15th Quebec Legislature

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The 15th Legislative Assembly of Quebec is the provincial legislature in Quebec, Canada that existed from June 23, 1919, to February 5, 1923. The Quebec Liberal Party led by Lomer Gouin and Louis-Alexandre Taschereau was the governing party. Taschereau succeeded Gouin in 1920 as Premier of Quebec.

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Seats per political party

AffiliationMembers
Liberal 74
Conservative 5
  Parti ouvrier 2
 Total
81
 Government Majority
69

Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1919 election:

NamePartyRiding
  John Hay Liberal Argenteuil
  Joseph-Édouard Perrault Liberal Arthabaska
  Joseph-Émery Phaneuf Liberal Bagot
  Arthur Godbout Liberal Beauce
  Achille Bergevin Liberal Beauharnois
  Antonin Galipeault Liberal Bellechasse
  Siméon Lafrenière Liberal Berthier
  Joseph-Fabien Bugeaud Liberal Bonaventure
  William Robert Oliver Liberal Brome
  Eugène Merril Lesieur Desaulniers Liberal Chambly
  Bruno Bordeleau Liberal Champlain
  Philippe Dufour Liberal Charlevoix et Saguenay
  Honoré Mercier Jr. Liberal Châteauguay
  Joseph-Arthur Gaudreault Liberal Chicoutimi
  Camille-Émile Desjarlais Liberal Compton
  Arthur Sauvé Conservative Deux-Montagnes
  Ernest Ouellet Liberal Dorchester
  Hector Laferté Liberal Drummond
  Georges-Stanislas Grégoire Liberal Frontenac
  Gustave Lemieux Liberal Gaspé
  Joseph Caron Liberal Hull
  Andrew Philps Liberal Huntingdon
  Adélard Forget Liberal Iberville
  Joseph-Édouard Caron Liberal Îles-de-la-Madeleine
  Aimé Ashby Liberal Jacques-Cartier
  Pierre-Joseph Dufresne Conservative Joliette
  Charles-Adolphe Stein Liberal Kamouraska
  Honoré Achim Liberal Labelle
  Émile Moreau Liberal Lac-Saint-Jean
  Wilfrid Cédilot Liberal Laprairie
  Walter Reed Liberal L'Assomption
  Joseph-Olier Renaud Sr. Conservative Laval
  Alfred-Valère Roy Liberal Lévis
  Élisée Thériault Liberal L'Islet
  Joseph-Napoléon Francoeur Liberal Lotbinière
  Adélard Laurendeau Parti ouvrier Maisonneuve
  Rodolphe Tourville Liberal Maskinongé
  Joseph Dufour Liberal Matane
  Lauréat Lapierre Liberal Mégantic
  Alexandre Saurette Liberal Missisquoi
  Joseph-Ferdinand Daniel Liberal Montcalm
  Charles-Abraham Paquet Liberal Montmagny
  Louis-Alexandre Taschereau Liberal Montmorency
  Aurèle Lacombe Parti ouvrier Montréal-Dorion
  Joseph-Hercule Bedard Liberal Montréal-Hochelaga
  Ernest Poulin Liberal Montréal-Laurier
  Bernard-Augustin Conroy Liberal Montréal–Sainte-Anne
  Napoleon Séguin Liberal Montréal–Sainte-Marie
  Charles Ernest Gault Conservative Montréal–Saint-Georges
  Irénée Vautrin Liberal Montréal–Saint-Jacques
  Henry Miles Liberal Montréal–Saint-Laurent
  Peter Bercovitch Liberal Montréal–Saint-Louis
  Amédée Monet Liberal Napierville
  Joseph-Alcide Savoie Liberal Nicolet
  Wallace McDonald Liberal Pontiac
  Lomer Gouin Liberal Portneuf
  Aurèle Leclerc Liberal Québec-Comté
  Lawrence Arthur Cannon Liberal Québec-Centre
  Louis-Alfred Létourneau Liberal Québec-Est
  Martin Madden Liberal Québec-Ouest
  Maurice-Louis Péloquin Liberal Richelieu
  Walter George Mitchell Liberal Richmond
  Auguste-Maurice Tessier Liberal Rimouski
  Joseph-Edmond Robert Liberal Rouville
  Armand Boisseau Liberal Saint-Hyacinthe
  Alexis Bouthillier Liberal Saint-Jean
  Georges-Isidore Delisle Liberal Saint-Maurice
  Arthur Paquet Liberal Saint-Sauveur
  William Stephen Bullock Liberal Shefford
  Joseph-Henri Lemay Liberal Sherbrooke
  Avila Farand Liberal Soulanges
  Alfred-Joseph Bissonnet Liberal Stanstead
  Télésphore Simard Liberal Témiscaming
  Louis-Eugène-Aduire Parrot Liberal Témiscouata
  Athanase David Liberal Terrebonne
  Joseph-Adolphe Tessier Liberal Trois-Rivières
  Hormisdas Pilon Liberal Vaudreuil
  Adrien Beaudry Liberal Verchères
  Charles Allan Smart Conservative Westmount
  Joseph-Eugène Rhéault Liberal Wolfe
  Guillaume-Édouard Ouellette Liberal Yamaska

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected during the mandate

New or renamed electoral districts

The electoral map was reformed in 1922 prior to the elections that were held in the following year.

Cabinet Ministers

Gouin Cabinet (1919-1920)

Taschereau Cabinet (1920–1923)

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