Quebec lieutenant
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For information on the representative of the Queen in Right of Quebec, see Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.
In Canadian politics, a Quebec lieutenant is a politician, from Quebec, usually a francophone and most often a Member of Parliament or at least a current or former candidate for Parliament, who is selected by a senior politician such as the Prime Minister or the leader of a federal party, as 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. This is usually a well-known but often an unofficial assignment.
[edit] Notable Quebec lieutenants
Some past and current Quebec lieutenants include:
[edit] Liberal Party of Canada (since 1867)
[edit] Conservative Party of Canada (from 1867 until 1942)
| Political Lieutenant | District (Area) | Took Office | Left Office | Party Leader | |
| Sir George Étienne Cartier | Montreal East (Montreal East) | 1867 | 1873 | Sir John A. Macdonald | |
| Sir Hector Langevin | Dorchester (Chaudière-Appalaches) until 1876 Charlevoix (Québec) 1876-78 Trois-Rivières (Mauricie) after 1878 | 1873 | 1891 | Sir John A. Macdonald | |
| Joseph-Aldéric Ouimet | Laval (Laval) | 1891 | 1896 | Sir John Abbott Sir John Thompson Sir Mackenzie Bowell Sir Charles Tupper | |
| Frederick Debartzch Monk | Jacques-Cartier (Montreal West) | 1911 | 1914 | Sir Robert Borden | |
| Pierre-Édouard Blondin | Champlain (Mauricie) | 1914 | 1921 | Sir Robert Borden |
[edit] Progressive Conservative Party (from 1942 until 2004)
[edit] Reform Party (from 1987 until 2000)
| Political Lieutenant | District (Area) | Took Office | Left Office | Party Leader | |
| Gilles St-Laurent | none [5] | 1996 | 1997 | Preston Manning |
[edit] Canadian Alliance (from 2000 until 2004)
| Political Lieutenant | District (Area) | Took Office | Left Office | Party Leader | |
| Gérard Latulippe | none [6] | 2000 | 2000 | Stockwell Day |
[edit] Conservative Party of Canada (from 2004 until now)
| Political Lieutenant | District (Area) | Took Office | Left Office | Party Leader | |
| Josée Verner | Louis-Saint-Laurent (Québec) [7] | 2004 | 2005 | Stephen Harper | |
| Lawrence Cannon | Pontiac (Outaouais) | 2005 | Current | Stephen Harper |
[edit] New Democratic Party (since 1961)
| Political Lieutenant | District (Area) | Took Office | Left Office | Party Leader | |
| Robert Cliche | none [8] | 1964 | 1968 | Tommy Douglas | |
| Claude Rompré | none [9] | 1986 | 1990 | Ed Broadbent | |
| Pierre Ducasse | none [10] | 2003 | 2007[11] | Jack Layton | |
| Thomas Mulcair | Outremont [12] (Montreal West) | 2007 [13] | Current | Jack Layton |
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Appointed on May 2, 2007 Le PLC veut regagner le coeur des francophones, La Presse, May 2, 2007
- ^ Senatorial Division
- ^ Appointed on October 16, 2007 Hervieux-Payette devient le lieutenant de Dion au Québec, La Presse, October 16, 2007
- ^ Marcel Faribault tried to win a seat in the district of Gamelin
(Montreal East) in 1968. He was defeated. - ^ Gilles St-Laurent ran in the district of Louis-Hébert (Québec) in 1997. He was defeated.
- ^ Gérard Latulippe ran in the district of Charlesbourg-Jacques-Cartier (Québec) in 2000. He was defeated.
- ^ Josée Verner was first elected to Parliament in 2006. It was her second attempt.
- ^ Robert Cliche ran in the district of Beauce (Chaudière-Appalaches) in 1965 and in Duvernay (Laval) in 1968. In both cases he was defeated.
- ^ Claude Rompré ran in the district of Saint-Maurice (Mauricie) in 1986 and in 1988. Each time he was defeated.
- ^ Pierre Ducasse ran in the district of Manicouagan (Côte-Nord) in 2004 and in 2006. Each time he was defeated. He is the NDP nominee for the next election in the district of Hull-Aylmer (Outaouais).
- ^ Ducasse didn't actually leave office. He is still serving as Layton's Quebec special advisor in the Leader's office while Mulcair is the NDP's main spokesperson in Quebec.
- ^ Thomas Mulcair won a by-election on September 17, 2007. Les libéraux éclipsés, La Presse, September 17, 2007
- ^ Appointed on April 20, 2007 NDP recruits ex-Quebec environment minister Thomas Mulcair for next election, EarthEast, April 20, 2007
