List of premiers of Quebec by time in office
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This is a list of Premiers of Quebec in order of time served in office as Premier of Quebec as of January 23, 2025. The preceding Premier always stays in office during an election campaign, and that time is included in the total.
Parti conservateur du Québec Union Nationale Parti libéral du Québec Parti Québécois
Rank | Premier | Incumbency | Dates in Power | Mandates |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Maurice Duplessis[1] | 18 years, 82 days | 1936-8-26—1939-11-8 1944-8-30—1959-9-7 |
5 |
2 | Louis-Alexandre Taschereau | 15 years, 338 days | 1920-7-9—1936-6-11 | 4 |
3 | Lomer Gouin | 15 years, 108 days | 1905-3-23—1920-7-9 | 4 |
4 | Robert Bourassa | 14 years, 227 days | 1970-5-12—1976-11-25 1985-12-12—1994-1-11 |
4 |
5 | Jean Charest | 9 years, 143 days | 2003-4-29—2012-9-19 | 3 |
6 | René Lévesque | 8 years, 312 days | 1976-11-25—1985-10-3 | 2 |
7 | Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau | 6 years, 41 days | 1867-07-15—1873-02-25 | 2 |
8 | Jean Lesage | 5 years, 346 days | 1960-7-5—1966-6-16 | 2 |
9 | Lucien Bouchard | 5 years, 38 days | 1996-1-29—2001-3-8 | 1 |
10 | Adélard Godbout | 5 years, 7 days | 1936-6-11—1936-8-26 1939-11-8—1944-8-30 |
1 |
11 | Honoré Mercier | 4 years, 326 days | 1887-01-29—1891-12-21 | 1 |
12 | Charles Boucher de Boucherville | 4 years, 163 days | 1874-09-22—1878-03-08 1891-12-21—1892-12-16 |
2 |
13 | Simon-Napoléon Parent | 4 years, 121 days | 1900-10-3—1905-3-23 | 2 |
14 | Louis-Olivier Taillon | 3 years, 151 days | 1887-01-25—1887-01-29 1892-12-16—1896-5-11 |
0 |
15 | Félix-Gabriel Marchand[1] | 3 years, 124 days | 1897-5-24—1900-9-25 | 1 |
16 | John Jones Ross | 3 years, 2 days | 1884-01-23—1887-01-25 | 1 |
17 | Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau | 2 years, 273 days | 1879-10-31—1882-07-31 | 1 |
18 | Daniel Johnson, Sr.[1] | 2 years, 102 days | 1966-6-16—1968-9-26 | 1 |
19 | Bernard Landry | 2 years, 52 days | 2001-3-8—2003-4-29 | 0 |
20 | Philippe Couillard (incumbent) | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2014-4-23—present | 1 |
21 | Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière | 1 year, 237 days | 1878-03-08—1879-10-31 | 1 |
22 | Jean-Jacques Bertrand | 1 year, 222 days | 1968-10-2—1970-5-12 | 0 |
23 | Pauline Marois | 1 year, 216 days | 2012-9-19—2014-4-23 | 1 |
24 | Gédéon Ouimet | 1 year, 207 days | 1873-02-27—1874-09-22 | 0 |
25 | Joseph-Alfred Mousseau | 1 year, 176 days | 1882-07-31—1884-01-23 | 0 |
26 | Jacques Parizeau | 1 year, 125 days | 1994-9-26—1996-1-29 | 1 |
27 | Edmund James Flynn | 1 year, 13 days | 1896-5-11—1897-5-24 | 0 |
28 | Daniel Johnson, Jr. | 0 years, 258 days | 1994-1-11—1994-9-26 | 0 |
29 | Antonio Barrette | 0 years, 185 days | 1960-1-2—1960-7-5 | 0 |
30 | Paul Sauvé[1] | 0 years, 113 days | 1959-9-11—1960-1-2 | 0 |
31 | Pierre-Marc Johnson | 0 years, 70 days | 1985-10-3—1985-12-12 | 0 |