# Quebec lieutenant

In Canadian politics, a Quebec lieutenant (/lɛfˈtɛnənt/) is a Quebec politician who is selected by the party leader 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 an unofficial assignment, and has no official legal status.

## Notable Quebec lieutenants

Some past and current Quebec lieutenants include:

### Liberal

| Lieutenant | Riding | Took office | Left office | Leader |
| Wilfrid Laurier | Drummond—Arthabaska (before 1877) Quebec East (after 1877) | 1874 | 1887 | Alexander Mackenzie Edward Blake |
| Vacant | Vacant | 1887 | 1896 | Wilfrid Laurier |
| Joseph-Israël Tarte | St. Johns—Iberville (before 1900) Sainte-Marie (after 1900) | 1896 | 1902 | Wilfrid Laurier |
| Vacant | Vacant | 1902 | 1921 | Wilfrid Laurier Daniel Duncan McKenzie (interim) William Lyon Mackenzie King |
| Ernest Lapointe | Quebec East | 1921 | 1941 | William Lyon Mackenzie King |
| Louis Saint-Laurent | Quebec East | 1941 | 1948 | William Lyon Mackenzie King |
| Vacant | Vacant | 1948 | 1963 | Louis Saint-Laurent Lester B. Pearson |
| Guy Favreau | Papineau | 1963 | 1967 | Lester B. Pearson |
| Jean Marchand | Quebec West (before 1968) Langelier (after 1968) | 1967 | 1976 | Lester B. Pearson Pierre Trudeau |
| Marc Lalonde | Outremont | 1976 | 1984 | Pierre Trudeau |
| Raymond Garneau | Laval-des-Rapides | 1984 | 1988 | John Turner |
| Vacant | Vacant | 1988 | 1993 | John Turner Herb Gray (interim) |
| Marcel Massé | Hull—Aylmer | 1993 | 1999 | Jean Chrétien |
| Alfonso Gagliano | Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel | 1999 | 2002 | Jean Chrétien |
| Martin Cauchon | Outremont | 2002 | 2003 | Jean Chrétien |
| Jean Lapierre | Outremont | 2003 | 2006 | Paul Martin |
| Vacant | Vacant | 2006 | 2007 | Bill Graham (interim) Stéphane Dion |
| Marcel Proulx | Hull—Aylmer | 2007 | 2007 | Stéphane Dion |
| Céline Hervieux-Payette | None | 2007 | 2008 | Stéphane Dion |
| Denis Coderre | Bourassa | 2009 | 2009 | Michael Ignatieff |
| Rémi Bujold (as Chief Provincial Organizer) Marc Garneau (as Leader's Representative) | None (Bujold) Westmount—Ville-Marie (Garneau) | 2009 | 2011 | Michael Ignatieff |
| Vacant | Vacant | 2011 | 2019 | Bob Rae (interim) Justin Trudeau |
| Pablo Rodriguez | Honoré-Mercier | 2019 | 2024 | Justin Trudeau |
| Jean-Yves Duclos | Québec | 2024 | 2025 | Justin Trudeau |
| Steven Guilbeault | Laurier—Sainte-Marie | 2025 | present | Mark Carney |

### Conservative (1867–1942)

| Lieutenant | Riding | Took office | Left office | Leader |
| George-Étienne Cartier | Montreal East | 1867 | 1873 | John A. Macdonald |
| Hector Langevin | Dorchester (before 1876) Charlevoix (1876–1878) Trois-Rivières (after 1878) | 1873 | 1891 | John A. Macdonald |
| Joseph-Aldric Ouimet | Laval | 1891 | 1896 | John Abbott John Sparrow David Thompson Mackenzie Bowell Charles Tupper |
| Vacant | Vacant | 1896 | 1911 | Charles Tupper Robert Borden |
| Frederick Debartzch Monk | Jacques-Cartier | 1911 | 1914 | Robert Borden |
| Pierre-Édouard Blondin | Champlain | 1914 | 1921 | Robert Borden |
| Vacant | Vacant | 1921 | 1925 | Arthur Meighen |
| Esioff-Léon Patenaude | None | 1925 | 1926 | Arthur Meighen |
| Vacant | Vacant | 1926 | 1942 | Hugh Guthrie (interim) R. B. Bennett Robert Manion Richard Hanson (interim) Arthur Meighen |

### Progressive Conservative

| Lieutenant | District (Area) | Took office | Left office | Leader |
| Vacant | Vacant | 1942 | 1949 | John Bracken George A. Drew |
| Georges-Henri Héon | Argenteuil | 1949 | 1949 | George A. Drew |
| Vacant | Vacant | 1949 | 1957 | George A. Drew William Earl Rowe John Diefenbaker |
| Léon Balcer | Trois-Rivières | 1957 | 1965 | John Diefenbaker |
| Vacant | Vacant | 1965 | 1967 | John Diefenbaker |
| Marcel Faribault | None | 1967 | 1968 | Robert Stanfield |
| Vacant | Vacant | 1968 | 1972 | Robert Stanfield |
| Claude Wagner | Saint-Hyacinthe | 1972 | 1978 | Robert Stanfield Joe Clark |
| Vacant | Vacant | 1978 | 1988 | Joe Clark Erik Nielsen (interim) Brian Mulroney |
| Lucien Bouchard | Lac-Saint-Jean | 1988 | 1990 | Brian Mulroney |
| Benoît Bouchard | Roberval | 1990 | 1993 | Brian Mulroney |
| Monique Landry | Blainville—Deux-Montagnes | 1993 | 1993 | Kim Campbell |
| Vacant | Vacant | 1993 | 1998 | Jean Charest Elsie Wayne (interim) |
| André Bachand | Richmond—Arthabaska | 1998 | 2004 | Joe Clark Peter MacKay |

### Reform

| Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Riding | Took office | Left office | Leader |
| | Gilles St-Laurent | None | 1996 | 1997 | Preston Manning |

### Canadian Alliance

| Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Riding | Took office | Left office | Leader |
| | Gérard Latulippe | None | 2000 | 2000 | Stockwell Day |

### Conservative (2004–present)

| Lieutenant | Riding | Took office | Left office | Leader |
| Josée Verner | None | 2004 | 2005 | Stephen Harper |
| Lawrence Cannon | Pontiac | 2005 | 2008 | Stephen Harper |
| Christian Paradis | Mégantic—L'Érable | 2008 | 2013 | Stephen Harper |
| Denis Lebel | Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean (before 2015) Lac-Saint-Jean (after 2015) | 2013 | 2017 | Stephen Harper Rona Ambrose (interim) |
| Alain Rayes | Richmond—Arthabaska | 2017 | 2020 | Andrew Scheer Erin O'Toole |
| Richard Martel | Chicoutimi—Le Fjord | 2020 | 2021 | Erin O'Toole |
| Alain Rayes | Richmond—Arthabaska | 2021 | 2022 | Erin O'Toole Candice Bergen (interim) |
| Luc Berthold | Mégantic—L'Érable | 2022 | 2022 | Candice Bergen (interim) |
| Pierre Paul-Hus | Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles | 2022 | Present | Pierre Poilievre |

### Social Credit

| Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Riding | Took office | Left office | Leader |
| | Réal Caouette | Villeneuve | 1961 | 1963 | Robert N. Thompson |

### New Democratic

| Lieutenant | Riding | Took office | Left office | Leader |
| Gérard Picard | None | 1961 | 1963 | Tommy Douglas |
| Robert Cliche | None | 1964 | 1968 | Tommy Douglas |
| Vacant | Vacant | 1968 | 1989 | Tommy Douglas David Lewis Ed Broadbent |
| Claude Rompré | None | 1989 | 1990 | Ed Broadbent Audrey McLaughlin |
| Vacant | Vacant | 1990 | 2003 | Audrey McLaughlin Alexa McDonough |
| Pierre Ducasse | None | 2003 | 2007 | Jack Layton |
| Tom Mulcair | Outremont | 2007 | 2012 | Jack Layton Nycole Turmel (interim) |
| Alexandre Boulerice | Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie | 2012 | Present | Tom Mulcair Jagmeet Singh |