List of premiers of Quebec

Jean Charest is the current premier of Quebec.

This is a list of the premiers of the province of Quebec, Canada, since Confederation in 1867. Quebec uses a unicameral (originally bicameral) Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which the premier is the leader of the party that controls the most seats in the National Assembly (previously called the Legislative Assembly). The premier, sometimes called the prime minister, is Quebec's head of government, while the Queen of Canada is its head of state and is represented by the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec. The premier picks a cabinet from the elected members to form the Executive Council of Quebec, and presides over that body.

Members are first elected to the legislature during general elections. General elections must be conducted every five years from the date of the last election, but the premier may ask for early dissolution of the legislative assembly. An election may also happen if the Governing party loses the confidence of the legislature, by the defeat of a supply bill or tabling of a confidence motion.

This article only covers the time since the Canadian Confederation was created in 1867. For the premiers of the Canada East from 1840 to 1867, see List of Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada. The governments of Lower Canada from 1792 to 1840 were mostly controlled by representatives of the Crown.

1 Premiers of Quebec since 1867
2 Living former premiers
3 Footnotes
4 References
5 See also

Premiers of Quebec since 1867

Parti conservateur du Québec Union Nationale Parti libéral du Québec Parti Québécois

Premier (party)			Period	Assem- blies	Elections	District (region)
	1st	Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau (Conservative)	July 15, 1867 February 25, 1873	1st 2nd ...	Elected Aug.-Sep. 1867 Re-elected Jun.-Jul. 1871 Resigned (moved to federal politics) Feb. 25, 1873	Québec (Québec)
	2nd	Gédéon Ouimet (Conservative)	February 27, 1873 September 22, 1874	... ...	Designated Feb. 27, 1873 Resigned (Retired) Sep. 22, 1874	Deux-Montagnes (Laurentides)
	3rd	Charles Boucher de Boucherville (Conservative) (1st time of 2)	September 22, 1874 March 8, 1878	... 3rd ...	Designated Sep. 22, 1874 Re-elected Jul. 7, 1875 Dismissed by L-G Mar. 8, 1878	Montarville ^[1] (Montérégie)
	4th	Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière (Liberal)	March 8, 1878 October 31, 1879	... 4th ...	Designated Mar. 8, 1878 Re-elected May 1, 1878 to a minority Resigned (non-confidence) Oct. 31, 1879	Lotbinière (Chaudière-Appalaches)
	5th	Sir Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau (Conservative)	October 31, 1879 July 31, 1882	... 5th ...	Designated Oct. 31, 1879 to a minority Re-elected Dec. 2, 1881 Resigned (moved to federal politics) Jul. 31, 1882	Terrebonne (Lanaudière)
	6th	Joseph-Alfred Mousseau (Conservative)	July 31, 1882 January 23, 1884	... ...	Designated Jul. 31, 1882 Resigned (moved to the judiciary) Jan. 23, 1884	Jacques-Cartier (Montreal West)
	7th	John Jones Ross (Conservative)	January 23, 1884 January 25, 1887	... 6th ...	Designated Jan. 23, 1884 Re-elected Oct. 14, 1886 to a minority Resigned (moved to federal politics) Jan. 25, 1887	Shawinigan ^[2] (Mauricie)
	8th	Louis-Olivier Taillon (Conservative) (1st time of 2)	January 25, 1887 January 29, 1887	... ...	Designated Jan. 25, 1887 to a minority Resigned (due to 6th election) Jan. 29, 1887	Montcalm (Lanaudière)
	9th	Honoré Mercier (Parti National) ^[3]	January 29, 1887 December 21, 1891	... 7th ...	Designated Jan. 29, 1887 Re-elected Jun. 17, 1890 Dismissed by L-G Dec. 21, 1891	Saint-Hyacinthe (until 1890) (Montérégie) Bonaventure (after 1890) (Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine)
	-	Charles Boucher de Boucherville (Conservative) (2nd time of 2)	December 21, 1891 December 16, 1892	... 8th ...	Designated Dec. 21, 1891 to a minority Re-elected Mar. 8, 1892 Resigned (moved to judiciary) Dec. 16, 1892	Montarville ^[4] (Montérégie)
	-	Louis-Olivier Taillon (Conservative) (2nd time of 2)	December 16, 1892 May 11, 1896	... ...	Designated Dec. 16, 1892 Resigned (moved to federal politics) May 11, 1896	Chambly (Montérégie)
	10th	Edmund James Flynn (Conservative)	May 11, 1896 May 24, 1897	...	Designated May 11, 1896	Gaspé (Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine)
	11th	Félix-Gabriel Marchand (Liberal)	May 24, 1897 September 25, 1900	9th ...	Elected May 11, 1897 Died in office Sep. 25 1900	Saint-Jean (Montérégie)
	12th	Simon-Napoléon Parent (Liberal)	October 3, 1900 March 23, 1905	... 10th 11th ...	Designated Oct. 3, 1900 Re-elected Dec. 7, 1900 Re-elected Nov. 25, 1904 Resigned (dismissed by party)	Saint-Sauveur (Québec)
	13th	Lomer Gouin (Liberal)	March 23, 1905 July 9, 1920	... 12th 13th 14th 15th ...	Designated Mar. 23, 1905 Re-elected Jun. 8, 1908 Re-elected May 15, 1912 Re-elected May 22, 1916 Re-elected Jun. 23, 1919 Resigned (moved to Legislative Council) Jul. 9, 1920	Montréal no 2 (until 1908) (Montreal East) Portneuf (after 1908) (Québec)
	14th	Louis-Alexandre Taschereau (Liberal)	July 9, 1920 June 11, 1936	... 16th 17th 18th 19th ...	Designated Jul. 9, 1920 Re-elected Feb. 5, 1923 Re-elected May 16, 1927 Re-elected Aug 24, 1931 Re-elected Nov. 25, 1935 Resigned (scandal) Jun. 11, 1936	Montmorency (Québec)
	15th	Adélard Godbout (Liberal) (1st time of 2)	June 11, 1936 August 26, 1936	...	Designated Jun. 11, 1936	L'Islet (Chaudière-Appalaches)
	16th	Maurice Duplessis (Union Nationale) (1st time of 2)	August 26, 1936 November 9, 1939	20th	Elected Aug. 17, 1936	Trois-Rivières (Mauricie)
	-	Adélard Godbout (Liberal) (2nd time of 2)	November 8, 1939 August 30, 1944	21st	Elected Oct. 25, 1939	L'Islet (Chaudière-Appalaches)
	-	Maurice Duplessis (Union Nationale) (2nd time of 2)	August 30, 1944 September 7, 1959	22nd 23rd 24th 25th ...	Elected Aug. 8, 1944 Re-elected Jul. 28, 1948 Re-elected Jul. 16, 1952 Re-elected Jun. 20, 1956 Died in office Sep. 7, 1959	Trois-Rivières (Mauricie)
	17th	Paul Sauvé (Union Nationale)	September 11, 1959 January 2, 1960	... ...	Designated Sep. 11, 1959 Died in office Jan. 2 1960	Deux-Montagnes (Laurentides)
	18th	Antonio Barrette (Union Nationale)	January 8, 1960 July 5, 1960	...	Designated Jan. 8, 1960	Joliette (Lanaudière)
	19th	Jean Lesage (Liberal)	July 5, 1960 June 16, 1966	26th 27th	Elected Jun. 22, 1960 Re-elected Nov. 14, 1962	Québec-Ouest (Québec)
	20th	Daniel Johnson, Sr. (Union Nationale)	June 16, 1966 September 26, 1968	28th ...	Elected Jun. 5, 1966 Died in office Sep. 26, 1968	Bagot (Montérégie)
	21st	Jean-Jacques Bertrand (Union Nationale)	October 2, 1968 May 12, 1970	...	Designated Oct. 2, 1968	Missisquoi (Eastern Townships)
	22nd	Robert Bourassa (Liberal) (1st time of 2)	May 12, 1970 November 25, 1976	29th 30th	Elected Apr. 29, 1970 Re-elected Oct. 29, 1973	Mercier (Montreal East)
[[Image:\|75px\|center]]	23rd	René Lévesque (Parti Québécois)	November 25, 1976 October 3, 1985	31st 32nd ...	Elected Nov. 15, 1976 Re-elected Apr. 13, 1981 Resigned (dismissed by party) Oct. 3, 1985	Taillon (Montérégie)
	24th	Pierre-Marc Johnson (Parti Québécois)	October 3, 1985 December 12, 1985	...	Designated Oct. 3, 1985	Anjou (Montreal East)
	-	Robert Bourassa (Liberal) (2nd time of 2)	December 12, 1985 January 11, 1994	33rd 34th ...	Elected Dec. 2 1985 Re-elected Sep. 25, 1989 Resigned (Retired) Jan. 11, 1994	Saint-Laurent ^[5] (Montreal West)
	25th	Daniel Johnson, Jr. (Liberal)	January 11, 1994 September 26, 1994	...	Designated Jan. 11, 1994	Vaudreuil (Montérégie)
	26th	Jacques Parizeau (Parti Québécois)	September 26, 1994 January 29, 1996	35th ...	Elected Sep. 12, 1994 Resigned (Retired) Jan. 29, 1996	L'Assomption (Lanaudière)
	27th	Lucien Bouchard (Parti Québécois)	January 29, 1996 March 8, 2001	... 36th ...	Designated Jan. 29, 1996 Re-elected Nov. 30, 1998 Resigned (Retired) Mar. 8, 2001	Jonquière (Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean)
	28th	Bernard Landry (Parti Québécois)	March 8, 2001 April 29, 2003	...	Designated Mar. 8, 2001	Verchères (Montérégie)
	29th	Jean Charest (Liberal)	April 29, 2003 present	37th 38th 39th	Elected Apr. 14, 2003 Re-Elected March 26, 2007 to a minority Re-Elected December 8, 2008	Sherbrooke (Eastern Townships)

Living former premiers

As of January 2010^[update], five former premiers are alive, the oldest being Jacques Parizeau (1994–1996, born 1930). The most recent premier to die was Robert Bourassa (1970–1976, 1985–1994), on October 2, 1996.

Name	Term	Date of birth
Pierre-Marc Johnson	1985	July 5, 1946 (1946-07-05) (age 64)
Daniel Johnson, Jr.	1994	December 24, 1944 (1944-12-24) (age 66)
Jacques Parizeau	1994–1996	August 9, 1930 (1930-08-09) (age 80)
Lucien Bouchard	1996–2001	December 22, 1938 (1938-12-22) (age 72)
Bernard Landry	2001–2003	March 9, 1937 (1937-03-09) (age 73)

Footnotes

↑ Charles Boucher de Boucherville was not a member of the Legislative Assembly during his tenure as Premier. He was a member of the upper house, the Legislative Council.
↑ John Jones Ross was not a member of the Legislative Assembly during his tenure as Premier. He was a member of the upper house, the Legislative Council.
↑ In the aftermath of the execution of Louis Riel, Honoré Mercier founded the Parti National, in order to bring Conservative dissidents to the Liberal Party. From 1885 to 1891, the Liberal Party is also called Parti National.
↑ Charles Boucher de Boucherville was not a member of the Legislative Assembly during his tenure as Premier. He was a member of the upper house, the Legislative Council.
↑ In 1985, Liberal Leader Robert Bourassa lost his seat in the district of Bertrand. On January 20, 1986, he won a by-election in the district of Saint-Laurent, after a member of the legislature from his party resigned his seat.

References

Government of Québec (2003-04-29). "Les premiers ministres du Québec depuis 1867" (in French). Informations historiques. National Assembly of Quebec. http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/patrimoine/pm.html. Retrieved 2007-01-11.
Quebec Politique. "Élections English". QuébecPolitique.com. http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/index-en.html. Retrieved 2006-12-16.

List of premiers of Quebec

Contents

Premiers of Quebec since 1867

Living former premiers

Footnotes

References

See also