31st Quebec Legislature

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The 31st National Assembly of Quebec was the provincial legislature in Quebec, Canada that was elected in the 1976 Quebec general election. It sat for six sessions from 14 December 1976 to 23 December 1976; from 8 March 1977 to 22 December 1977; from 21 February 1978 to 20 February 1979; from 6 March 1979 to 18 June 1980; on 24 October 1980 (one day); and from 5 November 1980 to 12 March 1981. The Parti Québécois led by René Lévesque came to power for the first time, and organized the 1980 Quebec sovereignty referendum, which resulted in a win for the "no" side. The Quebec Liberal Party opposition was led by interim leader Gérard D. Levesque and later by Claude Ryan.

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Seats per political party

AffiliationMembers
  Parti Québécois 71
  Parti libéral du Québec 26
  Union Nationale 11
  Ralliement créditiste du Québec 1
  Parti national populaire 1
 Total
110
 Government Majority
45

Member list

This was the list of members of the National Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1976 election:

NamePartyRiding
  Jean-Paul Bordeleau Parti Québécois Abitibi-Est
  François Gendron Parti Québécois Abitibi-Ouest
  Pierre-Marc Johnson Parti Québécois Anjou
  Zoel Saindon Libéral Argenteuil
  Jacques Baril Parti Québécois Arthabaska
  Adrien Ouellette Parti Québécois Beauce-Nord
  Fabien Roy Parti national populaire Beauce-Sud
  Laurent Lavigne Parti Québécois Beauharnois
  Bertrand Goulet Union Nationale Bellechasse
  Jean-Guy Mercier Parti Québécois Berthier
  Gérard D. Levesque Libéral Bonaventure
  Patrice Laplante Parti Québécois Bourassa
  Camille Laurin Parti Québécois Bourget
  Armand Russell Union Nationale Brome-Missisquoi
  Denis Lazure Parti Québécois Chambly
  Marcel Gagnon Parti Québécois Champlain
  Denis de Belleval Parti Québécois Charlesbourg
  Raymond Mailloux Libéral Charlevoix
  Roland Dussault Parti Québécois Châteauguay
  Louis O'Neill Parti Québécois Chauveau
  Marc-André Bédard Parti Québécois Chicoutimi
  Guy Tardif Parti Québécois Crémazie
  Victor Goldbloom Libéral D'Arcy-McGee
  Pierre de Bellefeuille Parti Québécois Deux-Montagnes
  Lise Payette Parti Québécois Dorion
  Michel Clair Parti Québécois Drummond
  Hubert Desbiens Parti Québécois Dubuc
  Denis Perron Parti Québécois Duplessis
  Bernard Landry Parti Québécois Fabre
  Gilles Grégoire Parti Québécois Frontenac
  Michel Le Moignan Union Nationale Gaspé
  Michel Gratton Libéral Gatineau
  Rodrigue Tremblay Parti Québécois Gouin
  Jocelyne Ouellette Parti Québécois Hull
  Claude Dubois Union Nationale Huntingdon
  Jacques Beauséjour Parti Québécois Iberville
  Denise Leblanc Parti Québécois Îles-de-la-Madeleine
  Noël Saint-Germain Libéral Jacques-Cartier
  Henri E. Laberge Parti Québécois Jeanne-Mance
  Raymond Garneau Libéral Jean-Talon
  Maurice Bellemare Union Nationale Johnson
  Guy Chevrette Parti Québécois Joliette-Montcalm
  Claude Vaillancourt Parti Québécois Jonquière
  Léonard Lévesque Parti Québécois Kamouraska-Témiscouata
  Thérèse Lavoie-Roux Libéral L'Acadie
  Jacques Brassard Parti Québécois Lac-Saint-Jean
  Marcel Léger Parti Québécois LaFontaine
  Pierre Marois Parti Québécois Laporte
  Gilles Michaud Parti Québécois La Prairie
  Jacques Parizeau Parti Québécois L'Assomption
  Jacques Léonard Parti Québécois Laurentides-Labelle
  André Marchand Libéral Laurier
  Jean-Noël Lavoie Libéral Laval
  Jean-Pierre Jolivet Parti Québécois Laviolette
  Jean Garon Parti Québécois Lévis
  Raymond Gravel Parti Québécois Limoilou
  Rodrigue Biron Union Nationale Lotbinière
  Claude Morin Parti Québécois Louis-Hébert
  Robert Burns Parti Québécois Maisonneuve
  Fernand Lalonde Libéral Marguerite-Bourgeoys
  Yvon Picotte Libéral Maskinongé
  Yves Bérubé Parti Québécois Matane
  Léopold Marquis Parti Québécois Matapédia
  Fernand Grenier Union Nationale Mégantic-Compton
  Gérald Godin Parti Québécois Mercier
  Guy Joron Parti Québécois Mille-Îles
  Julien Giasson Libéral Montmagny-L'Islet
  Clément Richard Parti Québécois Montmorency
  John Ciaccia Libéral Mont-Royal
  Serge Fontaine Union Nationale Nicolet-Yamaska
  Bryce Mackasey Libéral Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
  Georges Vaillancourt Libéral Orford
  André Raynauld Libéral Outremont
  Jean Alfred Parti Québécois Papineau
  William Shaw Union Nationale Pointe-Claire
  Jean-Guy Larivière Libéral Pontiac-Témiscamingue
  Michel Pagé Libéral Portneuf
  Jean-Guy Cardinal Parti Québécois Prévost
  Maurice Martel Parti Québécois Richelieu
  Yvon Brochu Union Nationale Richmond
  Alain Marcoux Parti Québécois Rimouski
  Jules Boucher Parti Québécois Rivière-du-Loup
  John O'Gallagher Libéral Robert-Baldwin
  Robert Lamontagne Libéral Roberval
  Gilbert Paquette Parti Québécois Rosemont
  Camil Samson Ralliement créditiste Rouyn-Noranda
  Lucien Lessard Parti Québécois Saguenay
  Jean-Marc Lacoste Parti Québécois Saint-Anne
  Guy Bisaillon Parti Québécois Sainte-Marie
  Réal Rancourt Parti Québécois Saint-François
  Jacques Couture Parti Québécois Saint-Henri
  Fabien Cordeau Union Nationale Saint-Hyacinthe
  Claude Charron Parti Québécois Saint-Jacques
  Jérôme Proulx Parti Québécois Saint-Jean
  Claude Forget Libéral Saint-Laurent
  Harry Blank Libéral Saint-Louis
  Yves Duhaime Parti Québécois Saint-Maurice
  Jacques-Yvan Morin Parti Québécois Sauvé
  Richard Verreault Libéral Shefford
  Gérard Gosselin Parti Québécois Sherbrooke
  René Lévesque Parti Québécois Taillon
  Richard Guay Parti Québécois Taschereau
  Élie Fallu Parti Québécois Terrebonne
  Denis Vaugeois Parti Québécois Trois-Rivières
  Jean-François Bertrand Parti Québécois Vanier
  Louise Sauvé-Cuerrier Parti Québécois Vaudreuil-Soulanges
  Jean-Pierre Charbonneau Parti Québécois Verchères
  Lucien Caron Libéral Verdun
  Charles A. Lefebvre Parti Québécois Viau
  George Springate Libéral Westmount

Other elected MNAs

Other MNAs were elected in by-elections during this mandate

Cabinet Ministers

New electoral districts

A significant electoral map reform took place in 1980 and was effective for the 1981 general elections. [12] The number of seats went from 110 to 122.

The following electoral districts were created:

The following electoral districts disappeared:

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