As of the 2022 Quebec general election, the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) has the most seats in the Assembly.

[3] Previously, there had been no fixed designation, but they had often been referred to as "Members of the Legislative Assembly" (MLAs) (membres de l'Assemblée législative (M.A.L.s)), which Premier Maurice Duplessis noted in his speech on the bill, "can sometimes be pronounced as 'mal', which means 'evil' in French.

In 1984, Canadian Forces corporal Denis Lortie stormed into the Parliament Building and opened fire, killing three government employees and wounding thirteen others.

[citation needed] Its façade presents a pantheon representing significant events and people of the history of Quebec.

"[10] 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.

In each riding, the candidate who receives the most votes is elected and becomes a member of the National Assembly (MNA).

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.

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

Any member of the assembly is eligible to stand for election, other than party leaders and Cabinet ministers.

The proceedings of the National Assembly are broadcast across Quebec on the cable television network Canal de l'Assemblée nationale.