The 20th Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the provincial legislature in

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that existed from August 17, 1936, to October 25, 1939. The Union Nationale led by

Maurice Duplessis Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis (; April 20, 1890 – September 7, 1959), was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 16th premier of Quebec. A conservative, nationalist, anti-Communist, anti-unionist and fervent Catholic, he and hi ...

was the governing party for the first time ever.

Seats per political party

* After the

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Member list

This was the list of members of the

Legislative Assembly of Quebec The Legislative Assembly of Quebec (French: ''Assemblée législative du Québec'') was the name of the lower house of Quebec's legislature from 1867 to December 31, 1968, when it was renamed the National Assembly of Quebec. At the same time, ...

that were elected in the 1936 election:

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected during the term in by-elections * Joseph-Emile Perron, Union Nationale, Beauce, March 17, 1937 * Philippe Adam, Union Nationale, Bagot, February 16, 1938 * Antonio Talbot, Union Nationale, Chicoutimi, May 25, 1938 * Louis Fitch, Union Nationale, Montréal-Saint-Louis, November 2, 1938 * Henri Gérin, Union Nationale, Stanstead, November 2, 1938

Cabinet Ministers

* Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Maurice Duplessis * Agriculture: Bona Dussault * Mines, Hunting and Fishing: Onésime Gagnon (1936) ** Mines and Fishing: Onésime Gagnon (1936–1939) * Colonization: Henri Lemaître Auger * Labour: William Tremblay * Public Works: John Samuel Bourque * Lands and Forests: Oscar Drouin (1936–1937), Maurice Duplessis (1937–1938), John Samuel Bourque (1938–1939) * Health: Albiny Paquette (1936–1939) * Roads: François-Joseph Leduc (1936–1938), Maurice Duplessis (1938), Anatole Carignan (1938–1939) * Municipal Affairs, Industry and Commerce: Joseph Bilodeau * Attorney General: Maurice Duplessis * Provincial Secretary: Albiny Paquette * Treasurer: Martin Beattie Fisher * Members without portfolios: Antonio Élie, Thomas Chapais (1936–1939), Gilbert Layton, Thomas Joseph Coonan

New electoral districts

The electoral map was reformed in 1939 just prior to the

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later that year. *

Châteauguay Châteauguay ( , , ) is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, located both on the Chateauguay River and Lac St-Louis, which is a section of the St. Lawrence River. The population of the city of Châteauguay at the 2021 Ce ...

and Laprairie were merged to form Châteauguay-Laprairie while

Napierville Napierville is a municipality in the Jardins de Napierville Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada, situated in the Montérégie administrative region. The population as of the 2021 Canadian Census was 4,020. It is the location of the ...

which was merged with Laprairie was merged with Saint-Jean to form Saint-Jean-Napierville. * Kamouraska and

Rivière-du-Loup Rivière-du-Loup (; 2021 population 20,118) is a small city on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec. The city is the seat for the Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality and the judicial district of Kamouraska. Its one ...

were merged to form Kamouraska-Rivière-du-Loup * Westmount was split into two new ridings: Montréal-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and

Montréal-Outremont Montréal-Outremont was a former provincial electoral district in the Montreal region of Quebec, Canada that elected members to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. It was created for the 1939 election from part of Westmount electoral distri ...

. * Montréal-Jeanne-Mance was formed from parts of Maisonneuve,

Montréal-Mercier Montréal-Mercier was a former provincial electoral district in the Montreal region of Quebec, Canada that elected members to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. It was created for the 1923 election from part of Montréal-Dorion and Montréal- ...

and

Montréal-Dorion Montréal-Dorion was a former provincial electoral district in the Montreal region of Quebec, Canada that elected members to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. It was created for the 1912 election from part of Hochelaga electoral district. It ...

. * Montréal-Saint-Georges was renamed Westmount-Saint-Georges. * Richelieu and

Verchères Verchères is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in Montérégie, Quebec, located on the south bank of the Saint Lawrence River. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 5,692. History In the 17th century, the settlement at Verchèr ...

was merged to form Richelieu-Vercheres * Vaudreuil and Soulanges were merged to form Vaudreuil-Soulanges.

References

1936 election results

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