Pierre Duchesne (born February 27, 1940) was the 28th

Lieutenant Governor of Quebec The lieutenant governor of Quebec (; French (masculine): ''Lieutenant-gouverneur du Québec'', or (feminine): ''Lieutenante-gouverneure du Québec'') is the viceregal representative in Quebec of the , who operates distinctly within the province ...

and former secretary general of the

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. As lieutenant governor he was the viceregal representative of Queen Elizabeth II of Canada in the Province of

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. His appointment was made by

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, on the

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, and announced on May 18, 2007.

Biography

With a Bachelor of Arts degree from the seminary of

Chicoutimi Chicoutimi () is the most populous borough (arrondissement) of the city of Saguenay in Quebec, Canada. It is situated at the confluence of the Saguenay and Chicoutimi rivers. During the 20th century, it became the main administrative and com ...

and a licentiate in law from

Laval University Laval means ''The Valley'' in old French and is the name of: People * House of Laval, a French noble family originating from the town of Laval, Mayenne * Laval (surname) Places Belgium * Laval, a village in the municipality of Sainte-Ode, Luxemb ...

, Duchesne became a

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in Sept-Îles in 1966. He had worked in the National Assembly since 1974 and served as its secretary general from 1984 to 2001. He is the author of two important publications on Quebec parliamentary procedure, ''Recueil des décisions concernant la procédure parlementaire'' and ''La Procédure parlementaire du Québec''. On May 18, 2007, he was announced by Prime Minister Stephen Harper as the next Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, replacing outgoing Lieutenant Governor

Lise Thibault Lise Thibault DStJ (; born 2 April 1939) is a Canadian politician who served as the List of lieutenant governors of Quebec#Lieutenant Governors of Quebec, 1867–present, 27th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec from 1997 to 2007. She later spent six ...

. He was sworn in on June 7, 2007.

Arms

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Duchesne, Pierre 1940 births 20th-century Canadian civil servants Living people Lieutenant Governors of Quebec Université Laval Faculté de droit alumni