Lise Thibault

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Her Honour the Honourable Lise Thibault

Lise Thibault (born April 2, 1939) is a Canadian civil servant who was appointed lieutenant governor of Quebec on January 30, 1997. As a current Vice-Regal Representative of The Queen, she is styled Her Honour while in office, and the Honourable for life.

Born in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Quebec, Thibault has worked for a variety of different organizations in the government of Quebec, including the Department of Education, the Occupational Health and Safety Commission, and the Quebec Bureau for Handicapped Persons.

On the advice of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, Governor General Roméo LeBlanc made her lieutenant governor of Quebec following the resignation of Jean-Louis Roux.

She became Quebec's first female lieutenant governor, and the first disabled lieutenant governor in Canada. Thibault was permanently disabled in a tobogganing accident as a teenager, and uses a wheelchair. In February 2005 Madame Thibault suffered a stroke.

She is the longest serving current lieutenant governor in Canada, having served for almost ten years.