National Assembly of Quebec

Assemblée nationale du Québec National Assembly of Quebec (English)
41st Quebec Legislature
Type
Type	Unicameral house of the Quebec Legislature
History
Founded	December 31, 1968 (1968-12-31)
Preceded by	Legislative Assembly of Quebec
Leadership
Lieutenant Governor	J. Michel Doyon Since 24 September 2015
President	Jacques Chagnon, PLQ Since 5 April 2011
Premier	Philippe Couillard, PLQ Since 23 April 2014
Government House Leader	Jean-Marc Fournier, PLQ Since 23 April 2014
Opposition Leader	Jean-François Lisée, PQ Since 7 October 2016
Opposition House Leader	Pascal Bérubé, PQ Since 13 October 2016
Structure
Seats	125 members of Assembly
Political groups	Governing Party   PLQ (70) Opposition Parties   PQ (30)   CAQ (21)   QS (3)   Independent (1)
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	April 7, 2014
Next election	October 1, 2018 or earlier
Meeting place
Parliament Building, Quebec City, Quebec
Website
www.assnat.qc.ca

Governing Party

Opposition Parties

The National Assembly of Quebec (French: Assemblée nationale du Québec) is the legislative body of the Province of Quebec in Canada. Legislators are called MNAs (Members of the National Assembly; French: députés). The Lieutenant Governor, and the National Assembly compose the Legislature of Quebec, which operates in a fashion similar to those of other Westminster-style parliamentary systems.

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 current President of the National Assembly (equivalent to speaker in other legislatures) is Liberal MNA Jacques Chagnon.

The Legislative Assembly was created in Lower Canada by the Constitutional Act of 1791. It was abolished from 1841 to 1867 under the 1840 Act of Union which merged Upper Canada and Lower Canada into a single colony named the Province of Canada.