39th Quebec Legislature explained

The 39th National Assembly of Quebec consisted of those elected in the 2008 Quebec general election. It was in session from January 13, 2009 to February 22, 2011 and from February 23, 2011 to August 1, 2012. Jean Charest (Liberal) served as Premier and Pauline Marois (PQ) was the leader of the opposition.

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	Pierre Corbeil	Liberal		François Gendron	Parti Québécois		Christine St-Pierre	Liberal		Lise Thériault	Liberal	Anjou	David Whissell (until December 16, 2011)	Liberal	Argenteuil	Roland Richer (after June 11, 2012)	Parti Québécois	Claude Bachand	Liberal		Janvier Grondin	ADQ	Beauce-Nord		Robert Dutil	Liberal		Guy Leclair	Parti Québécois		Dominique Vien	Liberal	Bellechasse	André Villeneuve	Parti Québécois		Claude Cousineau	Parti Québécois		Daniel Ratthé	Parti Québécois		Independent	CAQ	Nathalie Normandeau (until September 6, 2011)	Liberal	Bonaventure
Damien Arsenault (after December 5, 2011)	Liberal
Pierre Curzi	Parti Québécois	Borduas	Independent	Line Beauchamp (until May 14, 2012)	Liberal	Bourassa-Sauvé
			Vacant		Maka Kotto		Parti Québécois		Pierre Paradis	Liberal	Brome-Missisquoi	Bertrand St-Arnaud	Parti Québécois		Noëlla Champagne	Parti Québécois		Marc Carrière	Liberal	Chapleau	Michel Pigeon	Liberal	Charlesbourg	Pauline Marois	Parti Québécois		Pierre Moreau	Liberal		Gérard Deltell	ADQ	Chauveau	CAQ	Stéphane Bédard	Parti Québécois		Guy Ouellette	Liberal	Chomedey	Marc Picard	ADQ		Independent	CAQ	Lisette Lapointe	Parti Québécois		Independent	Independent Option nationale	Lawrence Bergman	Liberal		Benoit Charette	Parti Québécois	Deux-Montagnes	Independent	CAQ	Yves-François Blanchet	Parti Québécois	Drummond	Serge Simard	Liberal		Lorraine Richard	Parti Québécois		Michelle Courchesne	Liberal		Laurent Lessard	Liberal		Georges Mamelonet	Libéral		Stéphanie Vallée	Liberal		Nicolas Girard	Parti Québécois		René Gauvreau	Parti Québécois		Independent	Parti Québécois	Carole Poirier	Parti Québécois		Maryse Gaudreault	Libéral		Stéphane Billette	Libéral		Marie Bouillé	Parti Québécois	Iberville	Germain Chevarie	Liberal		Geoffrey Kelley	Liberal		André Drolet	Liberal		Filomena Rotiroti	Liberal		Yves Bolduc	Liberal		Étienne-Alexis Boucher	Parti Québécois		Véronique Hivon	Parti Québécois		Sylvain Gaudreault	Parti Québécois		Claude Béchard (until September 7, 2010)	Liberal
André Simard (after November 29, 2010)	Parti Québécois
Sylvain Pagé	Parti Québécois		Alexandre Cloutier	Parti Québécois		Tony Tomassi (until May 3, 2012)	Liberal	LaFontaine	Independent	Marc Tanguay (after June 11, 2012)	Liberal	Éric Caire	ADQ		Independent	CAQ	Fatima Houda-Pepin	Liberal		Nicole Ménard	Liberal		François Rebello	Parti Québécois		CAQ	Scott McKay	Parti Québécois		Gerry Sklavounos	Liberal		Alain Paquet	Liberal	Laval-des-Rapides	Julie Boulet	Liberal		Gilles Lehouillier		Liberal		Lévis	Sylvie Roy		ADQ			CAQ	Sam Hamad	Liberal			Monique Jérôme-Forget (until April 8, 2009)		Liberal		Clément Gignac (after June 22, 2009)	Liberal	Monique Richard	Parti Québécois	Marguerite-D'Youville	Bernard Drainville	Parti Québécois		François Ouimet	Liberal	Marquette	Jean-Paul Diamond	Liberal		Guillaume Tremblay	Parti Québécois		Pascal Bérubé	Parti Québécois		Danielle Doyer	Parti Québécois		Johanne Gonthier		Liberal			Amir Khadir	Québec solidaire		Francine Charbonneau	Liberal		Denise Beaudoin	Parti Québécois		Norbert Morin	Liberal	Montmagny-L'Islet	Raymond Bernier	Liberal		Pierre Arcand	Liberal		Yolande James	Liberal		Jean-Martin Aussant	Parti Québécois	Nicolet-Yamaska	Independent	Option nationale	Kathleen Weil	Liberal		Pierre Reid	Liberal	Orford	Raymond Bachand	Liberal		Norman MacMillan	Liberal		Nicole Léger	Parti Québécois	Pointe-aux-Trembles	Charlotte L'Écuyer	Liberal		Michel Matte	Liberal	Portneuf	Gilles Robert	Parti Québécois		Marjolain Dufour	Parti Québécois		Sylvain Simard	Parti Québécois		Yvon Vallières	Liberal	Richmond	Irvin Pelletier	Parti Québécois		Mario Dumont (until March 6, 2009)	ADQ	Rivière-du-Loup	Jean D'Amour (after June 22, 2009)	Liberal	Independent	Liberal	Pierre Marsan	Liberal		Denis Trottier	Parti Québécois		Louise Beaudoin	Parti Québécois		Independent	Parti Québécois	François Legault (until June 25, 2009)	Parti Québécois		Nicolas Marceau (after September 21, 2009)	Parti Québécois	Daniel Bernard	Liberal		Monique Gagnon-Tremblay	Liberal		Marguerite Blais	Liberal		Émilien Pelletier	Parti Québécois		Dave Turcotte	Parti Québécois	Saint-Jean	Jacques Dupuis (until August 9, 2010)	Liberal
Jean-Marc Fournier (after September 13, 2010)	Liberal
Martin Lemay	Parti Québécois		Claude Pinard	Parti Québécois		François Bonnardel	ADQ		Shefford	CAQ	Jean Charest		Liberal			Lucie Charlebois	Liberal		Marie Malavoy	Parti Québécois		Agnès Maltais	Parti Québécois		Mathieu Traversy	Parti Québécois		Danielle St-Amand	Liberal		Luc Ferland	Parti Québécois		Camil Bouchard (until January 6, 2010)	Parti Québécois		Martine Ouellet (after July 5, 2010)	Parti Québécois	Patrick Huot	Liberal		Yvon Marcoux	Liberal		Stéphane Bergeron	Parti Québécois		Henri-François Gautrin	Liberal		Emmanuel Dubourg	Liberal		Vincent Auclair	Liberal		Jacques Chagnon †	Liberal

Standings changes since the 39th general election

Number of members per party by date	2008	2009								2010							2011													2012
Dec 8	Mar 6	Apr 8	Jun 22	Jun 25	Sep 21	Nov 6	Nov 10	Dec 24	Jan 6	May 5	Jul 5	Aug 9	Sep 7	Sep 13	Nov 29	Jun 6	Jun 7	Jun 20	Jun 21	Sep 6	Oct 31	Nov 17	Nov 23	Nov 24	Nov 29	Dec 5	Dec 16	Dec 19	Jan 9	Jan 22	Apr 3	Apr 5	May 3	May 14	June 11	66		65	67				66	67		66		65	64	65						64						65	64							63	64	51				50	51				50		51				52	49	48	47	46				45	44	45				44		45	46			47	0																												4	5	9						Independent	0						2	3	2		3						6	7	8	9		8	7	8	9	8			4			3	2	1			1																																				0																					1															style=white-space:nowrap	Independent Option nationale	0																						1														7	6					4																								0
	Total members	125	124	123	125	124	125				124		125	124	123	124	125					124						125	124						123	122	124
	Vacant	0	1	2	0	1	0				1		0	1	2	1	0					1						0	1						2	3	1
	Government Majority	7	8	7	9	10	9		7	9	10	8	7	6	5	6	5					4						5	4						5	4

Cabinet Ministers

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20110914232849/http://www.premier-ministre.gouv.qc.ca/equipe/conseil-des-ministres-en.asp

• Premier and Executive Council President: Jean Charest
• Deputy Premier: Nathalie Normandeau (2008–2011), Line Beauchamp (2011–2012), Michelle Courchesne (2012-)
• House Leader: Jacques Dupuis (2008–2010), Jean-Marc Fournier (2010–)
• Deputy House Leader: Line Beauchamp (2008–2009), Robert Dutil (2010–)
• Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Laurent Lessard (2008–2009), Claude Béchard (2009–2010), Laurent Lessard (2010–2011), Pierre Corbeil (2011–)
• Employment and Social Solidarity: Sam Hamad (2008–2010), Julie Boulet (2010–)
• Labour: David Whissell (2008–2009), Lise Thériault (2009–)
• Government Administration and President of the Treasury Board: Monique Gagnon-Tremblay (2008–2010), Michelle Courchesne (2010–)
• Government Services: Dominique Vien (2008–2010), Michelle Courchesne (2010–)
• Culture, Communications and Status of Women: Christine St-Pierre
• International Relations: Pierre Arcand (2008–2010), Monique Gagnon-Tremblay (2010–)
• Indian Affairs: Pierre Corbeil (2008–2011), Geoffrey Kelley (2011–)
• Canadian Francophonie: Pierre Arcand (2008–2010), Nathalie Normandeau (2010–2011), Yvon Vallières (2011–)
• Health and Social Services: Yves Bolduc
• Delegate Minister to Social Services: Lise Thériault (2008–2010), Dominique Vien (2010–)
• Education, Recreation and Sports: Michelle Courchesne (2008–2010), Line Beauchamp (2010–2012), Michelle Courchesne (2012-)
• Immigration and Cultural Communities: Yolande James (2008–2010), Kathleen Weil (2010–)
• Seniors: Marguerite Blais
• Families: Tony Tomassi (2008–2010), Yolande James (2010–)
• Transportation: Julie Boulet (2008–2010), Sam Hamad (2010–2011), Pierre Moreau (2011–)
• Delegate Minister of Transportation: Norman MacMillan
• Infrastructures: Monique Jérôme-Forget (2008–2009), Monique Gagnon-Tremblay (2009–)
• Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs: Jacques Dupuis (2008–2009), Claude Béchard (2009–2010), Nathalie Normandeau (2010–2011), Yvon Vallières (2011–)
• Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy: Nathalie Normandeau (2008–2009), Laurent Lessard (2009–)
• Democratic Institutions Reform and Access to Information: Jacques Dupuis (2008–2010), Jean-Marc Fournier (2010–2011), Yvon Vallières (2011–)
• Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks: Line Beauchamp (2008–2010), Pierre Arcand (2010–)
• Natural Resources and Wildlife: Claude Béchard (2008–2009), Nathalie Normandeau (2009–2011), Clément Gignac (2011–)
• Delegate Minister to Natural Resources and Wildlife: Serge Simard
• Justice: Kathleen Weil (2008–2010), Jean-Marc Fournier (2010–)
• Public Security: Jacques Dupuis (2008–2010), Robert Dutil (2010–)
• Finance: Monique Jérôme-Forget (2008–2009), Raymond Bachand (2009–)
• Revenue: Robert Dutil (2008–2010), Raymond Bachand (2010–)
• Tourism: Nicole Ménard
• Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade: Raymond Bachand (2008–2009), Clément Gignac (2009–2011), Sam Hamad (2011–)

New electoral districts

An electoral map reform was made in 2011 and went into effect for the 2012 election.^[14]

The following electoral districts were created:

• Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré
• Côte-du-Sud
• Drummond–Bois-Francs
• Granby
• Lotbinière-Frontenac
• Matane-Matapédia
• Mégantic
• Montarville
• Nicolet-Bécancour
• Repentigny
• Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata
• Sainte-Rose
• Saint-Jérôme
• Sanguinet
• Vanier-Les Rivières

The following electoral districts disappeared:

• Charlevoix
• Drummond
• Frontenac
• Kamouraska-Témiscouata
• Lotbinière
• Marguerite-D'Youville
• Matane
• Matapédia
• Mégantic-Compton
• Montmagny-L'Islet
• Nicolet-Yamaska
• Prévost
• Rivière-du-Loup
• Shefford
• Vanier

The following electoral district was renamed:

• Anjou was renamed Anjou–Louis-Riel; its territory was unchanged.

External links

• Élections/Map of Quebec electoral districts
• Jean Charest Cabinet
• List of Historical Cabinet ministers
• Seating Plan (in French)

Notes and References

1. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/rapeq/political-parties-details.php?p=00083 Option nationale – Le Directeur général des élections du Québec (DGEQ)
2. https://www.ledevoir.com/politique/quebec/336362/lisette-lapointe-adhere-a-l-option-nationale-d-aussant Lisette Lapointe adhère à l'Option nationale d'Aussant
3. News: PQ leader banishes MNA accused of DUI, disloyalty. CTV News. November 23, 2011.
4. http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-quebecoise/201111/24/01-4471212-daniel-ratthe-expulse-du-caucus-pequiste.php Le député Daniel Ratthé explusé du PQ
5. News: Marois allows booted member back to PQ caucus . CTV News. November 29, 2011.
6. https://montrealgazette.com/business/Liberal+David+Whissell+resigns/5871771/story.html Quebec Liberal MNA David Whissell resigns
7. http://www.canada.com/news/party+boosts+ranks+with+four+members/5883017/story.html New party boosts its ranks with four new members
8. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/01/09/francois-rebello-joins-coalition-avenir-quebec.html Another PQ MNA joins new Coalition Quebec party
9. http://www.globalnews.ca/canada/merger+uniting+new+coalition+for+quebec39s+future+with+adq+a+done+deal/6442564490/story.html Merger uniting new Coalition for Quebec's Future with ADQ a done deal
10. https://montrealgazette.com/news/a9cois+leader+Pauline+Marois+welcomes+Louise+Beaudoin+back+into+fold/6404018/story.html Parti Québécois leader Pauline Marois welcomes MNA Louise Beaudoin back into the fold
11. Agence QMI (in French)
12. https://montrealgazette.com/news/Tony+Tomassi+resigns+National+Assembly+seat/6560617/story.html MNA Tony Tomassi quits Quebec National Assembly
13. News: Charest's education minister quits amid Quebec student crisis . Globe and Mail . May 14, 2012 . August 23, 2017 . May 16, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120516182444/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/charests-education-minister-quits-amid-quebec-student-crisis/article2432219/ . dead .
14. http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/electcomte-2011.html