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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, acts as Quebec's head of government, while the Queen of Canada acts as 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.

Contents

Premiers of Quebec since 1867

Footnotes

References

See also

Premiers of Quebec since 1867

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	... ...	Party leader 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 ...	Party leader 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
...
|Appointed Mar. 8, 1878
Re-elected '(Minority)' May 1, 1878
Resigned (non-confidence) Oct. 31, 1879
|Lotbinière
(Chaudière-Appalaches)
|-
|

||5th
| 'Sir Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau'
''(Conservative)''
| October 31, 1879
July 31, 1882
|...
5th
...
|Appointed '(Minority)' Oct. 31, 1879
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
|...
...
|Party Leader 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
...
|Party Leader Jan. 23, 1884
Re-elected '(Minority)' Oct. 14, 1886
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
|...
...
|Party Leader '(Minority)' Jan. 25, 1887
Resigned (due to 6th election) Jan. 29, 1887
|Montcalm
(Lanaudière)
|-
|

||9th
| 'Honoré Mercier'
''(Parti National)''^[3]
| January 29, 1887
December 21, 1891
|...
7th
...
|Appointed 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
...
|Appointed '(Minority)' Dec. 21, 1891
Re-elected Mar. 8, 1892
Resigned (moved to judiciary) Dec. 16, 1892
|Montarville ^[1]
(Montérégie)
|-
|

||-
| 'Louis-Olivier Taillon'
''(Conservative)''
''(2nd time of 2)''
| December 16, 1892
May 11, 1896
|...
...
|Party Leader Dec. 16, 1892
Resigned (moved to federal politics) May 11, 1896
|Chambly
(Montérégie)
|-
|

||10th
| 'Edmund James Flynn'
''(Conservative)''
| May 11, 1896
May 24, 1897
|...
|Party Leader 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
...
|Party Leader 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
...
|Party Leader 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
...
|Party Leader 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
|...
|Party Leader 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
|...
...
|Party leader Sep. 11, 1959
Died in office Jan. 2 1960
|Deux-Montagnes
(Laurentides)
|-
|

||18th
| 'Antonio Barrette'
''(Union Nationale)''
| January 8, 1960
July 5, 1960
|...
|Party leader 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
|...
|Party leader 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)
|-
|
||23rd
| 'René Lévesque'
''(Parti Québécois)''
| November 25, 1976
October 3, 1985
|31st
32nd
...
|Elected Nov. 15, 1976
Re-lected Apr. 13, 1981
Resigned (dismissed by party) Oct. 3, 1985
|Taillon
(Montérégie)
|-
|
||24th
| 'Pierre Marc Johnson'
''(Parti Québécois)''
| October 3, 1985
December 12, 1985
|...
|Party Leader 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
|...
|Party Leader 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
...
|Party Leader 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
|...
|Party Leader Mar. 8, 2001
|Verchères
(Montérégie)
|-
|

||29th
| 'Jean Charest'
''(Liberal)''
| April 29, 2003
present
|37th
38th
|Elected Apr. 14, 2003
Re-Elected '(Minority)' March 26, 2007
|Sherbrooke
(Eastern Townships)
|}

Footnotes

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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

★ Les premiers ministres du Québec depuis 1867 Government of Québec

★ Élections English Quebec Politique

See also

★ Timeline of Quebec history

★ List of Deputy Premiers of Quebec

★ List of third party leaders (Quebec)
For more lists of this type, see Lists of incumbents.