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Former Lieutenant Governors of Quebec


Lieutenant Governors are appointed by the Governor General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Canada and the Federal Cabinet. The appointment is for a period of not less than five years and the salary is paid by the federal government.

The complex list of leaders listed below is due to the consitutional changes to the region we now know as the Province of Quebec. From 1791 - 1841, Lower Canada had Lieutenant Governors, from 1841 - 1867, Canada East had Governors General, and from 1867 until the present, the Province of Quebec has had Lieutenant Governors once again.

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Lower Canada

Dates of OfficeLieutenant Governor(Born - Died)
26 Dec 1791 - 15 Dec 1796Guy Carleton, Baron Dorchester(b. 1724 - d. 1808)
15 Dec 1796 - 30 Jul 1799Robert Prescott(b. 1725 - d. 1815)
30 Jul 1799 - 12 Aug 1805Sir Robert Shore Milnes (b. 1746 - d. 1837)
12 Aug 1805 - 24 Oct 1807Thomas Dunn(b. 1729 - d. 1818)
24 Oct 1807 - 19 Jun 1811Sir James Henry Craig(b. 1748 - d. 1812)
19 Jun 1811 - 14 Sep 1811Thomas Dunn(b. 1729 - d. 1818)
14 Sep 1811 - 4 Apr 1815Sir George Prevost(b. 1767 - d. 1816)
4 Apr 1815 - 21 May 1816Sir Gordon Drummond(b. 1771 - d. 1854)
21 May 1816 - 12 Jul 1816John Wilson
12 Jul 1816 - 30 Jul 1818Sir John Coape Sherbrooke(b. 1764 - d. 1830)
30 Jul 1818 - 28 Aug 1819Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond (b. 1764 - d. 1819)
28 Aug 1819 - 8 Sep 1828George Ramsay, Earl of Dalhousie(b. 1770 - d. 1838)
8 Sep 1828 - 20 Oct 1830Sir James Kempt(b. 1764 - d. 1854)
20 Oct 1830 - 24 Aug 1835Matthew Whitworth, Baron Aylmer (b. 1775 - d. 1850)
24 Aug 1835 - 30 Mar 1838Archibald Acheson, Earl of Gosford(b. 1776 - d. 1849)
30 Mar 1838 - 29 May 1838Sir John Colborne(b. 1778 - d. 1863)
29 May 1838 - 17 Jan 1839 John George Lambton, Earl of Durham(b. 1792 - d. 1840)
1 Nov 1838 - 19 Oct 1839Sir John Colborne(b. 1778 - d. 1863)
19 Oct 1839 - 5 Feb 1841Charles Edward Poulett Thomson, Baron Sydenham (b. 1799 - d. 1841)


Canada East

Dates of OfficeGovernor General(Born - Died)
1841-1867



Province of Quebec

Dates of OfficeLieutenant Governor(Born - Died)
01 Jul 1867 - 11 Feb 1873The Honourable Sir Narcisse Fortunat Belleau(b. 1808 - d. 1894)
11 Feb 1873 - 13 Dec 1876The Honourable René Édouard Caron(b. 1800 - d. 1876)
15 Dec 1876 - 26 Jul 1879The Honourable Luc Letellier de St.-Just(b. 1820 - d. 1881)
26 Jul 1879 - 04 Oct 1884The Honourable Théodore Robitaille(b. 1834 - d. 1897)
04 Oct 1884 - 04 Oct 1887The Honourable Louis François Rodrigue Masson(b. 1833 - d. 1903)
04 Oct 1887 - 05 Dec 1892The Honourable Sir Auguste Réal Angers(b. 1838 - d. 1919)
05 Dec 1892 - 20 Jan 1898The Honourable Sir Joseph Adolphe Chapleau(b. 1840 - d. 1898)
20 Jan 1898 - 15 Sep 1908The Honourable Sir Louis Amable Jotte(b. 1836 - d. 1920)
15 Sep 1908 - 29 Apr 1911The Honourable Sir Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier(b. 1837 - d. 1911)
05 May 1911 - 08 Feb 1915The Honourable Sir François Charles Stanislas Langelier(b. 1838 - d. 1915)
08 Feb 1915 - 18 Oct 1918The Honourable Sir Pierre Laurent Damase Évariste LeBlanc(b. 1853 - d. 1918)
21 Oct 1918 - 31 Oct 1923The Right Honourable Sir Charles Fitzpatrick(b. 1853 - d. 1942)
31 Oct 1923 - 01 Jan 1924The Honourable Louis-Philippe Brodeur(b. 1862 - d. 1924)
08 Jan 1924 - 31 Dec 1928The Honourable Narcisse Perodeau(b. 1851 - d. 1932)
31 Dec 1928 - 28 Mar 1929The Honourable Sir Jean Lomer Gouin(b. 1861 - d. 1929)
02 Apr 1929 - 29 Apr 1934The Honourable Henry George Carroll(b. 1865 - d. 1939)
29 Apr 1934 - 30 Dec 1939The Honourable Ésioff Léon Patenaude(b. 1875 - d. 1963)
30 Dec 1939 - 03 Oct 1945Major General The Honourable Sir Eugène Fiset(b. 1874 - d. 1951)
03 Oct 1945 - 14 Feb 1958The Honourable Gaspard Fauteux(b. 1898 - d. 1964)
14 Feb 1958 - 12 Oct 1961The Honourable Onésime Gagnon(b. 1888 - d. 1961)
12 Oct 1961 - 22 Feb 1966The Honourable Paul Comtois(b. 1895 - d. 1966)
22 Feb 1966 - 27 Apr 1978Colonel The Honourable Hugues Lapointe(b. 1911 - d. 1982)
27 Apr 1978 - 28 Mar 1984The Honourable Jean-Pierre Côté(b. 1926 - d. 2002)
28 Mar 1984 - 09 Aug 1990Colonel The Honourable Gilles Lamontagne(b. 1919 - d. 2016)
09 Aug 1990 - 08 Aug 1996The Right Honourable Martial Asselin(b. 1924 - d. 2013)
08 Aug 1996 - 05 Nov 1996The Honourable Jean-Louis Roux(b. 1923 - d. 2013)
30 Jan 1997 - 07 Jun 2007The Honourable Lise Thibault(b. 1939)
07 Jun 2007 - 24 Sep 2015The Honourable Pierre Duchesne(b. 1940)
24 Sep 2015 - TBA 2023The Honourable Michel Doyon(b. 1943)
TBA 2023 - The Honourable Manon Jeannotte(b. 1970)

See also
Lieutenant Governors of Canada
Province of Quebec

External Links
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec Official Website


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