Mayor
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well a ...
of Quebec'' has been the highest elected official of the
Quebec City
Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Communauté métrop ...
government since the incorporation of the city in 1832.
List
The following is a list of the mayors of Quebec City,
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
, Canada.
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Elzéar Bédard
Elzéar Bédard (24 July 1799 – 11 August 1849) was a lawyer and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada. He later became a judge.
He was born at Quebec City in 1799, the son of Pierre-Stanislas Bédard. Bédard received a typica ...
, , May 1, 1833 , , March 31, 1834 , , 10 months and 30 days , , N/A
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René-Édouard Caron
René-Édouard Caron (21 October 1800 – 13 December 1876) was a Canadian politician, judge, and the second Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.
He was born in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada, the son of Augustin Caron, a well-to-do farm ...
, , March 31, 1834 , , April 9, 1836 , , 2 years and 9 days , , N/A
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René-Édouard Caron
René-Édouard Caron (21 October 1800 – 13 December 1876) was a Canadian politician, judge, and the second Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.
He was born in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada, the son of Augustin Caron, a well-to-do farm ...
, , August 15, 1840 , , February 9, 1846 , , 5 years and 179 days , , N/A
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, 3 , , George O'Kill Stuart , , February 9, 1846 , , February 11, 1850 , , 4 years and 2 days , , N/A
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Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau
Sir Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau (October 20, 1808 – September 14, 1894) was a Canadian politician who served as the first Lieutenant Governor of Quebec. Prior to Canadian Confederation, he served as the leader of the Parti bleu in Canada East. ...
, , February 11, 1850 , , February 14, 1853 , , 3 years and 3 days , , N/A
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Ulric-Joseph Tessier
Ulric-Joseph Tessier (May 3, 1817 – April 7, 1892) was a Quebec lawyer, judge, seigneur, and politician who was a member of the Senate of Canada representing the Gulf division from 1867 to 1873 and served as mayor of Quebec City from 1853 to 1 ...
, , February 14, 1853 , , February 13, 1854 , , 364 days , , N/A
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Charles Joseph Alleyn
Charles Joseph Alleyn (19 September 1817 – 4 April 1890) was a Quebec lawyer and political figure.
He was born in County Cork, Ireland in 1817 and studied at Clongowes Wood College. Alleyn came to Lower Canada with his family around 183 ...
, , February 13, 1854 , , February 12, 1855 , , 364 days , , N/A
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, 7 , , Joseph Morrin , , February 12, 1855 , , January 22, 1856 , , 323 days , , N/A
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, 8 , , Olivier Robitaille , , January 22, 1856 , , January 19, 1857 , , 363 days , , N/A
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, 9 , , Joseph Morrin (second term) , , January 19, 1857 , , January 18, 1858 , , 364 days , , N/A
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, 10 , , Sir Hector-Louis Langevin , , January 19, 1858 , , January 22, 1861 , , 3 years and 3 days , , N/A
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Thomas Pope
Sir Thomas Pope (c. 150729 January 1559), was a prominent public servant in mid-16th-century England, a Member of Parliament, a wealthy landowner, and the founder of Trinity College, Oxford.
Early life
Pope was born at Deddington, near Ban ...
, , January 22, 1861 , , January 29, 1863 , , 2 years and 7 days , , N/A
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Adolphe Guillet dit Tourangeau
Adolphe-Elzéar Guillet dit Tourangeau (January 15, 1831 – October 8, 1894) was a notary and political figure in Quebec, Canada. He was a Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada representing Quebec East from 1870 to 1874. He als ...
, , July 3, 1863 , , January 12, 1866 , , 2 years and 6 months and 9 days , , N/A
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Joseph-Édouard Cauchon
Joseph-Édouard Cauchon, (December 31, 1816 – February 23, 1885) was a prominent Quebec politician in the middle years of the nineteenth-century. Although he held a variety of portfolios at the federal, provincial and municipal levels, h ...
, , January 12, 1866 , , January 10, 1868 , , 1 year and 11 months and 29 days , , N/A
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John Lemesurier
John Lemesurier (or Le Mesurier or LeMesurier) (28 January 1826 — 26 June 1891) was a Canadian politician, serving as Mayor of Quebec City from January 1868 to November 1869.William Hossak , , November 12, 1869 , , January 7, 1870 , , 1 month and 25 days , , N/A
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Adolphe Guillet dit Tourangeau
Adolphe-Elzéar Guillet dit Tourangeau (January 15, 1831 – October 8, 1894) was a notary and political figure in Quebec, Canada. He was a Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada representing Quebec East from 1870 to 1874. He als ...
(second term) , , January 10, 1870 , , May 2, 1870 , , 3 months and 23 days , , N/A
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Pierre Garneau
Pierre Garneau (8 May 1823 – 23 June 1905) was a Canadian businessman and politician.
Biography
Born and educated in Cap-Santé, Lower Canada, the son of François-Xavier Garneau and Julie-Henriette Gignac, Garneau moved to Quebec City in 183 ...
, , May 2, 1870 , , May 4, 1874 , , 4 years and 2 days , , N/A
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Owen Murphy Owen Murphy may refer to:
* Owen Murphy (politician), Canadian politician
* Owen Murphy (baseball), American baseball player
See also
* Eoghan Murphy
Eoghan Murphy (born Dublin, 23 April 1982) is a former Fine Gael politician who was a Teach ...
, , May 4, 1874 , , May 6, 1878 , , 4 years and 2 days , , N/A
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, 19 , , Robert Chambers , , May 4, 1878 , , May 3, 1880 , , 1 year and 11 months and 30 days , , N/A
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Jean-Docile Brousseau
Jean-Docile Brousseau (February 24, 1825 – July 28, 1908) was a Canadian politician and newspaper owner.
He was born in Quebec City in 1825. In 1855, he became the official printer for the archbishopric of Quebec and produced the ''Le Cou ...
, , May 3, 1880 , , May 1, 1882 , , 1 year and 11 months and 29 days , , N/A
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Sir François-Charles-Stanislas Langelier
''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...
, , May 1, 1882 , , March 1, 1890 , , 7 years and 10 months , , N/A
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Jules-Joseph-Taschereau Frémont
Jules-Joseph-Taschereau Frémont (20 December 1855 – 28 March 1902) was a Canadian politician, author, lawyer and professor. He was a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada and a mayor of Quebec City.
Biography
Frémont was born i ...
, , March 1, 1890 , , April 2, 1894 , , 4 years and 1 month and 1 day , , N/A
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Simon-Napoléon Parent
Simon-Napoléon Parent (September 12, 1855 – September 7, 1920) was the 12th premier of Quebec from October 3, 1900 to March 21, 1905, as well as serving as President of the Quebec Bridge and Railway Company.
Background
Parent was born in ...
, , April 2, 1894 , , January 12, 1906 , , 11 years and 9 months and 10 days , , N/A
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Georges Tanguay
Georges Tanguay (2 June 1856 – 21 September 1913) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Quebec City, Quebec, the son of Georges Tanguay and Adeline Mathieu, Tanguay was elected without opposition to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the ...
, , January 12, 1906 , , March 1, 1906 , , 1 month and 20 days , , N/A
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Jean-Georges Garneau
Sir Jean-Georges Garneau (19 November 1864 – 5 February 1944) was a Canadian politician, the mayor of Quebec City from 1906 to 1910.
Sir Georges Garneau was a railroad engineer involved in the construction of track between Lac Saint-Jean and Q ...
, , March 1, 1906 , , March 1, 1910 , , 4 years , , N/A
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Olivier-Napoléon Drouin
Olivier-Napoléon Drouin (1862–1934) was a Canadian politician, the mayor of Quebec City from 1910 to 1916. He also initiated the Rock City Tobacco company.
After representing Quebec City's Saint-Roch ward as alderman since 1896, Drouin won t ...
, , March 1, 1910 , , March 1, 1916 , , 6 years , , N/A
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Henri-Edgar Lavigueur
Henri-Edgar Lavigueur (16 February 1867 – 29 October 1943) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada and served as alderman and Mayor of Quebec City where he was born. His grandmother, Marguerite, was the daughter of Gene ...
, , March 1, 1916 , , February 20, 1920 , , 3 years and 11 months and 19 days , , N/A
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Joseph-Octave Samson
Joseph-Octave Samson (9 January 1862 – 10 December 1945) was a Canadian politician, serving as Mayor of Quebec City from March 1920 to March 1926.
After working with business interests, including his joint founding of the Samson & Filion Hard ...
, , March 1, 1920 , , March 1, 1926 , , 6 years , , N/A
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Valmont Martin
Valmont Martin (May 19, 1875, in Carleton – February 24, 1935, in Quebec City)Louis-Marie Côté, Carmelle Gauvin, Gérald Sirois, ''Les maires de la Vieille Capitale'', Société historique de Québec, Québec, 1980, p. 70-71. Part of this ...
, , March 1, 1926 , , December 7, 1927 , , 1 year and 9 months and 6 days , , N/A
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, 30 , , Télesphore Simard , , December 7, 1927 , , March 1, 1928 , , 2 months and 25 days , , N/A
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, 31 , , Joseph-Oscar Auger , , March 1, 1928 , , March 1, 1930 , , 2 years , , N/A
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Henri-Edgar Lavigueur
Henri-Edgar Lavigueur (16 February 1867 – 29 October 1943) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada and served as alderman and Mayor of Quebec City where he was born. His grandmother, Marguerite, was the daughter of Gene ...
(second term) , , February 26, 1930 , , January 26, 1934 , , 3 years and 11 months , , N/A
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Joseph-Ernest Grégoire
Joseph-Ernest Grégoire (July 31, 1886 – September 17, 1980) was a French Canadian politician.
Background
He was born in Disraeli, Quebec on July 31, 1886. He was an attorney and a professor. Member of the Barreau du Quebec in 1913, ...
, , March 1, 1934 , , March 1, 1938 , , 4 years , , N/A
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, 34 , , Lucien-Hubert Borne , , March 1, 1938 , , November 17, 1953 , , 15 years and 8 months and 16 days , , N/A
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Wilfrid Hamel
Wilfrid Hamel (16 July 1895 – 31 December 1968) was a Canadian politician, serving as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec and as Mayor of Quebec City.
His early career began in 1913 at the company Maranda et Labrecque, becoming a ...
, , December 15, 1953 , , December 1, 1965 , , 11 years and 11 months and 17 days , , N/A
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Gilles Lamontagne
Joseph-Georges-Gilles-Claude Lamontagne (; April 17, 1919 – June 14, 2016) was a Canadian politician and the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.
Early life
He was born in Montreal. During World War II, Lamontagne served as a bomber pilot in ...
, , December 1, 1965 , , December 1, 1977 , , 12 years , , P.C.
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Jean Pelletier
Jean Pelletier, (; February 21, 1935 – January 10, 2009) was a Canadian politician who served as the 37th mayor of Quebec City, Chief of Staff in the Prime Minister's Office, and chairman of Via Rail. He was a leading organizer of the Libe ...
, , December 1, 1977 , , November 5, 1989 , , 11 years and 11 months and 4 days , , P.C.
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Jean-Paul L'Allier
Jean-Paul L'Allier (August 12, 1938 – January 5, 2016) was a Quebec politician, a two-term Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) and the 38th mayor of Quebec City.
Background
L'Allier was born in Hudson, Montérégie in 1938 and ...
, , November 5, 1989 , , November 19, 2005 , , 16 years, 1 month and 26 days , , R.P. (until 2001) R.M.Q. (after 2001)
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Andrée Boucher
Andrée Plamondon Boucher (January 31, 1937 – August 24, 2007) was a Canadian politician from the province of Quebec. She was the mayor of Quebec City from November 19, 2005 until her death. Previously, she had been the mayor of the city of Sa ...
, , November 19, 2005 , , August 24, 2007 , , 1 year, 9 months and 18 days , , Ind.
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Jacques Joli-Coeur
Ancient and noble French family names, Jacques, Jacq, or James are believed to originate from the Middle Ages in the historic northwest Brittany region in France, and have since spread around the world over the centuries. To date, there are over ...
, , August 24, 2007 , , December 8, 2007 , , 3 months and 14 days , , R.M.Q.
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Régis Labeaume
Régis Labeaume (born May 2, 1956) is a Canadians, Canadian businessman, writer and politician. He served as mayor of Quebec City from 2007 to 2021. He was first elected on December 2, 2007 after the death of former mayor Andrée Boucher. He was re ...
, , December 8, 2007 , , November 14, 2021, , 13 years, 11 months, 6 days, , Ind. (2007-2009)
L'Équipe Labeaume (2009-2021)
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Bruno Marchand
Bruno Marchand (born 1972) is a Canadian politician who currently serves as mayor of Quebec City, Quebec, succeeding Régis Labeaume in the 2021 Quebec City municipal election.
Biography
Marchand was born in Quebec City and grew up in the Lair ...
* The first woman mayor of Quebec City was elected in 2005, 180 years after the creation of the city.
* Mayor
Jean-Paul L'Allier
Jean-Paul L'Allier (August 12, 1938 – January 5, 2016) was a Quebec politician, a two-term Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) and the 38th mayor of Quebec City.
Background
L'Allier was born in Hudson, Montérégie in 1938 and ...
has been the longest-serving mayor in the city's history, serving more than 16 years.
* The city was administered by a
justice of the peace
A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...
from 1836 to 1840.
* Party politics was introduced to city politics in the 1960s by Gilles Lamontagne's ''Progrès civique de Québec''.
Quebec City Council
The Quebec City Council (french: Conseil municipal de Québec) is the governing body in the mayor–council government in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The council consists of a mayor and of 21 representatives representing the 21 city council distr ...
Quebec City
Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Communauté métrop ...