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'Pierre Duchesne' (born 1940) is the current Lieutenant Governor of Quebec and former secretary general of the National Assembly of Quebec. On May 18, 2007, he was announced by Prime Minister Stephen Harper as the next Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, replacing outgoing Lieutenant Governor Lise Thibault.^[1] He was sworn in on June 7 2007.^[2] As a Vice-Regal representative of Elizabeth II, he is styled ''His Honour'' while in office and ''The Honourable'' for life.
Mr. Duchesne had worked in the National Assembly since 1974 and served as its secretary general from 1984 to 2001. He is the author of two important publications on Quebec parliamentary procedure, ''Recueil des décisions concernant la procédure parlementaire'' and ''La Procédure parlementaire du Québec''.

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1. Pierre Duchesne appointed Quebec's new lieutenant-governor The Canadian Press
2. Duchesne sworn in as Quebec's lieutenant-governor