Quebec lieutenant

In Canadian politics, a Quebec lieutenant (Template:IPAc-en) 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		1887	1896	Wilfrid Laurier	Joseph-Israël Tarte	St. Johns—Iberville (before 1900) Sainte-Marie (after 1900)	1896	1902	Wilfrid Laurier	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		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		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		2006	2007	Bill Graham (interim) Stéphane Dion	Marcel Proulx	Hull—Aylmer	2007<ref>Le PLC veut regagner le coeur des francophones, La Presse, May 2, 2007</ref>	2007	Stéphane Dion	Céline Hervieux-Payette	NoneTemplate:Refn	2007<ref>Hervieux-Payette devient le lieutenant de Dion au Québec, La Presse, October 16, 2007</ref>	2008	Stéphane Dion	Denis Coderre	Bourassa	2009<ref>Coderre devient lieutenant politique au Québec, La Presse, January 22, 2009</ref>	2009<ref>Coderre steps down as Ignatieff's Quebec Lieutenant, CTV News, September 28, 2009 Template:Webarchive</ref>	Michael Ignatieff	Rémi Bujold (as Chief Provincial Organizer) Marc Garneau (as Leader's Representative)Template:Refn	None (Bujold) Westmount—Ville-Marie (Garneau)	2009<ref>Marc Garneau named Quebec lieutenant, Montreal Gazette, October 7, 2009 Template:Webarchive</ref><ref>Ignatieff names new Quebec organizer, Montreal Gazette, October 21, 2009Template:Dead link</ref>	2011	Michael Ignatieff	Vacant		2011	2019	Bob Rae (interim) Justin Trudeau	Pablo Rodriguez	Honoré-Mercier	2019<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	2024	Justin Trudeau	Jean-Yves Duclos	Québec	2024<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	2025	Justin Trudeau	Steven Guilbeault	Laurier—Sainte-Marie	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || 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		1896	1911	Charles Tupper Robert Borden	Frederick Debartzch Monk	Jacques-Cartier	1911	1914	Robert Borden	Pierre-Édouard Blondin	Champlain	1914	1921	Robert Borden	Vacant		1921	1925	Arthur Meighen	Esioff-Léon Patenaude	NoneTemplate:Refn	1925	1926	Arthur Meighen	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		1942	1949	John Bracken George A. Drew	Georges-Henri Héon	Argenteuil	1949	1949	George A. Drew	Vacant		1949	1957	George A. Drew William Earl Rowe John Diefenbaker	Léon Balcer	Trois-Rivières	1957	1965	John Diefenbaker	Vacant		1965	1967	John Diefenbaker	Marcel Faribault	NoneTemplate:Refn	1967	1968	Robert Stanfield	Vacant		1968	1972	Robert Stanfield	Claude Wagner	Saint-Hyacinthe	1972	1978	Robert Stanfield Joe Clark	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		1993	1998	Jean Charest Elsie Wayne (interim)	André Bachand	Richmond—Arthabaska	1998	2004	Joe Clark Peter MacKay

Reform

Lieutenant		Riding	Took office	Left office	Leader	Gilles St-Laurent	NoneTemplate:Refn	1996	1997	Preston Manning

Canadian Alliance

Lieutenant		Riding	Took office	Left office	Leader	Gérard Latulippe	NoneTemplate:Refn	2000	2000	Stockwell Day

Social Credit

Lieutenant		Riding	Took office	Left office	Leader	Réal Caouette	Villeneuve	1961<ref>Réal Caouette (1917-1976) Homme politique, Bilan du siècle, Université de Sherbrooke</ref>	1963Template:Refn	Robert N. Thompson

New Democratic

Lieutenant		Riding	Took office	Left office	Leader	Gérard Picard<ref>Chef du NPD dans le Québec, La Presse, February 26, 1963</ref><ref>The Labour World, February 1963</ref>	NoneTemplate:Refn	1961	1963	Tommy Douglas	Robert Cliche	NoneTemplate:Refn	1964	1968	Tommy Douglas	Vacant		1968	1989	Tommy Douglas David Lewis Ed Broadbent	Claude Rompré	NoneTemplate:Refn	1989	1990	Ed Broadbent Audrey McLaughlin	Vacant		1990	2003	Audrey McLaughlin Alexa McDonough	Pierre Ducasse	NoneTemplate:Refn	2003	2007Template:Refn	Jack Layton	Tom Mulcair	Outremont	2007<ref>NDP recruits ex-Quebec environment minister Thomas Mulcair for next election, EarthEast, April 20, 2007 Template:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref>	2012	Jack Layton Nycole Turmel (interim)	Alexandre Boulerice	Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || Present || Tom Mulcair Jagmeet Singh