Previous Lieutenant Governors

Before Confederation and under both the British and the French regime, the governors and other representatives (sometimes called “lieutenant governors”) of the ruling sovereign, lived in Québec.

The democratic parliamentary system as we know it today, comprised of the Governor General, Lieutenant Governors and legislative chambers, was established in 1867 under the British North America Act, in which their respective roles and powers are enshrined.

Every Lieutenant Governors has a chapter in the illustrated book entitled L’histoire du Québec à travers ses lieutenants-gouverneurs, available at Publications du Québec outlets.

In addition, the Assembly nationale du Québec Web site features a biography of each of the Lieutenant Governors of Québec (in French). To access this information, click on the appropriate name from the following list:

	1867-1873 The Honourable Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau, K.C.M.G.
	1873-1876 The Honourable René-Édouard Caron
	1876-1879 The Honourable Luc Letellier de Saint-Just
	1879-1884 The Honourable Théodore Robitaille, C.P.
	1884-1887 The Honourable Louis-François-Rodrigue Masson
	1887-1892 The Honourable Auguste-Réal Angers
	1892-1898 The Honourable Sir Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau
	1898-1908 The Honourable Sir Louis-Amable Jetté, K.C.M.G., C.R.
	1908-1911 The Honourable Sir Pantaléon Pelletier, K.C.M.G., C.R.
	1911-1915 The Honourable Sir François Langelier, K.C.M.G.
	1915-1918 The Honourable Sir Pierre-Évariste Leblanc, K.C.M.G.
	1918-1923 The Right Honourable Sir Charles Fitzpatrick, K.C.M.G., C.R.
	1923-1924 L’honorable Louis-Philippe Brodeur
	1924-1929 The Honourable Narcisse Pérodeau
	1929 The Honourable Sir Lomer Gouin, K.C.M.G.
	1929-1934 The Honourable Henry George Carroll, C.R.
	1934-1939 The Honourable Ésioff-Léon Patenaude, C.R.
	1939-1950 Major General The Honourable Sir Eugène Fiset, Kt.C.M.G., D.S.O., M.D.
	1950-1958 The Honourable Gaspard Fauteux, C.P., D.D.S.
	1958-1961 The Honourable Onésime Gagnon, C.P.
	1961-1966 The Honourable Paul Comtois, C.P.
	1966-1978 The Honourable Hugues Lapointe, C.P., C.D., C.R.
	1978-1984 The Honourable Jean-Pierre Côté, C.P.
	1984-1990 Colonel The Honourable Gilles Lamontagne, C.P., C.D.
	1990-1996 The Right Honourable Martial Asselin, C.P., C.R.
	1996-1997 The Honourable Jean-Louis Roux, C.C., C.Q.
	1997-2007 The Honourable Lise Thibault