The 21st Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the provincial legislature in

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that existed from October 25, 1939, to August 8, 1944. The Quebec Liberal Party led by

Adélard Godbout Joseph-Adélard Godbout (September 24, 1892 – September 18, 1956) was a Canadian agronomist and politician. He served as the 15th premier of Quebec briefly in 1936, and again from 1939 to 1944. He served as leader of the Parti Libéral du Qu ...

was the governing party. It was the last term for the Liberals in power until 1960. The Union Nationale were in power for the following four terms.

Seats per political party

* After the 1939 elections

Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1939 election:

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected in by-elections during this term * Joseph-Tancrède Labbé, Union Nationale, Mégantic, November 19, 194

* Damase Perrier, Quebec Liberal Party, Terrebonne, November 19, 194

* Dennis James O'Connor, Quebec Liberal Party, Huntingdon, October 6, 194

* Jean-Paul Beaulieu, Union Nationale, Saint-Jean-Napierville, October 6, 194

* Thomas Guérin, Quebec Liberal Party, Montréal-Sainte-Anne, March 23, 194

*

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, Quebec Liberal Party, Montréal-Saint-Jacques, March 23, 194

* Joseph-Willie Robidoux, Quebec Liberal Party, Richelieu-Verchères, March 23, 194

* George Carlyle Marler, Quebec Liberal Party, Westmount-Saint-Georges, March 23, 194

Cabinet Ministers

* Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Adélard Godbout * Agriculture: Adélard Godbout * Colonization: Adélard Godbout (1939-1942), Cléophas Bastien (1942-1944) * Labour: Edgar Rochette * Public Works: Télesphore-Damien Bouchard (1939-1942), Georges-Étienne Dansereau (1942-1944) * Health: Henri Groulx (1939-1941) * Social Welfare: Henri Groulx (1940-1941) ** Health and Social Welfare:Henri Groulx (1941-1944) * Lands, Forests, Hunting and Fishing: Pierre-Émile Côté (1939-1941) ** Lands and Forests: Pierre-Émile Côté (1941-1942), Wilfrid Hamel (1942-1944) ** Hunting and Fishing: Pierre-Émile Côté (1941-1942), Valmore Bienvenue (1942-1944) * Mines and Fisheries: Edgar Rochette (1939-1941) ** Mines and coastal fisheries: Edgar Rochette (1941-1942) *** Mines: Edgar Rochette (1942-1944) * Roads: Télesphore-Damien Bouchard (1939-1944), Georges-Étienne Dansereau (1944) * Municipal Affairs, Industry and Commerce: Oscar Drouin (1939-1944), Henri-René Renault (1944) * Attorney General: Wilfrid Girouard (1939-1942), Léon Casgrain (1942-1944) * Provincial Secretary: Henri Groulx (1939-1940), Hector Perrier (1940-1944) * Treasurer: James Arthur Matthewson * Members without portfolios: Frank Lawrence Connors, Georges-Étienne Dansereau (1939-1942), Léon Casgrain (1939-1942), Louis-Joseph Thisdel, Cléophas Bastien (1939-1942), Wilfrid Hamel (1939-1942), Francois-Philippe Brais (1940-1944), Perrault Casgrain (1942-1944), Henri-René Renault (1942-1944), Joseph-Achille Francoeur (1944), Maurice Gingues (1944)

New electoral districts

The electoral map was reformed in 1944 which was used in the upcoming election later that year. Some of the changes included de-mergers of ridings that were created in the previous reform in 1939

* Abitibi (provincial electoral district), Abitibi was split into two ned ridings: Abitibi-Ouest and

Abitibi-Est Abitibi-Est is a provincial electoral district in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district notably includes eastern portions of the city of Rouyn-Noranda as well ...

. * Rouyn-Noranda was formed from parts of Témiscamingue. * The riding of Napierville-Laprairie was recreated after

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and Laprairie were de-merged as well as Saint-Jean and Napierville which formed Saint-Jean-Napierville in 1939. Châteauguay and Saint-Jean were reformed as individual ridings. * Richelieu and Verchères, which formed Richelieu-Verchères returned as individual ridings. * 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 of ...

which formed Kamouraska-Rivière-du-Loup returned as individual ridings.

References

1939 election results

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