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 Elizabeth II, as Queen in Right of Quebec, 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 is Quebec's first female viceroy, 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 over ten years. In 2007, she was accused of overspending her expense account; Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that she would be replaced as Lieutenant-Governor after the provincial election. [1]

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Post-Confederation (1867-present) Belleau \| Caron \| Saint-Just \| Robitaille \| Masson \| Angers \| Chapleau \| Jetté \| Pelletier \| Langelier \| Leblanc \| Fitzpatrick \| Brodeur \| Pérodeau \| Gouin \| Carroll \| Patenaude \| Fiset \| Fauteux \| Gagnon \| Comtois \| Lapointe \| Côté \| Lamontagne \| Asselin \| Roux \| Thibault Province of Canada (1841-1866) Clitherow \| Jackson \| Bagot \| Fernhill \| Cathcart \| Elgin \| Head \| Monck Lower Canada (1791-1841) Prescott \| Milnes \| Dunn \| Craig \| Prevost \| Drummond \| Wilson \| Sherbrooke \| Richmond \| Dalhousie \| Aylmer \| Gosford \| Colborne \| Durham \| Sydenham