Deputy Premier of Quebec
| Deputy Premier of Quebec | |
|---|---|
| Status | Deputy head of government |
| Member of | |
| Reports to |
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| Seat | Quebec City |
| Nominator | Premier |
| Appointer | Lieutenant governor |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Formation | 1960 |
| First holder | Georges-Émile Lapalme |
The deputy premier of Quebec (French: Vice-premier ministre du Québec (masculine) or Vice-première ministre du Québec (feminine)), is the deputy head of government in Quebec. The position is nominated by the premier of Quebec, and they serve on the Executive Council of Quebec as a Cabinet minister. They help the current premier if they are unable to attend functions executed by the premier.
There was no deputy premier until July 1960. In the 1960s, the post was sometimes referred to as the vice president of the Executive Council.[1]
The post has been temporarily vacant four times: when Jean-Jacques Bertrand became premier after the death Daniel Johnson, Sr., after the death of deputy premier Pierre Laporte, after premier François Legault shuffled his cabinet on September 10, 2025, and after Christine Fréchette became premier after Legault's resignation. Besides Bertrand, two other deputy premiers, Bernard Landry and Pauline Marois, later became premier, though both did so some years after their tenure as deputy premier had ended. The longest-serving deputy premier was Lise Bacon at 8 years and 30 days. Michelle Courchesne was the shortest serving at 4 months, 5 days. Out of 23 deputy premiers, 10 have been women.[2]
List
See also
- List of Quebec general elections
- Timeline of Quebec history
- National Assembly of Quebec
- List of premiers of Quebec
- List of leaders of the Official Opposition (Quebec)
- List of third party leaders (Quebec)
- History of Quebec
For more lists of this type, see Lists of office-holders.
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Les vice-premiers ministres et vice-présidents du Conseil exécutif depuis 1961 - Assemblée nationale du Québec". www.assnat.qc.ca (in French). Retrieved 30 March 2026.
- ↑ Séguin, Félix (18 January 2017). "Incapable de trouver un nouveau porte-parole" [Unable to Find a New Spokesperson]. Le Journal de Montréal (in Canadian French). Archived from the original on 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.