National Order of Quebec

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy datesTemplate:Use Canadian English Template:Redirect Template:Infobox order The National Order of Quebec (French: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}), also known as the Order of Quebec, is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian province of Quebec. Instituted in 1984 when Lieutenant Governor Jean-Pierre Côté granted royal assent to the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (National Order of Quebec Act),<ref name=EIIR3>Template:Citation</ref><ref name=CE>Template:Citation</ref> the order is administered by the Governor-in-Council and is intended to honour current or former Quebec residents for conspicuous achievements in any field,<ref name=CE /> being thus described as the highest honour in Quebec.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1986, the order was expanded to include honorary membership for people outside Quebec.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Structure and appointment

Although the National Order of Quebec was established with the granting of royal assent by Quebec's lieutenant governor and the Canadian sovereign is the fount of honour,<ref>Template:Citation</ref> the viceroy does not, as in other provinces, form an explicit part of the organization. Instead, the monarch's representative is related to the order only by virtue of his or her place in council, collectively termed the government of Quebec,<ref>Template:Citation</ref> to which the constitution of the Order of Quebec makes specific reference.<ref name=EIIR3 />

The order contains three grades, each with accordant post-nominal letters and place in the Canadian order of precedence for honours, decorations, and medals. They are, in descending hierarchical order:Template:Efn<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>

• Grand Officer ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}; GOQ)
• Officer ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}; OQ)
• Knight ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}; CQ)

Nominations to the National Order of Quebec are sought in Quebec's daily and weekly media publications and are directed to the Council of the National Order of Quebec, elected by and amongst the members of the order for a period of three years and headed by a president elected by the council for two years.Template:Efn<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> This body is mandated to short-list candidates and forward their suggestions to the Governor-in-Council.<ref name=CE /> Any person born, living, or who has lived in Quebec, save for anyone serving as a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec,<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> is eligible to be nominated and names may be submitted posthumously.<ref name=EIIR3 /> The Cabinet may also, without the input of the Council of the National Order of Quebec, put forward the names of non-Quebecers for appointment as honorary members.<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Promotion through the grades is possible for both substantive and honorary members.<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Admission recognizes conspicuous meritorious actions that improve or support Quebec and/or its language and culture.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>

Insignia

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Frederick Andermann wearing the insignia of an Officer in 2013

Upon admission into the Order of Quebec, members are presented with various insignia of the organization—a medallion, miniature, and button.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> All are administered by the Regulations for the Insignia of the National Order of Quebec and were designed by Madeleine Dansereau, who was inspired by the heraldic elements of the provincial flag, notably the colours of blue and white used on the order's ribbon and the fleur-de-lis.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The badge of a Grand Officer consists of two 18kt gold plates, in the shape of a cross formed by two Template:Convert by Template:Convert arms, symmetrically superimposed atop one another 4 mm apart, the obverse face a high-polish, rusticated surface; at the lower left corner is a white enamel fleur-de-lis. On the reverse of the badge is inscribed the order's motto—{{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (homage to the people of Quebec)—and a serial number at the base of the vertical bar. The badge for Officers is of a nearly identical design, but made of arms Template:Convert long by Template:Convert wide, the obverse plate in 18k gold with an applied gold fleur-de-lis, and the rear in sterling silver. Knights have a medal with a Template:Convert diameter, brushed silver medallion with a symmetrically placed, etched cross with arms Template:Convert long by Template:Convert wide and filled with a highly polished, rusticated surface; a gold fleur-de-lis is mounted at the lower, left side of the cross. Each member will also receive miniature versions of their insignia, identical in appearance save for size: those for all grades being Template:Convert wide in each direction or in circumference. A lapel pin is also used for wear on casual civilian clothing.<ref name=EIIR1985I.3>Template:Harvnb</ref> Male members wear their emblems suspended from a Template:Convert wide ribbon, at the collar for Grand Officers and Officers, and on a vertical ribbon on a medal bar on the left chest for Knights; women Grand Officers and Officers wear their insignia on a ribbon bow pinned at the left shoulder, and female Knights carry their medals in the same fashion as the men. The ribbon for miniatures is Template:Convert wide.<ref name=EIIR1985I.3 />

The regulations of the National Order of Quebec stipulate that the premier presents new inductees with their insignia, either on the National Holiday of Quebec or another day during the National Week.<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> The ceremony takes place in the Salon Rouge of the parliament building in Quebec City, though exceptions are sometimes made when inductees cannot be present (notably for some non-Quebecer appointments).<ref name=CE /> The insignia remain property of the Crown in Right of Quebec and must be returned upon a holder's cessation of membership in the society,<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> whether by death or dismissal.<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>

Inductees

Template:Main category The following are some notable appointees into the National Order of Quebec:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Quebec inductees

Grand Officer

• Jean Victor Allard Template:Post-nominals, Chief of the Defence Staff, appointed 1985
• Marcel Bélanger Template:Post-nominals, economist, appointed 1974
• Jean Béliveau Template:Post-nominals, hockey player, appointed 2010
• Lucien Bouchard Template:Post-nominals, 27th Premier of Quebec, appointed 2008
• Robert Bourassa Template:Post-nominals, 22nd Premier of Quebec, appointed posthumously 2008
• Jean Campeau Template:Post-nominals, politician and businessman, appointed Grand Officer in 1990
• Leonard Norman Cohen Template:Post-nominals, singer-songwriter, appointed 2008
• Maurice Couture Template:Post-nominals, Archbishop of Quebec 1990–2002, appointed 2003
• Robert Després Template:Post-nominals, businessman, appointed 2003
• Jean Drapeau Template:Post-nominals, mayor of Montreal, appointed 1987
• Marcelle Ferron Template:Post-nominals, painter and stained glass artist, appointed 1992
• Gérard Filion Template:Post-nominals, newspaper director, appointed 1989
• Armand Frappier Template:Post-nominals, researcher, appointed 1985
• Paul Gérin-Lajoie Template:Post-nominals, appointed Officer in 1987 and Grand Officer in 1998
• Phil Gold Template:Post-nominals, scientist, physician, appointed Officer in 1989 and Grand Officer in 2019
• Emmett Johns Template:Post-nominals, Canadian priest and humanitarian, appointed 2003
• Daniel Johnson Jr. Template:Post-nominals, 25th Premier of Quebec, appointed 2008
• Pierre-Marc Johnson Template:Post-nominals, 24th Premier of Quebec, appointed 2008
• Phyllis Barbara Lambert Template:Post-nominals, architect and philanthropist
• Bernard Landry Template:Post-nominals, 28th Premier of Quebec, appointed 2008
• Charles Philippe Leblond Template:Post-nominals, scientist, professor, appointed Grand Officer in 2001
• Félix Leclerc Template:Post-nominals, singer-songwriter, appointed 1985
• Jean Paul Lemieux Template:Post-nominals, painter, appointed posthumously 1997
• René Lévesque Template:Post-nominals, 23rd Premier of Quebec, appointed posthumously 2008
• Martin Brian Mulroney Template:Post-nominals, 18th Prime Minister of Canada, appointed 2002
• Alanis Obomsawin Template:Post-nominals, filmmaker, First Nations activist, appointed 2016
• Jacques Parizeau Template:Post-nominals, 26th Premier of Quebec, appointed 2008
• Jean-Paul Riopelle Template:Post-nominals, painter, appointed Officer in 1988 and Grand Officer in 1994
• Ethel Stark Template:Post-nominals, violinist and conductor, appointed 2003
• Charles Taylor Template:Post-nominals, philosopher, appointed 2003
• Jean Vanier Template:Post-nominals, philanthropist, theologian, founder of L'Arche, appointed 1992
• Gilles Vigneault Template:Post-nominals, singer-songwriter, appointed Knight in 1985 and Grand Officer in 2000

Officer

• Yves Beauchemin Template:Post-nominals, novelist, appointed 2003
• Laurent Beaudoin Template:Post-nominals, businessman appointed 1990
• Francesco Bellini Template:Post-nominals, research scientist and entrepreneur, appointed 2004
• Daniel Borsuk Template:Post-nominals, plastic surgeon, appointed 2019
• Michel Brault Template:Post-nominals, filmmaker, appointed 2003
• Boris Brott Template:Post-nominals, conductor, appointed 2014
• Solange Chaput-Rolland Template:Post-nominals, appointed 1985
• Jean Coutu Template:Post-nominals, businessman, appointed 1993
• Richard Cruess Template:Post-nominals, orthopaedic surgeon and academic, appointed 2003
• Bernard Derome Template:Post-nominals, news anchor, appointed 2006
• Céline Dion Template:Post-nominals, singer, appointed 1998
• Léon Dion Template:Post-nominals, author, teacher, intellectual, appointed 1990
• Fernand Dumont Template:Post-nominals, author, intellectual, appointed 1992
• Marie-Hélène Falcon Template:Post-nominals, dance and theatre, appointed 2003
• Denise Filiatrault Template:Post-nominals, playwright, actor, appointed 2000
• Anne Hébert Template:Post-nominals, writer, appointed 1985
• Larkin Kerwin Template:Post-nominals, physicist, appointed 1988
• Lucia Kowaluk Template:Post-nominals, community activist, appointed 2014
• Louis Laberge Template:Post-nominals, union leader, appointed 1988
• Normand Laprise Template:Post-nominals, chef and author, appointed 2009
• Robert Lepage Template:Post-nominals, playwright, filmmaker, appointed 1999
• Monique F. Leroux, Template:Post-nominals businesswoman, appointed 2012
• Jean-Louis Lévesque Template:Post-nominals, entrepreneur, philanthropist, appointed 1991
• Vincent Lemieux Template:Post-nominals, professor and political scientist, appointed 2003
• André Melançon OQ, actor, screenwriter and film director, appointed 2013
• Gaston Miron Template:Post-nominals, poet, appointed 1996
• Ted Moses Template:Post-nominals, aboriginal chief, appointed 2002
• Louise Otis Template:Post-nominals, judge, appointed 2003
• Denise Ouellet-Grenier Template:Post-nominals, director of the L'Ordre national du Québec until 2001, appointed 2003
• Lise Payette Template:Post-nominals, politician, writer, appointed 2001
• Pierre Péladeau Template:Post-nominals businessman, appointed 1989
• Louise Penny Template:Post-nominals, author, appointed 2017
• Hubert Reeves Template:Post-nominals, astrophysicist, appointed 1994
• Maurice Richard Template:Post-nominals, hockey player, appointed 1985
• Mary Simon Template:Post-nominals, Governor General of Canada,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Mary Two-Axe Earley Template:Post-nominals, women's rights activist, appointed 1985
• Jacques Villeneuve Template:Post-nominals, racing driver, appointed 1998

Knight

• Jacques Amyot Template:Post-nominals, long-distance swimmer, appointed 2001
• Denys Arcand Template:Post-nominals, filmmaker, appointed 1990
• Frédéric Back Template:Post-nominals, animator, appointed 1989
• Alice Benjamin, appointed 1993
• Sylvie Bernier Template:Post-nominals, Olympic diver, appointed 1985
• Ferdinand Biondi Template:Post-nominals, radio broadcaster, appointed 1985
• Neil Bissoondath Template:Post-nominals, author, appointed 2010
• Denise Bombardier Template:Post-nominals, journalist, appointed 2000
• Claire Bonenfant Template:Post-nominals, president of the Quebec Status of Women Council, appointed 1991
• Émile Bouchard Template:Post-nominals, hockey player, appointed 2008
• Gaétan Boucher Template:Post-nominals, speed skater, appointed 1985
• Isabelle Boulay Template:Post-nominals, singer, appointed 2012
• Pierre Bourque Template:Post-nominals, mayor of Montreal, appointed 1993
• Françoise David Template:Post-nominals, social and feminist activist, appointed 1999
• Yvon Deschamps Template:Post-nominals, comedian, appointed 2001
• Jean Duceppe Template:Post-nominals, actor, appointed 1985
• Diane Dufresne Template:Post-nominals, singer and painter, appointed 2002
• Laurent Duvernay-Tardif Template:Post-nominals, NFL player, appointed 2019
• Gad Elmaleh, comedian, appointed 2017
• Marc Favreau Template:Post-nominals, actor, appointed 1995
• Jean-Pierre Ferland Template:Post-nominals, singer-songwriter
• Madeleine Ferron Template:Post-nominals, writer, appointed 1992
• Daniel Germain Template:Post-nominals, philanthropist, appointed 1997
• Jacques Godbout Template:Post-nominals, writer and filmmaker, appointed 1998
• Marc-André Hamelin Template:Post-nominals, pianist
• Otto Joachim Template:Post-nominals, composer, musician, painter, appointed 1993
• Roland-Benoît Jomphe Template:Post-nominals, poet, appointed 1987
• Oliver Theophilus Jones Template:Post-nominals, pianist, organist, composer and arranger, appointed 1994
• Pauline Julien Template:Post-nominals, singer-songwriter, appointed 1997
• Madeleine Juneau Template:Post-nominals, museologist, teacher, nun, appointed 2017
• Marie-Claire Kirkland-Casgrain Template:Post-nominals, appointed 1985
• Françoise Labbé Template:Post-nominals, artist, appointed 1997
• Jacques Lacombe Template:Post-nominals, conductor, appointed 2012
• Jacques Lacoursière Template:Post-nominals, historian, appointed 2002
• Guy Lafleur Template:Post-nominals, hockey player, appointed 2005
• Guy Laliberté Template:Post-nominals, appointed 1997
• Mario Lemieux Template:Post-nominals, hockey player, appointed 2009
• Michel Lemieux Template:Post-nominals, performance artist and theatre director, appointed 2014
• Édouard Lock Template:Post-nominals, dancer, appointed 2001
• Louis Lortie Template:Post-nominals, pianist, appointed 1998
• Norman McLaren Template:Post-nominals, animator and filmmaker, appointed 1985
• Julie Payette Template:Post-nominals, astronaut, appointed 2000
• Oscar Peterson Template:Post-nominals, jazz musician, appointed 1991
• Chantal Petitclerc Template:Post-nominals, wheelchair athlete, Canadian senator, appointed 2005
• Samuel Pierre, professor, appointed 2009<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Victor Pilon Template:Post-nominals, director, theatre designer, visual designer and photographer, appointed 2014
• Luc Plamondon Template:Post-nominals, songwriter, appointed 1990
• Marie-Philip Poulin Template:Post-nominals, hockey player, appointed 2024
• Jean-Louis Roux Template:Post-nominals, actor and Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, appointed 1989
• Hubert Sacy Template:Post-nominals, General manager of Éduc’alcool, appointed 2010
• Pierre Théberge Template:Post-nominals, Museum director
• Michèle Thibodeau-DeGuire Template:Post-nominals, engineer, appointed in 2005
• Michel Tremblay Template:Post-nominals, playwright and author, appointed 1991
• Alain Trudel Template:Post-nominals, conductor and trombonist, appointed 2019
• Jesús Carles de Vilallonga Template:Post-nominals, painter, appointed 2011
• Denis Villeneuve Template:Post-nominals, director and screenwriter, appointed in 2019
• Jean Wilkins Template:Post-nominals, specialized physician (adolescent medicine), appointed 2016<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Paul Zumthor Template:Post-nominals, medievalist and literary historian, appointed 1992<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Non-Quebec inductees

Honorary Grand Officer

• Charles Dutoit Template:Post-nominals, conductor, appointed 1995
• François Hollande Template:Post-nominals, President of France, appointed 2014

Honorary Officer

• Raymond Barre Template:Post-nominals, Prime Minister of France, appointed 1986
• Jacques Chirac Template:Post-nominals, President of France, appointed 1987
• Jim Douglas Template:Post-nominals, Governor of Vermont, appointed 2010
• Michel Drucker Template:Post-nominals, television host, appointed Knight 2001, Officer 2010
• Laurent Fabius Template:Post-nominals, Prime Minister of France, appointed 1986
• Lionel Jospin Template:Post-nominals, Prime Minister of France, appointed 1998
• Alain Juppé Template:Post-nominals, Prime Minister of France, appointed 1996
• Antonine Maillet Template:Post-nominals, Acadian writer and playwright, appointed 1990
• Nana Mouskouri Template:Post-nominals, Greek singer, appointed 2013
• Alain Peyrefitte Template:Post-nominals, French politician, appointed 1998
• Jordi Pujol Template:Post-nominals, President of the Generalitat of Catalonia, appointed 1996
• Jean-Pierre Raffarin Template:Post-nominals, Prime Minister of France, appointed 2003
• Michel Rocard AC, Template:Post-nominals, Prime Minister of France, appointed 2000
• Philippe Séguin Template:Post-nominals, President of the French National Assembly, appointed 2000
• Edmund Stoiber Template:Post-nominals, Minister-President of Bavaria, appointed 2003
• Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga GCB, Template:Post-nominals, Template:Post-nominals, President of Latvia, appointed 2006

Honorary Knight

• David Azrieli Template:Post-nominals, architect, appointed 1999
• Gérard Depardieu Template:Post-nominals, actor, appointed 2002, removed from order 2023
• Bernard Pivot Template:Post-nominals, television host, appointed 2001

See also

• Prix du Québec
• Symbols of Quebec
• Orders, decorations, and medals of the Canadian provinces
• Canadian honours order of wearing

External links

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