Premiers of Quebec since 1867
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Electoral mandates (Assembly) | Political party | Riding | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau (1820–1890) | 15 July 1867 | 25 February 1873 | Title created (caretaker government) | Conservative | MLA for Québec-Comté | ||
| Resigned to accept appointment to the Senate of Canada. | |||||||||
| 2 |  | Gédéon Ouimet (1823–1905) | 27 February 1873 | 22 September 1874 | Appointment (2nd Leg.) | Conservative | MLA for Deux-Montagnes | ||
| Resigned over Tanneries scandal. | |||||||||
| 3 (1 of 2) |  | Charles Boucher de Boucherville (1822–1915) | 22 September 1874 | 8 March 1878 | Appointment (2nd Leg.) | Conservative | Councillor for Montarville | ||
| Dismissed by Lieutenant Governor Luc Letellier de St-Just after Letellier refused to approve legislation. | |||||||||
| 4 |  | Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière (1829–1908) | 8 March 1878 | 31 October 1879 | Appointment (3rd Leg.) | Liberal | MLA for Lotbinière | ||
| 5 |  | Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau (1840–1898) | 31 October 1879 | 31 July 1882 | Appointment (4th Leg.) | Conservative | MLA for Terrebonne | ||
| 6 |  | Joseph-Alfred Mousseau (1837–1886) | 31 July 1882 | 23 January 1884 | Appointment (5th Leg.) | Conservative | MLA for Jacques-Cartier | ||
| 7 |  | John Jones Ross (1831–1901) | 23 January 1884 | 25 January 1887 | Appointment (5th Leg.) | Conservative | Councillor for Shawinigan | ||
| 8 (1 of 2) |  | Louis-Olivier Taillon (1840–1901) | 25 January 1887 | 29 January 1887 | Appointment (6th Leg.) | Conservative | MLA for Montcalm | ||
| 9 |  | Honoré Mercier (1840–1894) | 29 January 1887 | 21 December 1891 | Appointment (6th Leg.) | Parti National | MLA for Saint-Hyacinthe (1887-1890) MLA for Bonaventure (1890-1891) | ||
| Dismissed by Lieutenant Governor over charges of corruption. | |||||||||
| — (2 of 2) | | Charles Boucher de Boucherville (1822–1915) | 21 December 1891 | 16 December 1892 | Appointment (7th Leg.) | Conservative | Councillor for Montarville | ||
| — (2 of 2) | | Louis-Olivier Taillon (1840–1901) | 16 December 1892 | 11 May 1896 | Appointment (8th Leg.) | Conservative | MLA for Chambly | ||
| 10 |  | Edmund James Flynn (1847–1927) | 12 May 1896 | 24 May 1897 | Appointment (8th Leg.) | Conservative | MLA for Gaspé | ||
| Last Conservative premier. | |||||||||
| 11 |  | Félix-Gabriel Marchand (1832–1900) | 24 May 1897 | 25 September 1900 | 1897 election (9th Leg.) | Liberal | MLA for Saint-Jean | ||
| Died in office. | |||||||||
| 12 |  | Simon-Napoléon Parent (1855–1920) | 3 October 1900 | 23 March 1905 | Appointment (9th Leg.) | Liberal | MLA for Saint-Sauveur | ||
| 13 |  | Lomer Gouin (1861–1929) | 23 March 1905 | 23 March 1920 | Appointment (11th Leg.) | Liberal | MLA for Montréal division no. 2 (1905-1908) MLA for Portneuf (1908-1920) | ||
| 14 |  | Louis-Alexandre Taschereau (1867–1952) | 9 July 1920 | 11 June 1936 | Appointment (15th Leg.) | Liberal | MLA for Montmorency | ||
| Established Quebec Liquor Commission; attempted to create a Jewish school board; Great Depression. | |||||||||
| 15 (1 of 2) |  | Adélard Godbout (1892–1956) | 11 June 1936 | 26 August 1936 | Appointment (19th Leg.) | Liberal (Ldr. 1938) | MLA for L'Islet | ||
| 16 (1 of 2) |  | Maurice Duplessis (1890–1959) | 26 August 1936 | 8 November 1939 | 1936 election (20th Leg.) | Union Nationale (Ldr. 1936) | MLA for Trois-Rivières | ||
| Padlock Law. | |||||||||
| — (2 of 2) |  | Adélard Godbout (1892–1956) | 8 November 1939 | 30 August 1944 | 1939 election (21st Leg.) | Liberal (Ldr. 1938) | MLA for L'Islet | ||
| Women's suffrage; established province's first labour code; nationalized Montreal Light, Heat & Power. | |||||||||
| — (2 of 2) |  | Maurice Duplessis (1890–1959) | 30 August 1944 | 7 September 1959 | 1944 election (22nd Leg.) | Union Nationale (Ldr. 1936) | MLA for Trois-Rivières | ||
| "Grande Noirceur", Duplessis Orphans. Died in office. | |||||||||
| 17 |  | Paul Sauvé (1907–1960) | 11 September 1959 | 2 January 1960 | Appointment (25th Leg.) | Union Nationale (Ldr. 1959) | MLA for Deux-Montagnes | ||
| "100 Days of Change". Died in office. | |||||||||
| 18 |  | Antonio Barrette (1899–1968) | 8 January 1960 | 5 July 1960 | Appointment (25th Leg.) | Union Nationale (Ldr. 1960) | MLA for Joliette | ||
| 19 |  | Jean Lesage (1912–1980) | 5 July 1960 | 16 June 1966 | 1960 election (26th Leg.) | Liberal (Ldr. 1958) | MLA for Québec-Ouest | ||
| Quiet Revolution; established Ministry of Education; establishment of Hydro-Québec; | |||||||||
| 20 |  | Daniel Johnson Sr. (1915–1968) | 16 June 1966 | 25 September 1968 | 1966 election (28th Leg.) | Union Nationale (Ldr. 1961) | MLA for Bagot | ||
| CEGEP; died in office. | |||||||||
| 21 |  | Jean-Jacques Bertrand (1916–1973) | 2 October 1968 | 12 May 1970 | Appointment (28th Leg.) | Union Nationale (Ldr. 1969) | MLA for Missisquoi (MNA after 1968) | ||
| Abolished the Legislative Council and renamed the Legislative Assembly to the National Assembly; Bill 63; last Union Nationale premier. | |||||||||
| 22 (1 of 2) |  | Robert Bourassa (1933–1996) | 29 April 1970 | 25 November 1976 | 1970 election (29th Leg.) | Liberal (Ldr. 1970) | MNA for Mercier | ||
| October Crisis; Official Languages Act (Bill 22); James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement; Cliche commission. | |||||||||
| 23 |  | René Lévesque (1922–1987) | 25 November 1976 | 3 October 1985 | 1976 election (31st Leg.) | Parti Québécois (Ldr. 1968) | MNA for Taillon | ||
| Charter of the French Language (Bill 101); 1980 Quebec referendum; Patriation of the Canadian constitution discussions; beau risque. | |||||||||
| 24 |  | Pierre-Marc Johnson (b. 1946) | 3 October 1985 | 12 December 1985 | Appointment (32nd Leg.) | Parti Québécois (Ldr. 1985) | MNA for Anjou | ||
| — (2 of 2) | | Robert Bourassa (1933–1996) | 12 December 1985 | 11 January 1994 | 1985 election (33rd Leg.) | Liberal (Ldr. 1983) | MNA for Saint-Laurent | ||
| Meech Lake Accord; Charlottetown Accord. | |||||||||
| 25 |  | Daniel Johnson Jr. (b. 1944) | 11 January 1994 | 26 September 1994 | Appointment (34th Leg.) | Liberal (Ldr. 1993) | MNA for Vaudreuil | ||
| 26 |  | Jacques Parizeau (1930–2015) | 26 September 1994 | 29 January 1996 | 1994 election (35th Leg.) | Parti Québécois (Ldr. 1988) | MNA for L'Assomption | ||
| 1995 Quebec referendum; resigned after referendum loss. | |||||||||
| 27 |  | Lucien Bouchard (b. 1938) | 29 January 1996 | 8 March 2001 | Appointment (35th Leg.) | Parti Québécois (Ldr. 1996) | MNA for Jonquière | ||
| "Winning conditions"; implemented universal childcare and pharmacare. | |||||||||
| 28 |  | Bernard Landry (1937–2018) | 8 March 2001 | 29 April 2003 | Appointment (36th Leg.) | Parti Québécois (Ldr. 2001) | MNA for Verchères | ||
| 29 |  | Jean Charest (b. 1958) | 29 April 2003 | 19 September 2012 | 2003 election (37th Leg.) | Liberal (Ldr. 1998) | MNA for Sherbrooke | ||
| 2012 Quebec student protests, lost his own seat in 2012. | |||||||||
| 30 |  | Pauline Marois (b. 1949) | 19 September 2012 | 23 April 2014 | 2012 election (40th Leg.) | Parti Québécois (Ldr. 2007) | MNA for Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré | ||
| First woman to hold the office. Quebec Charter of Values. Lost her own seat in 2014. | |||||||||
| 31 |  | Philippe Couillard (b. 1957) | 23 April 2014 | 18 October 2018 | 2014 election (41st Leg.) | Liberal (Ldr. 2013) | MNA for Roberval | ||
| Ban on face coverings (Bill 62). | |||||||||
| 32 |  | François Legault (b. 1957) | 18 October 2018 | incumbent | 2018 election (42nd Leg.) | Coalition Avenir Québec (Ldr. 2011) | MNA for L'Assomption | ||
| Ban on religious symbols; COVID-19 pandemic. | |||||||||
