté	Liberal
Henri-Louis Gagnon	Liberal	Frontenac
Thomas Côté	Liberal
Alexandre Chouinard	Liberal
Augustin-Armand Legault	Liberal
Aimé Guertin	Conservative
Martin Beattie Fisher	Conservative	Huntingdon
Lucien Lamoureux	Liberal	Iberville
Amédée Caron	Liberal
Victor Marchand	Liberal
Lucien Dugas	Liberal
Pierre Gagnon	Liberal
Pierre Lortie	Liberal
Joseph-Ludger Fillion	Liberal
Walter Reed	Liberal
Joseph Filion	Liberal	Laval
Joseph-Alphida Crête	Liberal
Arthur Bélanger	Liberal	Lévis
Adélard Godbout	Liberal	L'Islet
Joseph-Napoléon Francoeur	Liberal
Charles-Joseph Arcand	Liberal
Louis-Joseph Thisdel	Liberal
Joseph-Arthur Bergeron	Liberal
Joseph Dufour	Liberal
Lauréat Lapierre	Liberal
Alexandre Saurette	Liberal	Missisquoi
Médéric Duval	Liberal	Montcalm
Charles-Abraham Paquet	Liberal	Montmagny
Louis-Alexandre Taschereau	Liberal
Joseph-Achille Francoeur	Liberal	Montréal-Dorion
Ernest Poulin	Liberal
Anatole Plante	Liberal
Joseph Henry Dillon	Liberal
Gaspard Fauteux	Liberal
Charles Ernest Gault	Conservative	Montréal–Saint-Georges
Joseph-Maurice Gabias	Liberal
Irénée Vautrin	Liberal
Joseph Cohen	Liberal	Montréal–Saint-Laurent
Peter Bercovitch	Liberal
Pierre-Auguste Lafleur	Conservative
Joseph-Euclide Charbonneau	Liberal	Napierville-Laprairie
Joseph-Alcide Savoie	Liberal
Désiré Lahaie	Liberal
Wallace McDonald	Liberal
Pierre Gauthier	Liberal	Portneuf
Joseph-Ephraim Bédard	Liberal
Joseph Samson	Liberal
Oscar Drouin	Liberal
Joseph Ignatius Power	Liberal
Avila Turcotte	Liberal
Stanislas-Edmond Desmarais	Liberal	Richmond
Louis-Joseph Moreault	Liberal
Léon Casgrain	Liberal	Rivière-du-Loup
Émile Moreau	Liberal
Laurent Barré	Conservative
Télesphore-Damien Bouchard	Liberal
Alexis Bouthillier	Liberal	Saint-Jean
Joseph-Auguste Frigon	Liberal
Pierre Bertrand	Conservative
Robert-Raoul Bachand	Liberal
Émery-Hector Fortier	Liberal
Avila Ferland	Liberal	Soulanges
Alfred-Joseph Bissonnet	Liberal
Joseph-Édouard Piché	Liberal
Joseph-Wilfrid Morel	Liberal	Témiscouata
Athanase David	Liberal
Maurice Duplessis	Conservative
Elzéar Sabourin	Liberal
Félix Messier	Liberal	Verchères
Charles Allan Smart	Conservative
Cyrénus Lemieux	Liberal
Antonio Élie	Conservative

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected in by-elections during the term

• Alexandre Gaudet, Liberal Party, Nicolet, November 7, 1933 ^[1]
• Thomas Hercule Lapointe, Liberal Party, Wolfe, November 14, 1933 ^[2]
• Joseph-Théodule Rhéaume, Liberal Party, Jacques-Cartier, November 21, 1933 ^[3]

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

• 1931 election results
• List of historical Cabinet Ministers

Notes and References

1. Web site: QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Nicolet . 2007-07-04 . 2007-09-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070926231427/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-nicolet.html#1933p . dead .
2. Web site: QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Wolfe . 2007-07-04 . 2007-09-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070926231300/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-wolfe.html#1933p . dead .
3. Web site: QuébecPolitique.com | Élections dans Jacques-Cartier . 2007-07-04 . 2007-10-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071007132312/http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-jacques-cartier.html#1933p . dead .