The National Assembly of Quebec (, ) is the legislative body of the province of Quebec in Canada. Legislators are called MNAs (Members of the National Assembly; ). The lieutenant governor of Quebec (representing the King of Canada) and the National Assembly compose the Parliament of Quebec, which operates in a fashion similar to those of other Westminster-style parliamentary systems. The assembly has 127 members elected via first past the post from single-member districts.

The National Assembly was formerly the lower house of Quebec's legislature and was then called the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (). In 1968, the upper house, the Legislative Council, was abolished and the remaining house was renamed. The office of President of the National Assembly is equivalent to speaker in other legislatures. As of the 2022 Quebec general election, the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) has the most seats in the Assembly.

History

The Constitutional Act 1791 created the Parliament of Lower Canada. It consisted of two chambers, the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly. That parliament and both chambers were abolished in 1841 when the Act of Union 1840 merged Upper Canada and Lower Canada into a single province named the Province of Canada. The Act of Union created a new Parliament of the Province of Canada, also composed of a Legislative Council and a Legislative Assembly. That Parliament had jurisdiction over the entire province, with members from Lower Canada and Upper Canada in both houses.

The Constitution Act, 1867 (formerly known as the British North America Act), created the Dominion of Canada, and also created the provinces of Ontario and Quebec by splitting the old Province of Canada into two, based on the old boundaries of Lower Canada and Upper Canada. The act created a new bicameral Legislature for the province of Quebec, composed of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.

In December 1955, the assembly passed a bill according the title "Member of Provincial Parliament" () and the initialism "MPP" () to members of the legislature. Previously, there had been no fixed designation, but they had often been referred to as "Members of the Legislative Assembly" (MLAs) (), which Premier Maurice Duplessis noted in his speech on the bill, "can sometimes be pronounced as '', which means 'evil' in French."

In 1961, Marie-Claire Kirkland became the first woman elected to the Legislative Assembly.

In 1968, Bill 90 was passed by the government of Premier Jean-Jacques Bertrand, abolishing the Legislative Council and renaming the Legislative Assembly the "National Assembly", in line with the more strident nationalism of the Quiet Revolution. Before 1968, there had been various unsuccessful attempts at abolishing the Legislative Council, which was analogous to the Senate of Canada. With the adoption of the new name, members of the assembly were now designated Members of the National Assembly (MNA) in English. In French, they are referred to as either with the initialism M.A.N. or as .

In 1978, television cameras were brought in for the first time to televise parliamentary debates. The colour of the walls was changed to suit the needs of television, and the (green hall) became the (blue hall).

In 1984, Canadian Forces corporal Denis Lortie stormed into the Parliament Building and opened fire, killing three government employees and wounding thirteen others. His intended target was Premier René Lévesque and his Parti Québécois government. However, he was around 15 minutes early and the Assembly floor was still mostly empty; no politicians were shot. He surrendered to police hours later.

Parliament Building

Constructed between 1877 and 1886, the Parliament Building features the Second Empire architectural styleUseful Information – National Assembly of Quebec. Assnat.qc.ca (October 29, 2012). Retrieved July 12, 2013. that was popular for prestigious buildings both in Europe (especially France where the style originated) and the United States during the latter 19th century.

Although somewhat more sober in appearance and lacking a towering central belfry, Quebec City's Parliament Building bears a definite likeness to the Philadelphia City Hall, another Second Empire edifice in North America which was built during the same period. Even though the building's symmetrical layout with a frontal clock tower in the middle is typical of legislative institutions of British heritage, the architectural style is believed to be unique among parliament buildings found in other Canadian provincial capitals. Its façade presents a pantheon representing significant events and people of the history of Quebec.

In 1936, Maurice Duplessis hung a crucifix in the Legislative Assembly chamber. It hung there for 83 years, until it was removed on 10 July 2019.

Additional buildings were added, adjacent to the Parliament Buildings: Édifice André-Laurendeau was added from 1935 to 1937 to house the Ministry of Transport. was added from 1922 to 1925 to house the Ministries of the Treasury (Finance), the Attorney General and the Secretary General of the National Assembly. Édifice Jean-Antoine-Panet was added from 1931 to 1932 for the Ministry of Agriculture. added from 1910 to 1915 for the Library of the National Assembly, various other government offices and for the Executive Council.

Elections General elections are held every four years or less. Since 2014, the legislature has had a fixed four-year term, with elections taking place no later than "the first Monday of October of the fourth calendar year following the year that includes the last day of the previous Legislature." However, the lieutenant governor, acting on the advice of the premier, can dissolve the legislature and call an election earlier. Any Canadian citizen at least 18 years old who has been residing in Quebec for at least six months qualifies to be on the electoral list.

Normally, the lieutenant governor invites the leader of the political party with the largest number of elected candidates to form the government as premier ( in French; French does not make a distinction between premier and prime minister).

Quebec's territory is divided into 125 electoral districts (ridings). In each riding, the candidate who receives the most votes is elected and becomes a member of the National Assembly (MNA). This is the first-past-the-post voting system. It tends to produce strong disparities in the number of seats won compared to the popular vote, perhaps best exemplified by the 1966 (wrong-winner result), 1970 (false-majority result), 1973, and 1998 election (wrong-winner and false-majority result).

Quebec elections have also tended to be volatile since the 1970s, producing a large turnover in seats. Consequently, existing political parties often lose more than half their seats with the rise of new or opposition political parties. For instance, the 1970 and 1973 elections saw the demise of the Union Nationale and rise of the Parti Québécois, which took power in 1976. The 1985 and 1994 elections saw the Liberals gain and lose power in landslide elections. The 2018 elections saw the rise of the Coalition Avenir Québec, which took power for the first time.

Members (2022-2026)

Cabinet ministers are in bold, party leaders are in italic and the president of the National Assembly is marked with a †.

NamePartyRidingFirst elected / previously electedNo. of termsCAQAbitibi-Est 20182nd termIndependentCAQAbitibi-Ouest 20182nd termLiberalAcadie 20221st termCAQAnjou–Louis-Riel20221st termCAQArgenteuil20182nd termCAQArthabaska20163rd termIndependent (since August 11, 2025)Parti Québécois20251st termCAQ Beauce-Nord20182nd termCAQ Beauce-Sud20182nd termCAQ Beauharnois 20182nd termCAQ Bellechasse20182nd termCAQ Berthier 20182nd termCAQBertrand2022 1st termCAQBlainville 20143rd termCAQBonaventure 2022 1st termCAQBorduas20143rd termLiberalBourassa-Sauvé20221st termCAQBrome-Missisquoi20182nd termParti QuébécoisCamille-Laurin 20221st termCAQChambly 20143rd termCAQChamplain 20182nd termCAQChapleau20182nd termCAQCharlesbourg20182nd termCAQCharlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré 20221st termCAQChâteauguay20221st termCAQChauveau 2012, 20183rd term* (until September 4, 2025)CAQChicoutimi20182nd term (since February 23, 2026)Parti Québécois20261st termLiberalChomedey20221st termIndependentCAQChutes-de-la-Chaudière2022 1st termCAQCôte-du-Sud20221st termLiberalD'Arcy-McGee20221st termCAQDeux-Montagnes 2008, 20144th term*CAQDrummond–Bois-Francs2007, 20125th term*CAQDubuc 20182nd termIndependent CAQDuplessis20221st termCAQFabre20221st termCAQGaspé20221st termCAQGatineau 20182nd termQuébec solidaireGouin20173rd termCAQGranby20076th termCAQGroulx20182nd termQuébec solidaireHochelaga-Maisonneuve 20182nd termCAQHull2022 1st termCAQHuntingdon 20221st termCAQIberville20221st termParti QuébécoisÎles-de-la-Madeleine 20182nd termLiberalJacques-Cartier 20182nd termQuébec solidaireJean-Lesage 20182nd termLiberalJeanne-Mance–Viger20085th term (until July 19, 2023)CAQJean-Talon20192nd term (since October 2, 2023)Parti Québécois20231st termCAQJohnson2014 3rd termCAQJoliette 20221st termCAQJonquière 20221st termCAQLabelle 20182nd termCAQLac-Saint-Jean2018 2nd termLiberalLaFontaine20125th termCAQLa Peltrie20076th termLiberalLa Pinière 20221st termCAQLaporte 20221st termIndependentCAQLa Prairie 2012, 20183rd term*IndependentCAQL'Assomption 1998, 20128th term*Québec solidaireLaurier-Dorion20182nd termCAQLaval-des-Rapides20221st termCAQLaviolette–Saint-Maurice 20182nd termCAQLes Plaines2018 2nd termCAQLévis2007, 20225th term*CAQLotbinière-Frontenac2018 2nd termCAQLouis-Hébert 20173rd termLiberalMarguerite-Bourgeoys20221st termCAQMarie-Victorin20222nd termLiberalMarquette20182nd termCAQMaskinongé 20182nd termCAQMasson20143rd termParti QuébécoisMatane-Matapédia 20076th termQuébec solidaireMaurice-Richard 20221st termCAQMégantic2018 2nd termQuébec solidaireMercier 20182nd termLiberalMille-Îles 20221st termCAQMirabel 20143rd termCAQMontarville20124th termCAQMontmorency 1998, 20183rd term*LiberalMont-Royal–Outremont 20221st termLiberalNelligan 20182nd termCAQNicolet-Bécancour20124th termLiberalNotre-Dame-de-Grâce 20221st termCAQOrford20182nd termIndependentCAQPapineau2018 2nd termCAQPointe-aux-Trembles20182nd termLiberalPontiac 20143rd termCAQPortneuf20182nd termCAQPrévost2022 1st termCAQRené-Lévesque20221st termCAQRepentigny 20221st termCAQRichelieu20182nd termCAQRichmond20182nd termCAQRimouski20221st termIndependentPCQCAQRivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata20221st termLiberalRobert-Baldwin 20221st termCAQRoberval 20182nd termQuébec solidaireRosemont20182nd termIndependentCAQRousseau 20182nd term CAQRouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue 2003, 2008, 2022 3rd term*CAQSaint-François 20182nd term (until Dec. 1, 2022)LiberalSaint-Henri–Sainte-Anne20153rd term (since March 13, 2023)Québec solidaire20231st termCAQSaint-Hyacinthe 20143rd termCAQSaint-Jean20182nd termCAQSaint-Jérôme20182nd termIndependentLiberalSaint-Laurent 20182nd termIndependentQuébec solidaireSainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques20143rd termCAQSainte-Rose20182nd termCAQSanguinet 20221st termQuébec solidaireSherbrooke2018 2nd termCAQSoulanges 20182nd termCAQTaillon 20182nd termIndependentCAQQuébec solidaireTaschereau 20221st term (resigned Sept 4)CAQTerrebonne 20182nd term (since March 17, 2025)Parti Québécois20251st termCAQTrois-Rivières 20182nd termCAQUngava 20182nd termCAQVachon20182nd termCAQVanier-Les Rivières 20182nd term Liberal (Until October 2022)Vaudreuil20143rd termIndependentLiberalCAQVerchères 20221st termQuébec solidaireVerdun20221st termLiberalViau20182nd termCAQVimont2022 1st termLiberalWestmount–Saint-Louis2018 2nd term

Seating plan

Most recent election

Changes during the 43rd Quebec Legislature

Members (2026-)

Proceedings