Quebec lieutenant

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In Canadian politics, a Quebec lieutenant 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.

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Notable Quebec lieutenants

Some past and current Quebec lieutenants include:

Liberal

LieutenantRidingTook officeLeft officeLeader
  Wilfrid Laurier Drummond—Arthabaska (before 1877)
Quebec East (after 1877)
18741887 Alexander Mackenzie
Edward Blake
 Vacant18871896 Wilfrid Laurier
  Joseph-Israël Tarte St. Johns—Iberville (before 1900)
Sainte-Marie (after 1900)
18961902 Wilfrid Laurier
 Vacant19021921 Wilfrid Laurier
Daniel Duncan McKenzie (interim)
William Lyon Mackenzie King
  Ernest Lapointe Quebec East 19211941 William Lyon Mackenzie King
  Louis Saint-Laurent Quebec East 19411948 William Lyon Mackenzie King
 Vacant19481963 Louis Saint-Laurent
Lester B. Pearson
  Guy Favreau Papineau 19631967 Lester B. Pearson
  Jean Marchand Quebec West (before 1968)
Langelier (after 1968)
19671976 Lester B. Pearson
Pierre Trudeau
  Marc Lalonde Outremont 19761984 Pierre Trudeau
  Raymond Garneau Laval-des-Rapides 19841988 John Turner
 Vacant19881993 John Turner
Herb Gray (interim)
  Marcel Massé Hull—Aylmer 19931999 Jean Chrétien
  Alfonso Gagliano Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel 19992002 Jean Chrétien
  Martin Cauchon Outremont 20022003 Jean Chrétien
  Jean Lapierre Outremont 20032006 Paul Martin
 Vacant20062007 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
 Vacant20112019 Bob Rae (interim)
Justin Trudeau
  Pablo Rodríguez Honoré-Mercier 2019 [8] Present Justin Trudeau

Conservative (1867–1942)

LieutenantRidingTook officeLeft officeLeader
  George-Étienne Cartier Montreal East 18671873 John A. Macdonald
  Hector Langevin Dorchester (before 1876)
Charlevoix (1876–1878)
Trois-Rivières (after 1878)
18731891 John A. Macdonald
  Joseph-Aldric Ouimet Laval 18911896 John Abbott
John Sparrow David Thompson
Mackenzie Bowell
Charles Tupper
 Vacant18961911 Charles Tupper
Robert Borden
  Frederick Debartzch Monk Jacques-Cartier 19111914 Robert Borden
  Pierre-Édouard Blondin Champlain 19141921 Robert Borden
 Vacant19211925 Arthur Meighen
  Esioff-Léon Patenaude None [n 3] 19251926 Arthur Meighen
 Vacant19261942 Hugh Guthrie (interim)
R. B. Bennett
Robert Manion
Richard Hanson (interim)
Arthur Meighen

Progressive Conservative

LieutenantDistrict
(Area)
Took officeLeft officeLeader
 Vacant19421949 John Bracken
George A. Drew
  Georges-Henri Héon Argenteuil 19491949 George A. Drew
 Vacant19491957 George A. Drew
William Earl Rowe
John Diefenbaker
  Léon Balcer Trois-Rivières 19571965 John Diefenbaker
 Vacant19651967 John Diefenbaker
  Marcel Faribault None [n 4] 19671968 Robert Stanfield
 Vacant19681972 Robert Stanfield
  Claude Wagner Saint-Hyacinthe 19721978 Robert Stanfield
Joe Clark
 Vacant19781988 Joe Clark
Erik Nielsen (interim)
Brian Mulroney
  Lucien Bouchard Lac-Saint-Jean 19881990 Brian Mulroney
  Benoît Bouchard Roberval 19901993 Brian Mulroney
  Monique Landry Blainville—Deux-Montagnes 19931993 Kim Campbell
 Vacant19931998 Jean Charest
Elsie Wayne (interim)
  André Bachand Richmond—Arthabaska 19982004 Joe Clark
Peter MacKay

Reform

LieutenantRidingTook officeLeft officeLeader
  Gilles St-Laurent None [n 5] 19961997 Preston Manning

Canadian Alliance

LieutenantRidingTook officeLeft officeLeader
  Gérard Latulippe None [n 6] 20002000 Stockwell Day

Conservative (2004–present)

LieutenantRidingTook officeLeft officeLeader
  Josée Verner None [n 7] 20042005 Stephen Harper
  Lawrence Cannon Pontiac 20052008 Stephen Harper
  Christian Paradis Mégantic—L'Érable 2008 [9] 2013 Stephen Harper
  Denis Lebel Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean (before 2015)
Lac-Saint-Jean (after 2015)
2013 [10] 2017 Stephen Harper
Rona Ambrose (interim)
  Alain Rayes Richmond—Arthabaska 2017 [11] 2020 Andrew Scheer
Erin O'Toole
  Richard Martel Chicoutimi—Le Fjord 2020 [12] 2021 Erin O'Toole
  Alain Rayes Richmond—Arthabaska 2021 [13] 2022 Erin O'Toole
Candice Bergen (interim)
  Luc Berthold Mégantic—L'Érable 2022 [14] 2022 Candice Bergen (interim)
  Pierre Paul-Hus Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles 2022 [15] Present Pierre Poilievre

Social Credit

LieutenantRidingTook officeLeft officeLeader
  Réal Caouette Villeneuve 1961 [16] 1963 [n 8] Robert N. Thompson

New Democratic

LieutenantRidingTook officeLeft officeLeader
 Gérard Picard [17] [18] None [n 9] 19611963 Tommy Douglas
  Robert Cliche None [n 10] 19641968 Tommy Douglas
 Vacant19681989 Tommy Douglas
David Lewis
Ed Broadbent
  Claude Rompré None [n 11] 19891990 Ed Broadbent
Audrey McLaughlin
 Vacant19902003 Audrey McLaughlin
Alexa McDonough
  Pierre Ducasse None [n 12] 20032007 [n 13] Jack Layton
  Tom Mulcair Outremont 2007 [19] 2012 Jack Layton
Nycole Turmel (interim)
  Alexandre Boulerice Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie 2012 [20] Present Tom Mulcair
Jagmeet Singh

Notes

  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.

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