The 37th National Assembly of Quebec,
Canada
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, was elected in the
2003 Quebec general election
The 2003 Quebec general election was held on April 14, 2003, to elect members of the National Assembly of Quebec (Canada). The Parti libéral du Québec (PLQ), led by Jean Charest, defeated the incumbent Parti Québécois, led by Premier Bernard ...
, and sat from June 4, 2003 to March 10, 2006 (first session) and March 14, 2006 to February 21, 2007 (second session).
At dissolution, the 125 seats of the National Assembly were distributed as follows:
* Liberal member
Daniel Bouchard (Megantic-Compton) sat as an independent after March 16, 2004.
* Liberal member
Russell Williams (Nelligan) resigned on March 9, 2004.
Yolande James
Yolande James (born November 21, 1977 in Montreal, Quebec) is a former Quebec provincial politician. She was the first black female MNA and the youngest, as well as the first black cabinet minister in Quebec history. A member of the Quebec Liber ...
(PLQ) won the by-election with 52.6% of the vote.
* Liberal member
Marc Bellemare
Marc Bellemare (born 3 May 1956) is a lawyer and politician from Canada.
Background
He was born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, studied Law at the Université de Montréal and was admitted to the Bar of Quebec in 1979.
Provincial politics
Bellema ...
(Vanier) resigned on April 28, 2004.
Sylvain Légaré
Sylvain Légaré (born October 22, 1970) is a politician in Quebec, Canada. He was an Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ) Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the Vanier riding from 2004 to 2008.
Born in Quebec City, Quebec, ...
(ADQ) won the by-election with 46.8% of the vote.
* Liberal member
Christos Sirros
Christos Sirros ( el, Χρήστος Σύρρος; born 2 February 1948) is a politician in the Province of Quebec, Canada. He was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the Laurier-Dorion electoral district (Canada), riding for ...
(Laurier-Dorion) resigned on June 17, 2004.
Elsie Lefebvre
Elsie Lefebvre (born May 5, 1979 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Quebec politician. She was the Member of the National Assembly for the Laurier-Dorion riding from 2004 to 2007, and later served on Montreal City Council. She is trilingual, speaking F ...
(PQ) won the by-election with 46.1% of the vote.
* Parti Québécois member
André Boisclair
André Boisclair (; born April 14, 1966) is a former Canadian politician and convicted sex offender in Quebec, Canada. He was the leader of the Parti Québécois, a social democratic and sovereigntist party in Quebec.
Between January 1996 and M ...
(Gouin) resigned on August 17, 2004.
Nicolas Girard (PQ) won the by-election with 57.8% of the vote.
By-election
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s were held in these four districts on September 20, 2004.
* Libéral member
Yves Séguin (Outremont) resigned on May 26, 2005.
Raymond Bachand
Raymond Bachand (born October 22, 1947 in Montreal, Quebec) is a former politician, a businessman and a lawyer in Quebec, Canada. He was the Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the riding of Outremont, and a member of the Que ...
(PLQ) won the by-election with 48.8% of the vote.
* Leader of the Opposition and Former Premier
Bernard Landry (Verchères) resigned on June 6, 2005.
Stéphane Bergeron
Stéphane Bergeron (born January 28, 1965 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian politician. He currently serves as a Bloc Québécois member of the House of Commons of Canada since 2019, he had previously served in that aspect from 1993 to 2005, ...
(PQ) won the by-election with 69.2% of the vote.
By-election
A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...
s were held in these two districts on December 12, 2005.
* Parti Québécois member
André Boulerice
André Boulerice (born May 8, 1946) is a Canadian politician from Quebec and gay rights activist. He was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques in Montreal.
Born in Joliette, Quebec, he gradu ...
(Sainte-Marie-Saint-Jacques) resigned on September 12, 2005.
Martin Lemay
Martin Lemay (born March 19, 1964 in Amos, Quebec) is a politician in Quebec, Canada. He is the Parti Québécois (PQ) Member of the National Assembly (MNA) for Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques in the National Assembly of Quebec.
Background
He stu ...
(PQ) won the by-election with 41,2% of the vote.
A
by-election
A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...
was held in this district on April 10, 2006.
* Parti Québécois member
Pauline Marois
Pauline Marois (; born March 29, 1949) is a retired Canadian politician, who served as the 30th premier of Quebec from 2012 to 2014. Marois had been a member of the National Assembly in various ridings since 1981 as a member of the Parti Québ ...
(
Taillon
Taillon is a provincial electoral district in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It comprises part of the borough of Le Vieux-Longueuil of the city of Longueuil.
It was created for ...
) resigned on March 20, 2006.
Marie Malavoy
Marie Malavoy (born March 23, 1948, in Berlin, Germany) is a Canadian politician and teacher. She was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Taillon in the Montérégie region for the Parti Québécois. Following the PQ v ...
(PQ) won the by-election with 43,6% of the vote.
* Parti Québécois member
Nicole Léger
Nicole Léger (born March 12, 1955) is a former Canadian politician and the former Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the riding of Pointe-aux-Trembles from 1996 to 2006 and elected back as member of the Parti Québécois in a ...
(
Pointe-aux-Trembles) resigned on June 1, 2006.
André Boisclair
André Boisclair (; born April 14, 1966) is a former Canadian politician and convicted sex offender in Quebec, Canada. He was the leader of the Parti Québécois, a social democratic and sovereigntist party in Quebec.
Between January 1996 and M ...
(PQ) won the by-election with 70,9% of the vote.
By-election
A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...
s were held in these two districts on August 14, 2006.
* Parti Québécois member
Jean-Pierre Charbonneau
Jean-Pierre Charbonneau (born January 3, 1950 in Saint-Eustache, Quebec) is a journalist and a former Quebec politician. He was the Quebec MNA member under the Parti Québécois for the provincial ridings of Borduas and Verchères in the Mont ...
(
Borduas
Borduas is a provincial electoral district in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It notably includes the municipality of Beloeil, Mont-Saint-Hilaire and Otterburn Park.
It was crea ...
) resigned on November 15, 2006.
* Liberal member
Diane Legault
Diane Legault (born July 21, 1956) is a Quebec dentist and politician.
Early life and education
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Legault received a Doctor in Dentistry from Université de Montréal in 1979 and a M.B.A. from Université de Sherbrooke ...
(
Chambly) resigned on November 15, 2006.
Member list
Cabinet Ministers are in bold, Leaders are in italics and the President of the National Assembly has a dagger next to his name.
Cabinet Ministers
* Prime Minister and Executive Council President: Jean Charest
* Deputy Premier: Monique Gagnon-Tremblay (2003–2005), Jacques P. Dupuis (2005–2007)
* Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Françoise Gauthier (2003–2005) Yvon Vallières, (2005–2007)
* Employment, Social Solidarity and Family: Claude Béchard (2003–2005)
* Family (Delegate): Carole Théberge (2003–2005)
** Employment and Social Solidarity: Michelle Courchesne (2005–2007)
** Family, Seniors and Status of Women: Carole Théberge (2005–2007)
* Labor: Michel Després (2003–2005), Laurent Lessard (2005–2007)
* Government Administration and President of the Treasury Board: Monique Jérôme-Forget
* Information Access:Benoît Pelletier (2005–2007)
* Government online: Henri-François Gautrin (2005–2006)
* Government Services:Pierre Reid (2005–2006), Henri-François Gautrin (2006–2007)
* Culture and Communications: Line Beauchamp
* International Relations: Monique Gagnon-Tremblay
* Indian Affairs: Benoît Pelletier (2003–2005), Geoffrey Kelley (2005–2007)
* Canadian Francophonie: Benoît Pelletier (2005–2007)
* Health and Social Services: Philippe Couillard
* Health and Status of Seniors (Delegate): Julie Boulet (2003–2005)
* Health, Social Services and Status of Seniors (Delegate): Julie Boulet (2003)
* Education: Pierre Reid (2003–2005), Jean-Marc Fournier (2005–2007)
* Relations with the Citizens and Immigration: Michelle Courchesne (2003–2005)
** Immigration and Cultural Communities: Lise Thériault (2005–2007)
* Youth Protection and Rehabilitation: Margaret Delisle
* Transportation: Yvon Marcoux (2003–2005), Michel Després (2005–2007)
* Transportation (Delegate): Julie Boulet (2003–2007)
* Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs: Benoît Pelletier
* Municipal Affairs and Regions: Nathalie Normandeau (2005–2007)
* Democratic Institutions Reform: Jacques P. Dupuis (2003–2005), Benoît Pelletier (2005–2007)
* Sport and Recreation: Jean-Marc Fournier
* Environment: Thomas J.Mulcair (2003–2005)
** Sustainable Development and Parks: Thomas J.Mulcair (2005)
*** Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks: Thomas J. Mulcair (2005–2006), Claude Bechard (2006–2007)
* Natural Resources, Wildlife and Parcs: Sam Hamad (2003–2005)
** Natural Resources and Wildlife: Pierre Corbeil (2005–2007)
* Forests, Wildlife and Parks: Pierre Corbeil (2003–2005)
* Justice: Marc Bellemare (2003–2004), Jacques P. Dupuis (2004–2005), Yvon Marcoux (2005–2007)
* Public Safety: Jacques Chagnon (2003–2005), Jacques P. Dupuis (2005–2007)
* Finances: Yves Seguin (2003–2005), Michel Audet (2007)
* Revenue: Lawrence Bergman
* Regional development and Tourism (Delegate): Nathalie Normandeau (2003–2005)
** Tourism: Françoise Gauthier (2005–2007)
* Interior Commerce Accord: Benoît Pelletier (2005–2007)
* Economic and Regional Development: Michel Audet (2003–2004)
** Economic and Regional Development and Research: Michel Audet (2004–2005)
*** Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade : Claude Béchard (2005–2006), Raymond Bachand (2006–2007)
External links
Élections/Map of Quebec electoral districts
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Terms of the Quebec Legislature