Deputy Premier of Quebec

Deputy Premier of Quebec
Status	Deputy head of government
Member of	Cabinet National Assembly
Reports to	Premier National Assembly
Seat	Quebec City
Nominator	Premier
Appointer	Lieutenant governor
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation	1960
First holder	Georges-Émile Lapalme

The deputy premier of Quebec (French: Vice-premier ministre du Québec (masculine) or Vice-première ministre du Québec (feminine)), is the deputy head of government in Quebec. The position is nominated by the premier of Quebec, and they serve on the Executive Council of Quebec as a Cabinet minister. They help the current premier if they are unable to attend functions executed by the premier.

There was no deputy premier until July 1960. In the 1960s, the post was sometimes referred to as the vice president of the Executive Council.

The post has been temporarily vacant three times: after the death of premier Daniel Johnson, Sr., when the incumbent deputy premier, Jean-Jacques Bertrand, became premier, after the death of deputy premier Pierre Laporte and more recently when François Legault shuffled his cabinet on September 10, 2025. Besides Bertrand, two other deputy premiers, Bernard Landry and Pauline Marois, later became premier, though both did so some years after their tenure as deputy premier had ended. The longest-serving deputy premier was Lise Bacon at 8 years and 30 days. Michelle Courchesne was the shortest serving at 4 months, 5 days. Out of 22 deputy premiers, 10 have been women.

List

	Name	District (Region)	Took office	Left office	Party
	Georges-Émile Lapalme	Montréal-Outremont (Montreal West)	1960	1964	Liberal
	Paul Gérin-Lajoie	Vaudreuil-Soulanges (Montérégie)	1964	1966	Liberal
	Jean-Jacques Bertrand	Missisquoi (Eastern Townships)	1966	1968	Union Nationale
	none	n.a.	26 September 1968	11 December 1968	Union Nationale
	Jean-Guy Cardinal	Bagot (Montérégie)	1968	1970	Union Nationale
	Pierre Laporte	Chambly (Montérégie)	1970	17 October 1970	Liberal
	none	n.a.	17 October 1970	1972	Liberal
	Gérard D. Levesque	Bonaventure (Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine)	1972	1976	Liberal
	Jacques-Yvan Morin	Sauvé (Montreal East)	1976	1984	Parti Québécois
	Camille Laurin	Bourget (Montreal East)	1984	1984	Parti Québécois
	Marc-André Bédard	Chicoutimi (Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean)	1984	1985	Parti Québécois
	Lise Bacon	Chomedey (Laval)	1985	1994	Liberal
	Monique Gagnon-Tremblay	Saint-François (Eastern Townships)	1994	1994	Liberal
	Bernard Landry	Verchères (Montérégie)	1994	2001	Parti Québécois
	Pauline Marois	Taillon (Montérégie)	2001	2003	Parti Québécois
	Monique Gagnon-Tremblay	Saint-François (Eastern Townships)	2003	2005	Liberal
	Jacques Dupuis	Saint-Laurent (Montreal West)	2005	2007	Liberal
	Nathalie Normandeau	Bonaventure (Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine)	2007	2011	Liberal
	Line Beauchamp	Bourassa-Sauvé (Montreal North)	2011	2012	Liberal
	Michelle Courchesne	Fabre (Laval)	2012	2012	Liberal
	François Gendron	Abitibi-Ouest (Abitibi-Témiscamingue)	2012	2014	Parti Québécois
	Lise Thériault	Anjou–Louis-Riel (Montreal)	23 April 2014	11 October 2017	Liberal
	Dominique Anglade	Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne (Montreal)	11 October 2017	18 October 2018	Liberal
	Geneviève Guilbault	Louis-Hébert (Capitale-Nationale)	18 October 2018	10 September 2025	Coalition Avenir Québec
	none	n.a.	10 September 2025		Coalition Avenir Québec

See also

• List of Quebec general elections
• Timeline of Quebec history
• National Assembly of Quebec
• List of premiers of Quebec
• List of leaders of the Official Opposition (Quebec)
• List of third party leaders (Quebec)
• History of Quebec

For more lists of this type, see Lists of office-holders.

External links

• Les vice-premiers ministres et vice-présidents du Conseil exécutif depuis 1961 (in French)