| 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
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
| 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| Resigned from party | Withdrawn from caucus | Resignation | Expulsion | Reinstatement | Change of allegiance |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 | Philippe Couillard | █ Liberal | Resignation | December 10, 2018 | Nancy Guillemette | █ CAQ |
| Chomedey | October 5, 2018 | Guy Ouellette | █ Liberal | Expelled from caucus | █ Independent | ||
| Marie-Victorin | March 11, 2019 | Catherine Fournier | █ Parti Québécois | Resigned from caucus | █ Independent | ||
| November 1, 2021 | █ Independent | Resignation | April 12, 2022 | Shirley Dorismond | █ CAQ | ||
| Jean-Talon | August 30, 2019 | Sébastien Proulx | █ Liberal | Resignation | December 2, 2019 | Joëlle Boutin | █ CAQ |
| Rimouski | December 15, 2020 | Harold LeBel | █ Parti Québécois | Expelled from caucus | █ Independent | ||
| Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata | December 17, 2020 | Denis Tardif | █ CAQ | Expelled from caucus | █ Independent | ||
| April 12, 2021 | █ Independent | Reinstated | █ CAQ | ||||
| Rousseau | March 30, 2021 | Louis-Charles Thouin | █ CAQ | Withdrew from caucus | █ Independent | ||
| September 14, 2021 | █ Independent | Reinstated | █ CAQ | ||||
| Bonaventure | June 4, 2021 | Sylvain Roy | █ Parti Québécois | Withdrew from caucus | █ Independent | ||
| Iberville | June 15, 2021 | Claire Samson | █ CAQ | Expelled from caucus | █ Conservative | ||
| Maurice-Richard | November 1, 2021 | Marie Montpetit | █ Liberal | Expelled from caucus | █ 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
- 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".