The Ministry of Public Security ( French: ''Ministère de la Sécurité publique'') is responsible for public safety and security in the province of

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. The ministry is in charge of the

Sûreté du Québec The (SQ; , ) is the provincial police service for the Canadian province of Quebec. No official English name exists, but the agency's name is sometimes translated to 'Quebec Provincial Police' or QPP in English-language sources. The headquarters ...

, the provincial police force. The current minister in charge is

François Bornnadel François () is a French language, French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis (given name), Francis. People with the given name * Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of ...

Ministers of Public Security

* Herbert Marx 1988 * Gil Rémillard 1988-1989 *

Sam Elkas Sam Elkas (born March 31, 1938) is a former Canada, Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Robert-Baldwin in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1989 to 1994.Graeme Hamilton, "Elkas survives scare from Equality Party; Kir ...

1989-1990 *

Claude Ryan Claude Ryan, (January 26, 1925 – February 9, 2004) was a Canadian journalist and politician. He was the director of the newspaper ''Le Devoir'' from 1964 to 1978, leader of the Quebec Liberal Party from 1978 to 1982, National Assembly of ...

1990-1994 *

Robert Middlemiss Robert Middlemiss (January 8, 1935 – May 28, 2010) was an engineer and politician from Quebec, who served in the Robert Bourassa and Daniel Johnson Jr. governments. Biography Middlemiss was born in Aylmer, Quebec to William Middlemiss, a ...

1994 *

Serge Ménard Naval Lieutenant (Retired) Serge Ménard (born September 27, 1941 in Montreal, Quebec) is a politician from Quebec, Canada. He was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1993 to 2003, and a member of Parliament from 2004 to 2011. Ou ...

1994-1996 *

Robert Perreault Robert Perreault (born 13 May 1947) is a Canadian politician and administrator in the province of Quebec. He was a prominent city councillor in Montreal from 1982 to 1994, a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1994 ...

1996-1997 *

Pierre Bélanger Pierre Bélanger (born April 23, 1960) is a Canadian lawyer and politician in the province of Quebec. Bélanger was a Parti Québécois (PQ) member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1992 to 1998 and was a cabinet minister in the governmen ...

1997-1998 *

1998-2003 *

Normand Jutras Normand Jutras (born 23 November 1948) is a Canadian lawyer and politician from Quebec. From 1994 to 2007 he was an MNA in the National Assembly of Quebec, representing the provincial electoral district of Drummond as a member of the Parti Qué ...

2002 *

Jacques Chagnon Jacques Chagnon (born August 28, 1952) is a retired Canadian politician who served in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1985 to 2018. He holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Concordia University and graduate degrees in politica ...

2003-2005 *

Jacques P. Dupuis Jacques P. Dupuis (born November 25, 1948) is a Canadian politician and lawyer. A member of the Quebec Liberal Party and former National Assembly of Quebec, MNA for Saint-Laurent (provincial electoral district), Saint-Laurent in the Montreal reg ...

2005-2010 *

Robert Dutil Robert Dutil is a Canadian businessman and politician, who was a Quebec Liberal Party member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1985 to 1994 and from 2008 to 2015. Background He was born in Saint-Georges, Quebec on April 16, 1950. He is th ...

2010-2012 *

Stéphane Bergeron Stéphane Bergeron (born January 28, 1965 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian politician. He currently serves as a Bloc Québécois member of the House of Commons of Canada since 2019, he had previously served in that aspect from 1993 to 2005, ...

2012-2014 *

Lise Thériault Lise Thériault (born January 7, 1966) is a former Canadian politician. She is a former Member of the National Assembly of Quebec representing the riding of Anjou–Louis-Riel in Montreal. She was the Deputy Premier of Quebec and Minister for t ...

2014-2016 *

Martin Coiteux Martin Coiteux () is a Canadians, Canadian politician in Quebec, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2014 Quebec general election, 2014 election. He represented the electoral district of Nelligan (electoral district), Nelli ...

2016-2018 *

Geneviève Guilbault Geneviève Guilbault (born November 4, 1982) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in a by-election held in the electoral district Louis-Hébert (provincial electoral district), Louis-Hébert on October 2, 20 ...

2018-2022 *

2022-present

Solicitor General of Quebec

Prior to 2002, the ministry was under the Solicitor General (solliciteur général): *

George Irvine George Irvine may refer to: *George Irvine (politician) (1826–1897), Canadian politician *George Irvine (basketball) (1948–2017), American basketball player and coach *George Irvine (diver), see William Hogarth Main See also

*George Irving ...

1867-1873 *

Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau Sir Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau (November 9, 1840 – June 13, 1898), born in Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, was a French-Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 7th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec from 1892 to 1898. Life As a lawyer, he defen ...

1873-1874 * Auguste-Real Angers 1874-1876 *

George Barnard Baker George Barnard Baker (January 29, 1834 – February 9, 1910) was a Quebec lawyer and political figure. He was a Liberal-Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada representing Missisquoi from 1870 to 1874, from 1879 to 1887 and from ...

1876-1878 *

Alexandre Chauveau Alexandre Chauveau (February 23, 1847 – March 7, 1916) was a lawyer, judge, educator and political figure in Quebec. He represented Rimouski in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1872 to 1880 as both a Conservative member and a Liber ...

1878-1879 *

Honoré Mercier Honoré Mercier (October 15, 1840 – October 30, 1894) was a Canadian lawyer, journalist and politician in Quebec. He was the ninth premier of Quebec from January 27, 1887, to December 21, 1891, as leader of the Parti National or Quebec Libera ...

1879 *

William Warren Lynch William Warren Lynch (September 30, 1845 – November 23, 1916) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and judge in the province of Quebec. Biography Born near the Village of Bedford, County of Missisquoi, Canada East, the son of Thomas Lyn ...

1879-1881 *

Edmund James Flynn Edmund James Flynn (November 16, 1847 – June 7, 1927) was a Canadian politician and the tenth premier of Quebec, from 1896 to 1897. Background Flynn, the son of Jacques Flynn and Elizabeth Tostevin, was born at Percé on November 16, 184 ...

1884-1887 *

Georges Duhamel Georges Duhamel (; ; 30 June 1884 – 13 April 1966) was a French author, born in Paris. Duhamel trained as a doctor, and during World War I was attached to the French Army. In 1920, he published '' Confession de minuit'', the first of a serie ...

1887-1890 *

Antoine Rivard Antoine Rivard (November 14, 1898 – December 26, 1985) was a French Canadian politician. Background He was born in Quebec City on November 14, 1898. He was an attorney and a professor. He was on active military service during World War ...

1950-1959 *

Jacques Miquelon Jacques Miquelon (October 4, 1911 – June 16, 2004) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec. He represented Abitibi-Est in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1948 to 1960 as a member of the Union Nationale. He was born in ...

1959-1960 *

Claude Wagner Claude Wagner (April 4, 1925 – July 11, 1979) was a Canadian judge and politician in the province of Quebec, Canada. Throughout his career, he was a Crown prosecutor, professor of criminal law and judge. Life and career Wagner was bor ...

1964-1966 * Roy Fournier 1971-1972 *

Fernand Lalonde Fernand Lalonde (born August 27, 1932) is a Canadian lawyer and politician. Lalonde represented the riding of Marguerite-Bourgeoys in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1973 to 1984. Born in Mont-Laurier, Quebec, Lalonde is the son of Mauri ...

1975-1976 * Marc-André Bédard 1985 *

Gerard Latulippe Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other Germanic name, early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningfu ...

1985-1987 * Herbert Marx 1987-1988

Provincial prisons in Quebec

* Centre de détention Montreal (Prison Bordeaux) -

Montréal, Quebec Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-pea ...

* Centre de détention Tanguay (Maison Tanguay) -

* Centre de détention Rivière-des-prairies -

Rivière-des-Prairies, Quebec Rivière-des-Prairies was a municipality that was annexed by Montreal, Canada in 1963. On January 1, 2002 it became part of the borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles–Montréal-Est. On January 1, 2006 Montreal East demerged, an ...

* Centre de détention St-Jerome - St-Jerome, Quebec * Centre de détention Québec -

Québec, Quebec 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 ...

* Quartier cellulaire du Palais de Justice -

Longueuil, Quebec Longueuil () is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie administrative region and the central city of the urban agglomeration of Longueuil. It sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly acr ...

* Montréal Palais de Justice -

* Centre de détention Laval -

Laval, Quebec Laval (; ) is a city in Quebec, Canada. It is in the southwest of the province, north of Montreal. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third-largest city in the province after Montreal and Quebec City, and the thirteenth largest city in C ...

* Centre de détention Amos -

Amos, Quebec Amos is a town in northwestern Quebec, Canada, on the Harricana River. It is the seat of Abitibi Regional County Municipality. Amos is the main town on the Harricana River, and the smallest of the three primary towns — after Rouyn-Noranda and ...

* Centre de détention Baie-Comeau -

Baie-Comeau, Quebec Baie-Comeau (; 2021 city population 20,687; CA population 26,643) is a city located approximately north-east of Quebec City in the Côte-Nord region of the province of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the shores of the Saint Lawrence River nea ...

* Centre de détention Chicoutimi -

Saguenay, Quebec Saguenay ( , , ) is a city in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, on the Saguenay River, about north of Quebec City by overland route. It is about upriver and northwest of Tadoussac, located at the confluence with the St. ...

* Centre de détention Havre-Aubert - Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec * Centre de détention Hull -

Gatineau, Quebec Gatineau ( ; ) is a city in western Quebec, Canada. It is located on the northern bank of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario. Gatineau is the largest city in the Outaouais administrative region and is part of Canada's N ...

* Centre de détention New-Carlisle -

New Carlisle, Quebec New Carlisle, Quebec is a town in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of Quebec, Canada. It best known as the boyhood home of René Lévesque although he was born in Campbellton, New Brunswick. Its population is approximately 1,388, most ...

* Centre de détention Rimouski -

Rimouski, Quebec Rimouski ( ) is a city in Quebec, Canada. Rimouski is located in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region, at the mouth of the Rimouski River. It has a population of 48,935 (as of 2021). Rimouski is the site of Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR), the C ...

* Centre de détention Percé -

Percé, Quebec Percé is a small city near the tip of the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec, Canada. Within the territory of the city there is a village community also called Percé. Percé, member of the association of Most Beautiful Villages of Quebec, is mainly a t ...

* Centre de détention Roberval -

Roberval, Quebec Roberval is a city on the south-western shore of Lac Saint-Jean in the Le Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality of Quebec, Canada. With a population of 9,840 in the Canada 2021 Census, it is the fourth largest city on this lake after Alma, ...

* Centre de détention Sept-Îles -

Sept-Îles, Quebec Sept-Îles (Quebec French pronunciation : , French for "Seven Islands") is a city in the Côte-Nord region of eastern Quebec. It is among the northernmost locales with a paved connection to the rest of Quebec's road network. The population was ...

* Centre de détention Sherbrooke -

Sherbrooke, Quebec Sherbrooke ( ; ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François and Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional count ...

* Centre de détention Sorel -

Sorel-Tracy, Quebec Sorel-Tracy (; ) is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada and the geographical end point of the Champlain Valley. It is located at the confluence of the Richelieu River and the St. Lawrence River, on the western edge of Lac Saint-Pierre, downstre ...

* Centre de détention Trois-Rivières - Trois-Rivières, Quebec * Centre de détention Valleyfield - Valleyfield, Quebec

References

External links

Official website

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