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Quebec lieutenant

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In Canadian politics, a Quebec lieutenant (/lɛfˈtɛnənt/) is a Quebec politician who is selected by the leader of a federal party to be the main advisor or spokesperson on issues specific to Quebec. This is particularly the case when the leader is an anglophone, though several francophone leaders have also had Quebec lieutenants. It is typically filled by a Member of Parliament or at least a current or former candidate for Parliament. The position is usually a well-known but often unofficial assignment, and has no official legal status.

Notable Quebec lieutenants

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Some past and current Quebec lieutenants include:

Liberal

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Lieutenant Riding Took office Left office Leader
  Wilfrid LaurierDrummond—Arthabaska (before 1877)
Quebec East (after 1877)		18741887Alexander Mackenzie
Edward Blake
  None18871896Wilfrid Laurier
  Joseph-Israël TarteSt. Johns—Iberville (before 1900)
Sainte-Marie (after 1900)		18961902Wilfrid Laurier
  None19021921Wilfrid Laurier
Daniel Duncan McKenzie (interim)
William Lyon Mackenzie King
  Ernest LapointeQuebec East19211941William Lyon Mackenzie King
  Louis Saint-LaurentQuebec East19411948William Lyon Mackenzie King
  None19481963Louis Saint-Laurent
Lester B. Pearson
  Guy FavreauPapineau19631967Lester B. Pearson
  Jean MarchandQuebec West (before 1968)
Langelier (after 1968)		19671975[1]Lester B. Pearson
Pierre Trudeau
  Marc LalondeOutremont1975[1]1984Pierre Trudeau
  Raymond GarneauLaval-des-Rapides19841988John Turner
  None19881993John Turner
Herb Gray (interim)
  Marcel MasséHull—Aylmer19931999Jean Chrétien
  Alfonso GaglianoSaint-Léonard—Saint-Michel19992002Jean Chrétien
  Martin CauchonOutremont20022003Jean Chrétien
  Jean LapierreOutremont20032006Paul Martin
  None20062007Bill Graham (interim)
Stéphane Dion
  Marcel ProulxHull—Aylmer2007[2]2007Stéphane Dion
  Céline Hervieux-PayetteNone[n 1]2007[3]2008Stéphane Dion
  Denis CoderreBourassa2009[4]2009[5]Michael Ignatieff
  Rémi Bujold (as Chief Provincial Organizer)
Marc Garneau (as Leader's Representative)[n 2]		None (Bujold)
Westmount—Ville-Marie (Garneau)		2009[7][6]2011Michael Ignatieff
  None20112019Bob Rae (interim)
Justin Trudeau
  Pablo RodriguezHonoré-Mercier2019[8]2024Justin Trudeau
  Jean-Yves DuclosQuébec2024[9]2025Justin Trudeau
  Steven GuilbeaultLaurier—Sainte-Marie2025[10]2025[11]Mark Carney
  Joël LightboundLouis-Hébert2025[12]PresentMark Carney

Conservative (1867–1942)

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Lieutenant Riding Took office Left office Leader
  George-Étienne CartierMontreal East18671873John A. Macdonald
  Hector LangevinDorchester (before 1876)
Charlevoix (1876–1878)
Trois-Rivières (after 1878)		18731891John A. Macdonald
  Joseph-Aldric OuimetLaval18911896John Abbott
John Sparrow David Thompson
Mackenzie Bowell
Charles Tupper
  None18961911Charles Tupper
Robert Borden
  Frederick Debartzch MonkJacques-Cartier19111914Robert Borden
  Pierre-Édouard BlondinChamplain19141921Robert Borden
  None19211925Arthur Meighen
  Esioff-Léon PatenaudeNone[n 3]19251926Arthur Meighen
  None19261942Hugh Guthrie (interim)
R. B. Bennett
Robert Manion
Richard Hanson (interim)
Arthur Meighen

Progressive Conservative

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Lieutenant District
(Area)		 Took office Left office Leader
  None19421949John Bracken
George A. Drew
  Georges-Henri HéonArgenteuil19491949George A. Drew
  None19491957George A. Drew
William Earl Rowe
John Diefenbaker
  Léon BalcerTrois-Rivières19571965John Diefenbaker
  None19651967John Diefenbaker
  Marcel FaribaultNone[n 4]19671968Robert Stanfield
  None19681972Robert Stanfield
  Claude WagnerSaint-Hyacinthe19721978Robert Stanfield
Joe Clark
  None19781988Joe Clark
Erik Nielsen (interim)
Brian Mulroney
  Lucien BouchardLac-Saint-Jean19881990Brian Mulroney
  Benoît BouchardRoberval19901993Brian Mulroney
  Monique LandryBlainville—Deux-Montagnes19931993Kim Campbell
  None19931998Jean Charest
Elsie Wayne (interim)
  André BachandRichmond—Arthabaska19982004Joe Clark
Peter MacKay

Canadian Alliance

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Lieutenant Riding Took office Left office Leader
  Gérard LatulippeNone[n 5]20002000Stockwell Day

Conservative (2004–present)

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Lieutenant Riding Took office Left office Leader
  Josée VernerNone[n 6]20042005Stephen Harper
  Lawrence CannonPontiac20052008Stephen Harper
  Christian ParadisMégantic—L'Érable2008[13]2013Stephen Harper
  Denis LebelRoberval—Lac-Saint-Jean (before 2015)
Lac-Saint-Jean (after 2015)		2013[14]2017Stephen Harper
Rona Ambrose (interim)
  Alain RayesRichmond—Arthabaska2017[15]2020Andrew Scheer
Erin O'Toole
  Richard MartelChicoutimi—Le Fjord2020[16]2021Erin O'Toole
  Alain RayesRichmond—Arthabaska2021[17]2022Erin O'Toole
Candice Bergen (interim)
  Luc BertholdMégantic—L'Érable2022[17]2022Candice Bergen (interim)
  Pierre Paul-HusCharlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles2022[18]PresentPierre Poilievre

Social Credit

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Lieutenant Riding Took office Left office Leader
  Réal CaouetteVilleneuve1961[19]1963[n 7]Robert N. Thompson

New Democratic

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Lieutenant Riding Took office Left office Leader
  Gérard Picard[20][21]None[n 8]19611963Tommy Douglas
  Robert ClicheNone[n 9]19641968Tommy Douglas
  None19681989Tommy Douglas
David Lewis
Ed Broadbent
  Claude RompréNone[n 10]19891990Ed Broadbent
Audrey McLaughlin
  None19902003Audrey McLaughlin
Alexa McDonough
  Pierre DucasseNone[n 11]20032007[n 12]Jack Layton
  Tom MulcairOutremont2007[22]2012Jack Layton
Nycole Turmel (interim)
  Alexandre BoulericeRosemont—La Petite-Patrie2012[23]2026Tom Mulcair
Jagmeet Singh
Don Davies (interim)

Notes

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  1. ↑ Hervieux-Payette represented the senatorial division of Bedford.
  2. ↑ Position split into two: leaders' representative/advisor and chief provincial organizer.[6]
  3. ↑ Patenaude ran in Jacques-Cartier in 1925 and 1926 and was defeated both times.
  4. ↑ Faribault ran in Gamelin in 1968 and was defeated.
  5. ↑ Latulippe ran in Charlesbourg—Jacques Cartier in 2000 and was defeated.
  6. ↑ Verner ran in Louis-Saint-Laurent in 2004 and was defeated. She would later be elected to represent the riding in 2006.
  7. ↑ In 1963 the Quebec wing of the party split into the Ralliement des créditistes under Caouette's leadership.
  8. ↑ Picard ran in Montreal—Mercier in 1963 and lost.
  9. ↑ Cliche ran in Beauce in 1965 and Duvernay in 1968 and was defeated both times.
  10. ↑ Rompré ran in Saint-Maurice in 1986 and 1988 and was defeated both times.
  11. ↑ Ducasse ran in Manicouagan in 2004 and 2006 and Hull—Aylmer in 2008 and was defeated each time. He had also been associate president of the party since 2001 and ran in its 2003 leadership election, in which Layton was elected.
  12. ↑ Ducasse continued to serve as Layton's Quebec special advisor following Mulcair's appointment.

References

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  1. 1 2 Thomson, Peter (February 26, 1975). "Marchand resigns as Quebec Lieutenant". Montreal Star. Transport Minister Jean Marchand today announced his resignation as leader of the Quebec wing of the Liberal party. He will be succeeded by Health and Welfare Minister Marc Lalonde.
  2. ↑ "Le PLC veut regagner le coeur des francophones". www.cyberpresse.ca.
  3. ↑ "Gilles Toupin : Hervieux-Payette devient le lieutenant de Dion au Québec". www.cyberpresse.ca.
  4. ↑ "Coderre devient lieutenant politique au Québec". La Presse. January 22, 2009 – via www.lapresse.ca.
  5. ↑ "Coderre steps down as Ignatieff's Quebec lieutenant". September 28, 2009. Archived from the original on September 30, 2009.
  6. 1 2 Ignatieff names new Quebec organizer, Montreal Gazette, October 21, 2009[permanent dead link]
  7. ↑ Marc Garneau named Quebec lieutenant, Montreal Gazette, October 7, 2009 Archived October 10, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ "These 10 Quebec MPs are in Trudeau's new cabinet". CTV News. The Canadian Press. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  9. ↑ "PM Justin Trudeau to adjust cabinet roles today, as Pablo Rodriguez quits". CTV News. September 19, 2024. Archived from the original on September 19, 2024. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
  10. ↑ Carney, Mark (March 14, 2025). "Swearing-in of the 30th Canadian Ministry". Ottawa, Ontario: Office of the Prime Minister (Canada). Retrieved March 14, 2025.
  11. ↑ https://x.com/s_guilbeault/status/1994161758148399593. Retrieved 1 December 2025. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ↑ Major, Darren (1 December 2025). "Carney brings Trudeau-era minister back into cabinet, adds responsibilities to 2 others". CBC News. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
  13. ↑ Bellavance, Joël-Denis (October 30, 2008). "Harper dévoile son nouveau cabinet". La Presse – via www.lapresse.ca.
  14. ↑ "Harper shakes up his Quebec team". The Globe and Mail. August 4, 2013 – via www.theglobeandmail.com.
  15. ↑ QMI, Agence (June 24, 2017). "Alain Rayes devient lieutenant politique des conservateurs pour le Québec". Le Journal de Québec.
  16. ↑ "Conservative Party: Richard Martel becomes Quebec lieutenant, Gérard Deltell becomes parliamentary leader". HuffPost (in French). September 2, 2020. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
  17. 1 2 "Alain Rayes resigns as Conservative Party's Quebec lieutenant". CBC News. February 6, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  18. ↑ "L'équipe de Poilievre ferait pression sur Rayes pour qu'il quitte son poste de député". ICI Radio-Canada. September 13, 2022. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
  19. ↑ "Perspective Monde". perspective.usherbrooke.ca.
  20. ↑ Chef du NPD dans le Québec, La Presse, February 26, 1963
  21. ↑ The Labour World, February 1963
  22. ↑ NDP recruits ex-Quebec environment minister Thomas Mulcair for next election, EarthEast, April 20, 2007 [dead link]
  23. ↑ "Your NDP Team « Canada's NDP".
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