42nd Quebec Legislature
| 42nd Quebec Legislature | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Majority parliament | |||
| 27 November 2018 – 28 August 2022 | |||
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| Parliament leaders | |||
| Premier | François Legault | ||
| Leader of the Opposition | Pierre Arcand 2018-2020 | ||
| Dominique Anglade 2020-2022 | |||
| Party caucuses | |||
| Government | Coalition Avenir Québec | ||
| Opposition | Liberal | ||
| Recognized | Québec solidaire | ||
| Parti Québécois | |||
| Members | 125 MNA seats | ||
| Sovereign | |||
| Monarch | Elizabeth II 6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022 | ||
| Charles III 8 September 2022 – present | |||
| Lieutenant Governor | J. Michel Doyon 24 September 2015 – present | ||
| Sessions | |||
| 1st session November 27, 2018 – October 13, 2021 | |||
| 2nd session October 19, 2021 – August 28, 2022 | |||
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The 42nd National Assembly of Quebec consists of those elected in the October 1, 2018, general election. As a result, François Legault (Coalition Avenir Québec) became Premier on October 18.
Member list
[edit]Cabinet ministers are in bold, party leaders are in italic and the president of the National Assembly is marked with a †.
Standings changes since the 42nd general election
[edit]| Number of members per party by date |
2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2 | Oct 4 | Oct 5 | Dec 10 | Mar 11 | Aug 30 | Dec 2 | Dec 15 | Dec 17 | Mar 30 | Apr 12 | Jun 4 | Jun 15 | Jun 18 | Sep 14 | Nov 1 | Nov 13 | Apr 11 | ||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | 74 | 75 | 76 | 75 | 74 | 75 | 74 | 75 | 76 | ||||||||||
| Liberal | 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | ||||||||||||||
| Québec solidaire | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Parti Québécois | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Conservative | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Independent | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||||||
| Total members | 125 | 124 | 125 | 124 | 125 | 124 | 125 | ||||||||||||
| Vacant | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Party | 2018 | Gain/(loss) due to | 2022 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resigned from party | Withdrawn from caucus | Resignation | Expulsion | Reinstatement | Change of allegiance |
By-election gain | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | 74 | (1) | (2) | 2 | 3 | 76 | ||||
| Liberal | 31 | (2) | (2) | 27 | ||||||
| Parti Québécois | 10 | (1) | (1) | (1) | 7 | |||||
| Québec solidaire | 10 | 10 | ||||||||
| Conservative | – | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Independent | – | 1 | 2 | (1) | 5 | (2) | (1) | 4 | ||
| Total | 125 | – | – | (3) | – | – | – | 3 | 125 | |
| Seat | Before | Change | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Member | Party | Reason | Date | Member | Party | |
| Roberval | October 4, 2018[3] | Philippe Couillard | █ Liberal | Resignation[a 1] | December 10, 2018[4] | Nancy Guillemette | █ CAQ |
| Chomedey | October 5, 2018[5][6] | Guy Ouellette | █ Liberal | Expelled from caucus[a 2] | █ Independent | ||
| Marie-Victorin | March 11, 2019[7] | Catherine Fournier | █ Parti Québécois | Resigned from caucus[a 3] | █ Independent | ||
| November 1, 2021[8] | █ Independent | Resignation[a 4] | April 12, 2022[9] | Shirley Dorismond | █ CAQ | ||
| Jean-Talon | August 30, 2019[10] | Sébastien Proulx | █ Liberal | Resignation[a 5] | December 2, 2019[11] | Joëlle Boutin | █ CAQ |
| Rimouski | December 15, 2020[12] | Harold LeBel | █ Parti Québécois | Expelled from caucus[a 6] | █ Independent | ||
| Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata | December 17, 2020[13] | Denis Tardif | █ CAQ | Expelled from caucus[a 7] | █ Independent | ||
| April 12, 2021[14] | █ Independent | Reinstated | █ CAQ | ||||
| Rousseau | March 30, 2021[15] | Louis-Charles Thouin | █ CAQ | Withdrew from caucus[a 8] | █ Independent | ||
| September 14, 2021[16] | █ Independent | Reinstated | █ CAQ | ||||
| Bonaventure | June 4, 2021[17] | Sylvain Roy | █ Parti Québécois | Withdrew from caucus[a 9] | █ Independent | ||
| Iberville | June 15, 2021[18] | Claire Samson | █ CAQ | Expelled from caucus[a 10] | █ Conservative | ||
| Maurice-Richard | November 1, 2021[19] | Marie Montpetit | █ Liberal | Expelled from caucus[a 11] | █ Independent | ||
- ^ from positions of Liberal Party leader and MNA
- ^ for allegedly leaking confidential information to the CAQ in 2016
- ^ claiming that the party had lost its way ideologically
- ^ after winning the election for Mayor of Longueuil
- ^ to spend more time with family
- ^ amid further investigations relating to sexual assault allegations
- ^ for breaking COVID-19 restrictions
- ^ amid an ethics probe
- ^ amid disagreements with party leadership
- ^ after giving a donation to the Conservative Party of Quebec
- ^ after allegations of workplace harassment
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ Pascal Bérubé is interim leader of the Parti québécois.
- ^ Pierre Arcand is interim leader of the Quebec Liberal Party.
- ^ Hinkson, Kamila (October 4, 2018). "Philippe Couillard steps down, making way for a 'new generation' of Quebec Liberals". CBC News. Archived from the original on January 17, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
- ^ "Roberval elects CAQ candidate Nancy Guillemette". CTV News. December 11, 2018. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
- ^ "Guy Ouellette expelled from Liberal caucus". CBC News. October 5, 2018. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
- ^ "'Destroyed' by investigation, Guy Ouellette sues Quebec government for $550K". CBC News. November 22, 2018. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
- ^ "'They've lost their way': PQ MNA Catherine Fournier quits party". CTV Montreal. March 11, 2019. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
- ^ "Élection de Catherine Fournier | QS ne laissera pas le champ libre à St-Pierre Plamondon dans Marie-Victorin". November 8, 2021.
- ^ "CAQ's Shirley Dorismond wins byelection in Marie-Victorin, a PQ stronghold". CBC News. April 12, 2022. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
- ^ Authier, Philip (August 31, 2019). "Former Liberal minister Sébastien Proulx announces he's leaving politics". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
- ^ "Liberal stronghold in Quebec City falls to the CAQ in by-election". CTV News Montreal, December 2, 2019.
- ^ "Harold LeBel removed from Parti Québécois caucus following arrest". Rimouski: Global News. December 15, 2020. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
- ^ "Quebec MNA out of CAQ caucus after flouting coronavirus rules". Rivière-du-Loup: Global News. December 17, 2020. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
- ^ "Denis Tardif réintègre le caucus caquiste" (in Canadian French). Rivière-du-Loup: Le Journal de Québec. April 12, 2021. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
- ^ "Rousseau MNA Louis-Charles Thouin withdraws from CAQ caucus amid ethics probe".
- ^ "Fin de l'enquête de l'UPAC : le député Louis-Charles Thouin réintègre le caucus de la CAQ". Le Journal de Montréal. 14 September 2021.
- ^ Roy, Sylvain. "Sylvain Roy on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
- ^ "Claire Samson booted from CAQ caucus over donation to rival party". June 16, 2021. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
- ^ "Quebec Liberals eject Marie Montpetit from caucus over harassment allegations | CBC News".