The 32nd National Assembly of Quebec was the provincial legislature in Quebec, Canada that was elected in the 1981 Quebec general election. It sat for a total of five sessions from May 19, 1981, to June 18, 1981; from September 30, 1981, to October 2, 1981; from November 9, 1981, to March 10, 1983; from March 23, 1983, to June 20, 1984; and from October 16, 1984, to October 10, 1985. The Parti Québécois government was led by Premier René Lévesque for most of the mandate, and by Pierre-Marc Johnson for a few months prior to the 1985 election. The Liberal opposition was led by Claude Ryan, by interim Liberal leader Gérard D. Levesque, and then by Robert Bourassa.
Seats per political party
After the 1981 elections
Affiliation Members Parti Québécois 80 Parti libéral du Québec 42 Total 122 Government Majority 38
Member list
This was the list of members of the National Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1981 election:
NamePartyRidingFirst elected / previously electedNo. of termsJean-Paul BordeleauParti QuébécoisAbitibi-Est 19762nd termFrançois GendronParti QuébécoisAbitibi-Ouest1976 2nd termPierre-Marc JohnsonParti QuébécoisAnjou19762nd termClaude RyanLibéralArgenteuil19792nd termJacques BarilParti QuébécoisArthabaska 1976 2nd termAdrien OuelletteParti QuébécoisBeauce-Nord 19762nd termHermann MathieuLibéralBeauce-Sud 19792nd termLaurent LavigneParti QuébécoisBeauharnois19762nd termClaude LachanceParti QuébécoisBellechasse19811st termAlbert HoudeLibéralBerthier 19811st termDenis LazureParti QuébécoisBertrand 19762nd termRobert Bourassa (1985)Libéral1966, 19854th term*Gérard D. LevesqueLibéralBonaventure19568th termPatrice LaplanteParti QuébécoisBourassa19762nd termCamille LaurinParti QuébécoisBourget 1970, 19763rd term*Claude Trudel (1985)Libéral19851st term Pierre ParadisLibéralBrome-Missisquoi19802nd termLuc TremblayParti QuébécoisChambly 19811st termMarcel GagnonParti QuébécoisChamplain 19762nd termJohn J. KehoeLibéralChapleau19811st termDenis de BellevalParti QuébécoisCharlesbourg19762nd termMarc-Yvan Côté (1983)Libéral1973, 19832nd term*Raymond MaillouxLibéralCharlevoix 1962 6th termRoland DussaultParti QuébécoisChâteauguay 19762nd termRaymond BrouilletParti QuébécoisChauveau19811st termMarc-André BédardParti QuébécoisChicoutimi 19733rd termLise BaconLibéralChomedey1973, 19812nd term*Guy TardifParti QuébécoisCrémazie 19762nd termHerbert MarxLibéralD'Arcy-McGee 1979 2nd termPierre de BellefeuilleParti QuébécoisDeux-Montagnes19762nd termIndependentParti IndépendantisteHuguette LachapelleParti QuébécoisDorion19811st termMichel ClairParti QuébécoisDrummond 19762nd termHubert DesbiensParti QuébécoisDubuc 19762nd termDenis PerronParti QuébécoisDuplessis1976 2nd termMichel LeducParti QuébécoisFabre 19811st termGilles GrégoireParti QuébécoisFrontenac1976 2nd termIndependentHenri Le MayParti QuébécoisGaspé 19811st termMichel GrattonLibéralGatineau 19724th termJacques RochefortParti QuébécoisGouin1981 1st termElie FalluParti QuébécoisGroulx 1976 2nd termGilles RocheleauLibéralHull 19811st termClaude DuboisLibéralHuntingdon19762nd termJacques BeauséjourParti QuébécoisIberville19762nd termDenise LeblancParti QuébécoisÎles-de-la-Madeleine1976 2nd termIndependentJoan DoughertyLibéralJacques-Cartier 19811st termMichel BissonnetLibéralJeanne-Mance 19811st termJean-Claude RivestLibéralJean-Talon 1979 2nd termCarmen JuneauParti QuébécoisJohnson 19811st termGuy ChevretteParti QuébécoisJoliette 19762nd termClaude VaillancourtParti QuébécoisJonquière1976 2nd termAline Saint-Amand (1983)Libéral19831st termLéonard LévesqueParti QuébécoisKamouraska-Témiscouata 19762nd term Jacques LéonardParti QuébécoisLabelle 19762nd termIndependentThérèse Lavoie-RouxLibéralL'Acadie1976 2nd termJacques BrassardParti QuébécoisLac-Saint-Jean 19762nd termMarcel LégerParti QuébécoisLaFontaine19704th termPauline MaroisParti QuébécoisLa Peltrie 19811st termAndré BourbeauLibéralLaporte 19811st termJean-Pierre SaintongeLibéralLa Prairie 19811st termJacques ParizeauParti QuébécoisL'Assomption 19762nd termJean-Guy Gervais (1985)Libéral1985 1st term Christos SirrosLibéralLaurier 19811st termBernard LandryParti QuébécoisLaval-des-Rapides19762nd termJean-Pierre JolivetParti QuébécoisLaviolette 1976 2nd termJean GaronParti QuébécoisLévis1976 2nd termRaymond GravelParti QuébécoisLimoilou1976 2nd termRodrigue BironParti Québécois Lotbinière 19762nd termClaude MorinParti QuébécoisLouis-Hébert19762nd termRéjean Doyon (1982)Libéral1982 1st termLouise HarelParti QuébécoisMaisonneuve 19811st termFernand LalondeLibéralMarguerite-Bourgeoys 19733rd termGilles Fortin (1984)Libéral1984 1st termPierre MaroisParti QuébécoisMarie-Victorin 19762nd termGuy Pratt (1984)Libéral19841st termClaude DauphinLibéralMarquette19811st termYvon PicotteLibéralMaskinongé1973 3rd termYves BérubéParti QuébécoisMatane1976 2nd termLéopold MarquisParti QuébécoisMatapédia 1976 2nd termFabien BélangerLibéralMégantic-Compton 1980 2nd termMadeleine Bélanger (1983)Libéral1983 1st termGérald GodinParti QuébécoisMercier1976 2nd termJean-Paul ChampagneParti QuébécoisMille-Îles 19811st termJacques LeBlancParti QuébécoisMontmagny-L'Islet19811st termClément RichardParti QuébécoisMontmorency 19762nd termJohn CiacciaLibéralMont-Royal 19733rd termClifford LincolnLibéralNelligan 19811st termYves BeaumierParti QuébécoisNicolet 19811st termReed ScowenLibéralNotre-Dame-de-Grâce 19782nd termGeorges VaillancourtLibéralOrford19607th termPierre FortierLibéralOutremont1980 2nd termMark AssadLibéralPapineau1970, 19813rd term* Robert MiddlemissLibéralPontiac 19811st termMichel PagéLibéralPortneuf19733rd termRobert DeanParti QuébécoisPrévost 19811st termMaurice MartelParti Québécois Richelieu 1966, 1976 3rd term*Yvon VallièresLibéralRichmond1973, 19812nd term*Alain MarcouxParti QuébécoisRimouski 19762nd termJules BoucherParti QuébécoisRivière-du-Loup 19762nd termIndependentJohn O'GallagherLibéralRobert-Baldwin 19762nd termMichel GauthierParti QuébécoisRoberval 19811st termGilbert PaquetteParti QuébécoisRosemont 19762nd termIndependentRené BlouinParti QuébécoisRousseau1981 1st termGilles BarilParti QuébécoisRouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue 19811st termLucien LessardParti QuébécoisSaguenay 19704th termGhislain Maltais (1983)Libéral19831st termMaximilien PolakLibéralSaint-Anne 19811st termGuy BisaillonParti QuébécoisSainte-Marie1976 2nd termIndependentRéal RancourtParti QuébécoisSaint-François 19762nd termRoma HainsLibéralSaint-Henri 19811st termMaurice DupréParti QuébécoisSaint-Hyacinthe 19811st termClaude CharronParti QuébécoisSaint-Jacques19704th termSerge Champagne (1983)Libéral1983 1st termJean-François Viau (1984)Libéral1984 1st termJérôme ProulxParti Québécois Saint-Jean1966, 19763rd term*IndependentParti QuébécoisClaude ForgetLibéralSaint-Laurent1973 3rd termGermain Leduc (1982)Libéral19821st termHarry BlankLibéralSaint-Louis 19607th termYves DuhaimeParti QuébécoisSaint-Maurice 1976 2nd termJacques-Yvan MorinParti QuébécoisSauvé1973 3rd termMarcel Parent (1984)Libéral1984 1st termRoger ParéParti QuébécoisShefford1981 1st termRaynald FréchetteParti Québécois Sherbrooke 1966, 19812nd term*René LévesqueParti QuébécoisTaillon1960, 19765th term* Richard GuayParti QuébécoisTaschereau 19762nd termYves BlaisParti QuébécoisTerrebonne 1981 1st termDenis VaugeoisParti QuébécoisTrois-Rivières 19762nd termPaul Philibert (1985)Libéral1985 1st term Marcel LafrenièreParti QuébécoisUngava 19811st termDavid PayneParti QuébécoisVachon 19811st termJean-François BertrandParti QuébécoisVanier 19762nd termDaniel Johnson Jr.LibéralVaudreuil-Soulanges1981 1st termJean-Pierre CharbonneauParti QuébécoisVerchères 19762nd termLucien CaronLibéralVerdun 1970 4th termWilliam CusanoLibéralViau 1981 1st termCosmo MaciociaLibéralViger 19811st term Jean-Guy RodrigueParti QuébécoisVimont 1981 1st termRichard FrenchLibéralWestmount 1981 1st term
Other elected MNAs
Other MNAs were elected in by-elections during this mandate
Réjean Doyon, Quebec Liberal Party, Louis-Hébert, April 5, 1982 Germain Leduc, Quebec Liberal Party, Saint-Laurent, April 5, 1982 Marc-Yvan Côté, Quebec Liberal Party, Charlesbourg, June 20, 1983 Ghislain Maltais, Quebec Liberal Party, Saguenay, June 20, 1983 Serge Champagne, Quebec Liberal Party, Saint-Jacques, June 20, 1983 Aline Saint-Amand, Quebec Liberal Party, Jonquière, December 5, 1983 Madeleine Bélanger, Quebec Liberal Party, Mégantic-Compton, December 5, 1983 Gilles Fortin, Quebec Liberal Party, Marguerite-Bourgeoys, June 18, 1984 Marcel Parent, Quebec Liberal Party, Sauvé, June 18, 1984 Jean-François Viau, Quebec Liberal Party, Saint-Jacques, November 26, 1984 Robert Bourassa, Quebec Liberal Party, Bertrand (Montérégie), June 3, 1985 Claude Trudel, Quebec Liberal Party, Bourget, June 3, 1985 Jean-Guy Gervais, Quebec Liberal Party, L'Assomption, June 3, 1985 Paul Philibert, Quebec Liberal Party, Trois-Rivières, June 3, 1985
Cabinet Ministers
Levesque Cabinet (1981-1985)
Prime Minister and Executive Council President: René Lévesque Deputy Premier: Jacques-Yvan Morin (1981–1984), Camille Laurin (1984), Marc-André Bédard (1984–1985) Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Jean Garon Labor, Workforce and Revenue Security: Raynald Fréchette (1981–1982) Labor: Raynald Fréchette (1982–1985) Workforce and Revenue Security: Pierre Marois (1982–1983), Pauline Marois (1983–1985) Employment: Robert Dean (1984–1985) Public Works and Provisioning: Alain Marcoux (1981–1984) Administration: Yves Bérubé (1981–1982), Michel Clair (1984–1985) Administration Reform: Yves Bérubé (1982–1984) Public Office: Denise Leblanc (1981–1984) Cultural Affairs: Clément Richard Cultural and Science Development: Jacques-Yvan Morin (1981–1982), Gerald Godin (1982) Cultural Communities and Immigration: Gérald Godin (1981–1984, 1984–1985), Louise Harel (1984), Pierre-Marc Johnson (1984) Social Affairs: Pierre-Marc Johnson (1981–1984), Camille Laurin (1984), Michel Clair (1984), Guy Chevrette (1984–1985) Health and Social Services: Guy Chevrette (1985) Social Development: Denis Lazure (1981–1982) Family Policies: Yves Beaumier (1985) Status of Women : Pauline Marois (1981–1983, 1985), Denise Leblanc (1983–1984), René Lévesque (1984–1985), Francine Lalonde (1985) Language Affairs: Gérald Godin (1984) Education: Camille Laurin (1981–1984), Yves Bérubé (1984), François Gendron (1984) Science and Technology:Gilbert Paquette (1982–1984), Yves Bérubé (1984) Superior Education in Science and Technology: Yves Bérubé (1984–1985) Recreation, Hunting and Fishing: Lucien Lessard (1981–1982), Guy Chevrette (1982–1984), Jacques Brassard (1984–1985) Transportation: Michel Clair (1981–1984), Jacques Léonard (1984), Guy Tardif (1984–1985) Communications: Jean-François Bertrand Relations with Citizens: Denis Lazure (1982–1984), Élie Fallu (1984–1985) Municipal Affairs:Jacques Léonard (1981–1984), Alain Marcoux (1984–1985) Environment: Marcel Léger (1981–1982), Adrien Ouellette (1982–1985) Energy and Resources: Yves Duhaime (1981–1984), Jean-Guy Rodrigue (1984) Forests: Jean-Pierre Jolivet (1984–1985) Intergovernmental Affairs: Claude Morin (1981–1982), Jacques-Yvan Morin (1982–1984) Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs: Pierre-Marc Johnson (1984–1985) International Relations: Bernard Landry (1984–1985) Electoral reform: Marc-André Bedard Parliamentary Affairs: Claude Charron Industry, Commerce and Tourism: Rodrigue Biron (1981–1984) Industry and Commerce: Rodrigue Biron (1984–1985) Tourism: Marcel Léger (1984–1985) Planning: François Gendron (1981–1982) Planning and Regional Development: François Gendron (1982–1984) Development and Regional Roads: Henri Lemay (1984–1985) Housing and Consumer's Protection: Guy Tardif (1981–1984), Jacques Rochefort (1984–1985) Justice: Marc-André Bédard (1981–1984), Pierre-Marc Johnson (1984–1985) Finances: Jacques Parizeau (1981–1984), Yves Duhaime (1984–1985)