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Main article: 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.

Premiers of Quebec since 1867

  Conservative Party   Quebec Liberal Party   Union Nationale   Parti Québécois   Coalition Avenir Québec


No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Electoral mandates (Assembly) Political party Riding


'1'
Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau
(1820–1890) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent Title created (caretaker government)⁠

1867 election (1st Leg.)⁠

1871 election (2nd Leg.)

Conservative Party MLA for Québec-Comté
Resigned to accept appointment to the Senate of Canada.
'2'
Gédéon Ouimet
(1823–1905) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent Appointment (2nd Leg.) Conservative Party MLA for Deux-Montagnes
Resigned over Tanneries scandal.
'3'
Charles Boucher de Boucherville
(1822–1915) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent Appointment (2nd Leg.)⁠

1875 election (3rd Leg.)

Conservative Party MLC for Montarville
Dismissed by Lieutenant Governor Luc Letellier de St-Just after Letellier refused to approve legislation.
'4'
Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
(1829–1908) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent Appointment (3rd Leg.)⁠

1878 election (4th Leg.)

Liberal Party MLA for Lotbinière
'5'
Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau
(1840–1898) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent Appointment (4th Leg.)⁠

1881 election (5th Leg.)

Conservative Party MLA for Terrebonne
'6'
Joseph-Alfred Mousseau
(1837–1886) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent Appointment (5th Leg.) Conservative Party MLA for Jacques-Cartier
'7'
John Jones Ross
(1831–1901) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent Appointment (5th Leg.)⁠

1886 election (6th Leg.)

Conservative Party MLC for Shawinigan
'8'
Louis-Olivier Taillon
(1840–1901) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent Appointment (6th Leg.) Conservative Party MLA for Montcalm
'9'
Honoré Mercier
(1840–1894) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent Appointment (6th Leg.)⁠

1890 election (7th Leg.)

Parti National MLA for Saint-Hyacinthe (until 1890)

MLA for Bonaventure (after 1890)
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Dismissed by Lieutenant Governor over charges of corruption.
'(3)'
Charles Boucher de Boucherville
(1822–1915) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent Appointment (7th Leg.)⁠

1892 election (8th Leg.)

Conservative Party MLC for Montarville
'(8)'
Louis-Olivier Taillon
(1840–1901) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent Appointment (8th Leg.) Conservative Party MLA for Chambly
'10'
Edmund James Flynn
(1847–1927) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent Appointment (8th Leg.) Conservative Party MLA for Gaspé
Last Conservative premier.
'11'
Félix-Gabriel Marchand
(1832–1900) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent 1897 election (9th Leg.) Liberal Party MLA for Saint-Jean
Died in office.
'12'
Simon-Napoléon Parent
(1855–1920) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent Appointment (9th Leg.)⁠

1900 election (10th Leg.)⁠

1904 election (11th Leg.)

Liberal Party MLA for Saint-Sauveur
'13'
Lomer Gouin
(1861–1929) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent Appointment (11th Leg.)⁠

1908 election (12th Leg.)⁠

1912 election (13th Leg.)⁠

1916 election (14th Leg.)⁠

1919 election (15th Leg.)

Liberal Party MLA for Montréal division no. 2 (until 1908)

MLA for Portneuf (after 1908)
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'14'
Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
(1867–1952) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent Appointment (15th Leg.)⁠

1923 election (16th Leg.)⁠

1927 election (17th Leg.)⁠

1931 election (18th Leg.)⁠

1935 election (19th Leg.)

Liberal Party MLA for Montmorency
Established Quebec Liquor Commission; attempted to create a Jewish school board; Great Depression.
'15'
Adélard Godbout
(1892–1956) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent Appointment (19th Leg.) Liberal Party
(Ldr. 1938) 		MLA for L'Islet
'16'
Maurice Duplessis
(1890–1959) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent 1936 election (20th Leg.) Union Nationale
(Ldr. 1936) 		MLA for Trois-Rivières
Padlock Law.
'(15)'
Adélard Godbout
(1892–1956) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent 1939 election (21st Leg.) Liberal Party
(Ldr. 1938) 		MLA for L'Islet
Women's suffrage; established province's first labour code; nationalized Montreal Light, Heat & Power.
'(16)'
Maurice Duplessis
(1890–1959) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent 1944 election (22nd Leg.)⁠

1948 election (23rd Leg.)⁠

1952 election (24th Leg.)⁠

1956 election (25th Leg.)

Union Nationale
(Ldr. 1936) 		MLA for Trois-Rivières
"Grande Noirceur", Duplessis Orphans. Died in office.
'17'
Paul Sauvé
(1907–1960) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent Appointment (25th Leg.) Union Nationale
(Ldr. 1936) 		MLA for Deux-Montagnes
"100 Days of Change". Died in office.
'18'
Antonio Barrette
(1899–1968) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent Appointment (25th Leg.) Union Nationale
(Ldr. 1960) 		MLA for Joliette
'19'
Jean Lesage
(1912–1980) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent 1960 election (26th Leg.)⁠

1962 election (27th Leg.)

Liberal Party
(Ldr. 1958) 		MLA for Québec-Ouest
Quiet Revolution; established Ministry of Education; establishment of Hydro-Québec;
'20'
Daniel Johnson Sr.
(1915–1968) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent 1966 election (28th Leg.) Union Nationale
(Ldr. 1961) 		MLA for Bagot
CEGEP; died in office.
'21'
Jean-Jacques Bertrand
(1916–1973) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent Appointment (28th Leg.) Union Nationale
(Ldr. 1969) 		MLA for Missisquoi (until 1968)

MLA for Missisquoi (after 1968)
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Abolished the Legislative Council and renamed the Legislative Assembly to the National Assembly; Bill 63; last Union Nationale premier.
'22'
Robert Bourassa
(1933–1996) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent 1970 election (29th Leg.)⁠

1973 election (30th Leg.)

Liberal Party
(Ldr. 1970) 		MNA for Mercier
October Crisis; Official Languages Act (Bill 22); James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement; Cliche commission.
'23'
René Lévesque
(1922–1987) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent 1976 election (31st Leg.)⁠

1981 election (32nd Leg.)

Parti Québécois
(Ldr. 1968) 		MNA for Taillon
Charter of the French Language (Bill 101); 1980 Quebec referendum; Patriation of the Canadian constitution discussions; beau risque.
'24'
Pierre-Marc Johnson
(b. 1946) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent Appointment (32nd Leg.) Parti Québécois
(Ldr. 1985) 		MNA for Anjou
'(22)'
Robert Bourassa
(1933–1996) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent 1985 election (33rd Leg.)⁠

1989 election (34th Leg.)

Liberal Party
(Ldr. 1983) 		MNA for Saint-Laurent
Meech Lake Accord; Charlottetown Accord.
'25'
Daniel Johnson Jr.
(b. 1944) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent Appointment (34th Leg.) Liberal Party
(Ldr. 1993) 		MNA for Vaudreuil
'26'
Jacques Parizeau
(1930–2015) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent 1994 election (35th Leg.) Parti Québécois
(Ldr. 1988) 		MNA for L'Assomption
1995 Quebec referendum; resigned after referendum loss.
'27'
Lucien Bouchard
(b. 1938) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent Appointment (35th Leg.)⁠

1998 election (36th Leg.)

Parti Québécois
(Ldr. 1996) 		MNA for Jonquière
"Winning conditions"; implemented universal childcare and pharmacare.
'28'
Bernard Landry
(1937–2018) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent Appointment (36th Leg.) Parti Québécois
(Ldr. 2001) 		MNA for Verchères
'29'
Jean Charest
(b. 1958) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent 2003 election (37th Leg.)⁠

2007 election (38th Leg.)⁠

2008 election (39th Leg.)

Liberal Party
(Ldr. 1998) 		MNA for Sherbrooke
2012 Quebec student protests, lost his own seat in 2012.
'30'
Pauline Marois
(b. 1949) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent 2012 election (40th Leg.) Parti Québécois
(Ldr. 2007) 		MNA for Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré
First female to hold the office. Quebec Charter of Values. Lost her own seat in 2014.
'31'
Philippe Couillard
(b. 1957) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent 2014 election (41st Leg.) Liberal Party
(Ldr. 2013) 		MNA for Roberval
Ban on face coverings.
'32'
François Legault
(b. 1957) 		22 November
2024 		incumbent 2018 election (42nd Leg.) Coalition Avenir Québec
(Ldr. 2011) 		MNA for L'Assomption
Ban on religious symbols; COVID-19 pandemic.
Min. Minority government
LS Party won the election, but premier lost own seat

Timeline

Template:Timeline of QC Premiers

Living former premiers

As of March 2019, six former premiers are alive, the oldest being Lucien Bouchard (1996–2001, born 1938). The most recent former premier to die was Bernard Landry (2001–2003), on November 6, 2018.

Name Term Date of birth
Pierre-Marc Johnson
1985
 (1946-07-05) July 5, 1946 (age 78)
Daniel Johnson, Jr.
1994
 (1944-12-24) December 24, 1944 (age 79)
Lucien Bouchard 1996–2001 (1938-12-22) December 22, 1938 (age 85)
Jean Charest 2003–2012 (1958-06-24) June 24, 1958 (age 66)
Pauline Marois 2012–2014 (1949-03-29) March 29, 1949 (age 75)
Philippe Couillard 2014–2018 (1957-06-26) June 26, 1957 (age 67)

See also

For more lists of this type, see Lists of incumbents.

References

  • Government of Québec. "Nombre de premiers ministres et de gouvernements depuis 1867". Informations historiques (in French). National Assembly of Quebec. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  • Quebec Politique. "Élections English". QuébecPolitique.com. Retrieved December 16, 2006.

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