Lieutenant-Governors of Quebec
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This is a list of viceroys (governors and lieutenant-governors) of the Canadian province of Quebec, before and after Confederation in 1867. For governors preceding the 1759 British conquest, see Governor of New France.
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[edit] Governors of Quebec from the Conquest to the creation of Lower Canada
Quebec was conquered by the British in 1759.
| Name | Term |
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| Jeffrey Amherst | 1760-1763 |
| James Murray | 1764-1768 |
| Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester | 1768-1778 |
| Sir Frederick Haldimand | 1778-1786 |
| Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester | 1786-1791 |
[edit] Lieutenant-Governors of Lower Canada
Lower Canada was created out of the eastern part of Quebec by the Constitutional Act of 1791.
Lord Sydenham was also Governor General of Canada, and united Upper Canada and Lower Canada into the Province of Canada. Lower Canada became Canada East.
[edit] Lieutenant-Governors of Canada East
After Richard Downes Jackson, the Lieutenant-Governors were also simultaneously Governors General.
The Province of Canada was split into Ontario and Quebec after Canadian Confederation in 1867.
[edit] Lieutenant-Governors of Quebec
| Name | Term |
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| Sir Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau | 1867-1873 |
| René-Edouard Caron | 1873-1876 |
| Luc Letellier de Saint-Just | 1876-1879 |
| Théodore Robitaille | 1879-1884 |
| Louis-Francois Rodrigue Masson | 1884-1887 |
| Auguste-Réal Angers | 1887-1892 |
| Sir Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau | 1892-1898 |
| Sir Louis-Amable Jetté | 1898-1908 |
| Sir Pantaléon Pelletier | 1908-1911 |
| Sir François Langelier | 1911-1915 |
| Sir Pierre-Évariste Leblanc | 1915-1918 |
| Sir Charles Fitzpatrick | 1918-1923 |
| Louis-Philippe Brodeur | 1923-1924 |
| Narcisse Pérodeau | 1924-1929 |
| Sir Lomer Gouin | 1929 |
| Henry George Carroll | 1929-1934 |
| Esioff-Léon Patenaude | 1934-1940 |
| Sir Eugène Fiset | 1940-1950 |
| Gaspard Fauteux | 1950-1958 |
| Onésime Gagnon | 1958-1961 |
| Paul Comtois | 1961-1966 |
| Hugues Lapointe | 1966-1978 |
| Jean-Pierre Côté | 1978-1984 |
| Gilles Lamontagne | 1984-1990 |
| Martial Asselin | 1990-1996 |
| Jean-Louis Roux | 1996-1997 |
| Lise Thibault | 1997-present |
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| Lieutenant-Governor: Lise Thibault | Former lieutenant-governors | |
| Premier: Jean Charest | Former premiers | |
| Opposition Leader: Mario Dumont | Former Opposition Leaders | |
| Government of Quebec: Cabinet · Government departments | |
| National Assembly: Current assembly · Government House Leader | |
| President of the Assembly: Michel Bissonnet | |
| National Question: Quebec nationalism • Quebec federalist ideology Quebec sovereignty movement • Referenda on independence: 1995 · 1980 |
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| Elections; Quebec general election, 2003 • Quebec general election, 2007 | |
| Political parties: Parti libéral du Québec • Parti Québécois • Action démocratique du Québec • Parti vert du Québec • Québec solidaire | |
| Other provinces and territories: BC • AB • SK • MB • ON • QC • NB • NS • PEI • NL • YU • NT • NU | |
