No.
Portrait
Name(Birth–Death)
Term of office
Electoral mandates (Assembly)
Political party
Riding
Ref.
1
Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau (1820–1890)
15 July 1867
25 February 1873
Title created (caretaker government )
1867 election (1st Leg. )
1871 election (2nd Leg. )
Conservative
MLA for Québec-Comté
Resigned to accept appointment to the Senate of Canada .
2
Gédéon Ouimet (1823–1905)
27 February 1873
22 September 1874
Appointment (2nd Leg. )
Conservative
MLA for Deux-Montagnes
Resigned over Tanneries scandal .
3 (1 of 2)
Charles Boucher de Boucherville (1822–1915)
22 September 1874
8 March 1878
Appointment (2nd Leg. )
1875 election (3rd Leg. )
Conservative
Councillor for Montarville
Dismissed by Lieutenant Governor Luc Letellier de St-Just after Letellier refused to approve legislation.
4
Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière (1829–1908)
8 March 1878
31 October 1879
Appointment (3rd Leg. )
1878 election (4th Leg. )
Liberal
MLA for Lotbinière
5
Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau (1840–1898)
31 October 1879
31 July 1882
Appointment (4th Leg. )
1881 election (5th Leg. )
Conservative
MLA for Terrebonne
6
Joseph-Alfred Mousseau (1837–1886)
31 July 1882
23 January 1884
Appointment (5th Leg. )
Conservative
MLA for Jacques-Cartier
7
John Jones Ross (1831–1901)
23 January 1884
25 January 1887
Appointment (5th Leg. )
1886 election (6th Leg. )
Conservative
Councillor for Shawinigan
8 (1 of 2)
Louis-Olivier Taillon (1840–1901)
25 January 1887
29 January 1887
Appointment (6th Leg. )
Conservative
MLA for Montcalm
9
Honoré Mercier (1840–1894)
29 January 1887
21 December 1891
Appointment (6th Leg. )
1890 election (7th Leg. )
Parti National
MLA for Saint-Hyacinthe (1887-1890)
MLA for Bonaventure (1890-1891)
Dismissed by Lieutenant Governor over charges of corruption.
— (2 of 2)
Charles Boucher de Boucherville (1822–1915)
21 December 1891
16 December 1892
Appointment (7th Leg. )
1892 election (8th Leg. )
Conservative
Councillor for Montarville
— (2 of 2)
Louis-Olivier Taillon (1840–1901)
16 December 1892
11 May 1896
Appointment (8th Leg. )
Conservative
MLA for Chambly
10
Edmund James Flynn (1847–1927)
12 May 1896
24 May 1897
Appointment (8th Leg. )
Conservative
MLA for Gaspé
Last Conservative premier.
11
Félix-Gabriel Marchand (1832–1900)
24 May 1897
25 September 1900
1897 election (9th Leg. )
Liberal
MLA for Saint-Jean
Died in office.
12
Simon-Napoléon Parent (1855–1920)
3 October 1900
23 March 1905
Appointment (9th Leg. )
1900 election (10th Leg. )
1904 election (11th Leg. )
Liberal
MLA for Saint-Sauveur
13
Lomer Gouin (1861–1929)
23 March 1905
23 March 1920
Appointment (11th Leg. )
1908 election (12th Leg. )
1912 election (13th Leg. )
1916 election (14th Leg. )
1919 election (15th Leg. )
Liberal
MLA for Montréal division no. 2 (1905-1908)
MLA for Portneuf (1908-1920)
14
Louis-Alexandre Taschereau (1867–1952)
9 July 1920
11 June 1936
Appointment (15th Leg. )
1923 election (16th Leg. )
1927 election (17th Leg. )
1931 election (18th Leg. )
1935 election (19th Leg. )
Liberal
MLA for Montmorency
Established Quebec Liquor Commission ; attempted to create a Jewish school board; Great Depression .
15 (1 of 2)
Adélard Godbout (1892–1956)
11 June 1936
26 August 1936
Appointment (19th Leg. )
Liberal (Ldr. 1938 )
MLA for L'Islet
16 (1 of 2)
Maurice Duplessis (1890–1959)
26 August 1936
8 November 1939
1936 election (20th Leg. )
Union Nationale (Ldr. 1936 )
MLA for Trois-Rivières
Padlock Law .
— (2 of 2)
Adélard Godbout (1892–1956)
8 November 1939
30 August 1944
1939 election (21st Leg. )
Liberal (Ldr. 1938 )
MLA for L'Islet
Women's suffrage ; established province's first labour code; nationalized Montreal Light, Heat & Power .
— (2 of 2)
Maurice Duplessis (1890–1959)
30 August 1944
7 September 1959
1944 election (22nd Leg. )
1948 election (23rd Leg. )
1952 election (24th Leg. )
1956 election (25th Leg. )
Union Nationale (Ldr. 1936 )
MLA for Trois-Rivières
"Grande Noirceur ", Duplessis Orphans . Died in office.
17
Paul Sauvé (1907–1960)
11 September 1959
2 January 1960
Appointment (25th Leg. )
Union Nationale (Ldr. 1959 )
MLA for Deux-Montagnes
"100 Days of Change". Died in office.
18
Antonio Barrette (1899–1968)
8 January 1960
5 July 1960
Appointment (25th Leg. )
Union Nationale (Ldr. 1960 )
MLA for Joliette
19
Jean Lesage (1912–1980)
5 July 1960
16 June 1966
1960 election (26th Leg. )
1962 election (27th Leg. )
Liberal (Ldr. 1958 )
MLA for Québec-Ouest
Quiet Revolution ; established Ministry of Education ; establishment of Hydro-Québec ;
20
Daniel Johnson Sr. (1915–1968)
16 June 1966
26 September 1968
1966 election (28th Leg. )
Union Nationale (Ldr. 1961 )
MLA for Bagot
CEGEP ; died in office.
21
Jean-Jacques Bertrand (1916–1973)
2 October 1968
12 May 1970
Appointment (28th Leg. )
Union Nationale (Ldr. 1969 )
MLA for Missisquoi (MNA after 1968)
Abolished the Legislative Council and renamed the Legislative Assembly to the National Assembly ; Bill 63 ; last Union Nationale premier.
22 (1 of 2)
Robert Bourassa (1933–1996)
29 April 1970
25 November 1976
1970 election (29th Leg. )
1973 election (30th Leg. )
Liberal (Ldr. 1970 )
MNA for Mercier
October Crisis ; Official Languages Act (Bill 22) ; James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement ; Cliche commission.
23
René Lévesque (1922–1987)
25 November 1976
3 October 1985
1976 election (31st Leg. )
1981 election (32nd Leg. )
Parti Québécois (Ldr. 1968 )
MNA for Taillon
Charter of the French Language (Bill 101) ; 1980 Quebec referendum ; Patriation of the Canadian constitution discussions; beau risque .
24
Pierre Marc Johnson (b. 1946)
3 October 1985
12 December 1985
Appointment (32nd Leg. )
Parti Québécois (Ldr. 1985 )
MNA for Anjou
— (2 of 2)
Robert Bourassa (1933–1996)
12 December 1985
11 January 1994
1985 election (33rd Leg. )
1989 election (34th Leg. )
Liberal (Ldr. 1983 )
MNA for Saint-Laurent
Meech Lake Accord ; Charlottetown Accord .
25
Daniel Johnson Jr. (b. 1944)
11 January 1994
26 September 1994
Appointment (34th Leg. )
Liberal (Ldr. 1993 )
MNA for Vaudreuil
26
Jacques Parizeau (1930–2015)
26 September 1994
29 January 1996
1994 election (35th Leg. )
Parti Québécois (Ldr. 1988 )
MNA for L'Assomption
1995 Quebec referendum ; resigned after referendum loss.
27
Lucien Bouchard (b. 1938)
29 January 1996
8 March 2001
Appointment (35th Leg. )
1998 election (36th Leg. )
Parti Québécois (Ldr. 1996 )
MNA for Jonquière
"Winning conditions"; implemented universal childcare and pharmacare.
28
Bernard Landry (1937–2018)
8 March 2001
29 April 2003
Appointment (36th Leg. )
Parti Québécois (Ldr. 2001 )
MNA for Verchères
29
Jean Charest (b. 1958)
29 April 2003
19 September 2012
2003 election (37th Leg. )
2007 election (38th Leg. )
2008 election (39th Leg. )
Liberal (Ldr. 1998 )
MNA for Sherbrooke
2012 Quebec student protests , lost his own seat in 2012.
30
Pauline Marois (b. 1949)
19 September 2012
23 April 2014
2012 election (40th Leg. )
Parti Québécois (Ldr. 2007 )
MNA for Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré
First woman to hold the office. Quebec Charter of Values . Lost her own seat in 2014.
31
Philippe Couillard (b. 1957)
23 April 2014
18 October 2018
2014 election (41st Leg. )
Liberal (Ldr. 2013 )
MNA for Roberval
Ban on face coverings (Bill 62) .
32
François Legault (b. 1957)
18 October 2018
incumbent
2018 election (42nd Leg. )
2022 election (43rd Leg. )
Coalition Avenir Québec (Ldr. 2011)
MNA for L'Assomption
Ban on religious symbols ; COVID-19 pandemic .