Gisèle Côté-Harper, is a Canadian lawyer and professor. She is the 1995 recipient of the Pearson Medal of Peace for her work as a human rights activist. She is the first Francophone woman to receive such an honor.
The lieutenant governor of Quebec is the representative in Quebec of the Canadian monarch, King Charles III, who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada, as well as the other Commonwealth realms and any subdivisions thereof, and resides predominantly in his oldest realm, the United Kingdom. The lieutenant governor of Quebec is appointed in the same manner as the other provincial viceroys in Canada and is similarly tasked with carrying out most of the monarch's constitutional and ceremonial duties. The present and 29th lieutenant governor of Quebec is J. Michel Doyon, who has served in the role since September 24, 2015.
Louis-Philippe Pigeon, was a Canadian lawyer, academic, and puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
The Bar of Quebec is the regulatory body for the practice of advocates in the Canadian province of Quebec and one of two legal regulatory bodies in the province. It was founded on May 30, 1849, as the Bar of Lower Canada.
François-Philippe Brais, was a Canadian lawyer and politician.
The orders, decorations, and medals of Canada comprise a complex system by which Canadians are honoured by the country's sovereign for actions or deeds that benefit their community or the country at large. Modelled on its British predecessor, the structure originated in the 1930s, but began to come to full fruition at the time of Canada's centennial in 1967, with the establishment of the Order of Canada, and has since grown in both size and scope to include dynastic and national orders, state, civil, and military decorations; and various campaign medals. The monarch in right of each Canadian province also issues distinct orders and medals to honour residents for work performed in just their province. The provincial honours, as with some of their national counterparts, grant the use of post-nominal letters and or supporters and other devices to be used on personal coats of arms.
The orders, decorations, and medals of the Canadian provinces, in which each province of Canada has devised a system of orders and other awards to honour residents for actions or deeds that benefit their local community or province, are in turn subsumed within the Canadian honours system. Each province sets its own rules and criteria for eligibility and also for how each award is presented. Most of the awards allow for the recipients to wear their awards in public, and most grant the recipients the use of post-nominal letters after their names. Not all of the awards listed below are part of the Canadian honours system, thus some of them may not be worn or court mounted with awards that are part of the Canadian honours system.
Raymond C. Setlakwe, was a Canadian entrepreneur, lawyer and senator.
Jean Bazin was a Canadian lawyer and former senator.
Bernard Voyer, is a French Canadian explorer and mountaineer.
Henry Black, Q.C., LL.D. (hon.c.) was a lawyer, political figure, and judge in the Province of Canada. He was the judge in the Court of Vice-Admiralty for the Quebec City district for most of his adult life. During that time, he was briefly a member of the Special Council which governed Lower Canada following the Lower Canada Rebellions of 1837 and 1838. He also served one term in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, as a member for Quebec City.
Steven Lewis Point, is a Canadian academic administrator, criminal lawyer, and jurist. He is the current chancellor of the University of British Columbia. He served as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia from 2007 to 2012. He also served as the chair of the advisory committee on the safety and security of vulnerable women, a committee that provides community-based guidance to the implementation of the recommendations from the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry.
The Quebec order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the province of Quebec. It has no legal standing but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol at events of a provincial nature.
- The King of Canada
- The Lieutenant Governor
- The Premier
- The Cardinals followed, when not a cardinal, by the Roman Catholic Archbishop having the status of Primate
- The President of the National Assembly
- The Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal
- The Vice-Premier
- The Dean of the Diplomatic Corps and the heads of diplomatic missions
- The Leader of the Opposition
- The members of the Executive Council
- The local Archbishop or Bishop followed by the representatives of other faith communities
- The local Mayor
- The Dean of the Consular Corps in Quebec City followed by the Dean of the Consular Corps in Montréal, the heads of post of the Consular Corps living in the capital, for events happening there, and other heads of post, governed by their respective precedence
- The vice-presidents of the National Assembly
- The chief justices of the Superior Court
- The local member of the National Assembly followed by other members
- The Secretary General of the Executive Council
- The President of the Council of the National Order of Quebec
- The chief justices of the Court of Quebec
- The rectors/principals of the local universities
- The judges of the Court of Appeal
- The Principal Secretary to the Premier followed by the deputy ministers
- The judges of the Superior Court
- The Ombudsman, the Chief Electoral Officer, the Auditor General, the presidents of the Government Agencies and Crown Corporations and the Chief of Protocol
- The judges of the Court of Quebec
- The members of the National Order of Quebec
Violet Elizabeth Dowdeswell is a Canadian public servant who served as the 29th lieutenant governor of Ontario from 2014 to 2023. As lieutenant governor, Dowdeswell was the viceregal representative of the Crown in Right of Ontario and the first in over seven decades to serve under two different Canadian sovereigns. A champion of democracy and civil society, she is also the longest-serving lieutenant governor in Ontario's history.
David T. Lametti is a Canadian politician who has been the Member of Parliament for LaSalle—Émard—Verdun from 2015 to 2024. A member of the Liberal Party, Lametti served as minister of justice and attorney general of Canada from 2019 to 2023.
Eva Ottawa is an Atikamekw political figure. She was the first women to be elected Grand Chief of the Conseil de la Nation Atikamekw and the first Indigenous woman to lead the Conseil du statut de la femme du Québec. She received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012 and the Médaille Premiers Peuples in 2019. She is currently a law professor at the University of Ottawa.
Daniel Jutras is a Canadian lawyer and academic specializing in civil and comparative law and current rector of the Université de Montréal in Quebec, Canada.
Manon Jeannotte is the 30th and current Lieutenant Governor of Quebec. She is a member of the Gespeg Mi'kmaq First Nation. Following her appointment, the National Assembly of Quebec unanimously voted a non-binding motion to abolish the position of Lieutenant Governor. She assumed the role of Lieutenant Governor on 25 January 2024, choosing to be sworn in at her office rather than in the National Assembly as is customary.
