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Quebec lieutenant

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In Canadian politics, a Quebec lieutenant (/lɛfˈtɛnənt/) is a Quebec politician who is selected by the party leader to be his or her main advisor and/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; all francophone leaders of the Liberal Party have 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

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Some past and current Quebec lieutenants include:

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[1] 2007 Stéphane Dion
  Céline Hervieux-Payette None[n 1] 2007[2] 2008 Stéphane Dion
  Denis Coderre Bourassa 2009[3] 2009[4] Michael Ignatieff
  Rémi Bujold (as Chief Provincial Organizer)
Marc Garneau (as Leader's Representative)[n 2]
None (Bujold)
Westmount—Ville-Marie (Garneau)
2009[6][7] 2011 Michael Ignatieff
  Vacant 2011 2019 Bob Rae (interim)
Justin Trudeau
  Pablo Rodriguez Honoré-Mercier 2019[8] 2024 Justin Trudeau
  Jean-Yves Duclos Québec 2024[9] present Justin Trudeau

Conservative (1867–1942)

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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 None[n 3] 1925 1926 Arthur Meighen
  Vacant 1926 1942 Hugh Guthrie (interim)
R. B. Bennett
Robert Manion
Richard Hanson (interim)
Arthur Meighen
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 None[n 4] 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
Lieutenant Riding Took office Left office Leader
  Gilles St-Laurent None[n 5] 1996 1997 Preston Manning
Lieutenant Riding Took office Left office Leader
  Gérard Latulippe None[n 6] 2000 2000 Stockwell Day

Conservative (2004–present)

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Lieutenant Riding Took office Left office Leader
  Josée Verner None[n 7] 2004 2005 Stephen Harper
  Lawrence Cannon Pontiac 2005 2008 Stephen Harper
  Christian Paradis Mégantic—L'Érable 2008[10] 2013 Stephen Harper
  Denis Lebel Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean (before 2015)
Lac-Saint-Jean (after 2015)
2013[11] 2017 Stephen Harper
Rona Ambrose (interim)
  Alain Rayes Richmond—Arthabaska 2017[12] 2020 Andrew Scheer
Erin O'Toole
  Richard Martel Chicoutimi—Le Fjord 2020[13] 2021 Erin O'Toole
  Alain Rayes Richmond—Arthabaska 2021[14] 2022 Erin O'Toole
Candice Bergen (interim)
  Luc Berthold Mégantic—L'Érable 2022[15] 2022 Candice Bergen (interim)
  Pierre Paul-Hus Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles 2022[16] Present Pierre Poilievre
Lieutenant Riding Took office Left office Leader
  Réal Caouette Villeneuve 1961[17] 1963[n 8] Robert N. Thompson
Lieutenant Riding Took office Left office Leader
  Gérard Picard[18][19] None[n 9] 1961 1963 Tommy Douglas
  Robert Cliche None[n 10] 1964 1968 Tommy Douglas
  Vacant 1968 1989 Tommy Douglas
David Lewis
Ed Broadbent
  Claude Rompré None[n 11] 1989 1990 Ed Broadbent
Audrey McLaughlin
  Vacant 1990 2003 Audrey McLaughlin
Alexa McDonough
  Pierre Ducasse None[n 12] 2003 2007[n 13] Jack Layton
  Tom Mulcair Outremont 2007[20] 2012 Jack Layton
Nycole Turmel (interim)
  Alexandre Boulerice Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie 2012[21] Present Tom Mulcair
Jagmeet Singh

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.[5]
  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. ^ St-Laurent ran in Louis-Hébert in 1997 and was defeated.
  6. ^ Latulippe ran in Charlesbourg—Jacques Cartier in 2000 and was defeated.
  7. ^ Verner ran in Louis-Saint-Laurent in 2004 and was defeated. She would later be elected to represent the riding in 2006.
  8. ^ In 1963 the Quebec wing of the party split into the Ralliement des créditistes under Caouette's leadership.
  9. ^ Picard ran in Montreal—Mercier in 1963 and lost.
  10. ^ Cliche ran in Beauce in 1965 and Duvernay in 1968 and was defeated both times.
  11. ^ Rompré ran in Saint-Maurice in 1986 and 1988 and was defeated both times.
  12. ^ Ducasse ran in Manicouagan in 2004 and 2006 and Hull—Aylmer in 2008 and was defeated each time.
  13. ^ Ducasse continued to serve as Layton's Quebec special advisor following Mulcair's appointment.

References

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  1. ^ Le PLC veut regagner le coeur des francophones, La Presse, May 2, 2007
  2. ^ Hervieux-Payette devient le lieutenant de Dion au Québec, La Presse, October 16, 2007
  3. ^ Coderre devient lieutenant politique au Québec, La Presse, January 22, 2009
  4. ^ Coderre steps down as Ignatieff's Quebec Lieutenant, CTV News, September 28, 2009 Archived September 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Ignatieff names new Quebec organizer, Montreal Gazette, October 21, 2009[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ Marc Garneau named Quebec lieutenant, Montreal Gazette, October 7, 2009 Archived October 10, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Ignatieff names new Quebec organizer, Montreal Gazette, October 21, 2009[permanent dead link]
  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. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
  10. ^ Harper dévoile son nouveau cabinet, Joël-Denis Bellavance, La Presse, October 30, 2008
  11. ^ Harper shakes up his Quebec team, Daneil LeBlanc, The Globe and Mail, August 4, 2013
  12. ^ Alain Rayes devient lieutenant politique des conservateurs pour le Québec, Journal de Quebec, June 24, 2017
  13. ^ "Conservative Party: Richard Martel becomes Quebec lieutenant, Gérard Deltell becomes parliamentary leader". HuffPost (in French). September 2, 2020. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
  14. ^ "Alain Rayes resigns as Conservative Party's Quebec lieutenant". CBC News. February 6, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  15. ^ "Alain Rayes resigns as Conservative Party's Quebec lieutenant". CBC News. February 6, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ Réal Caouette (1917-1976) Homme politique, Bilan du siècle, Université de Sherbrooke
  18. ^ Chef du NPD dans le Québec, La Presse, February 26, 1963
  19. ^ The Labour World, February 1963
  20. ^ NDP recruits ex-Quebec environment minister Thomas Mulcair for next election, EarthEast, April 20, 2007 [dead link]
  21. ^ "Your NDP Team « Canada's NDP".