President of the National Assembly of Quebec

Canadian provincial legislative officer

The president of the National Assembly of Quebec (French; Président de l'Assemblée nationale du Québec) is the presiding officer of the National Assembly of Quebec, Canada, which is modeled after the Westminster parliamentary system. In other Anglophone parliaments and legislatures the equivalent position is often called the "Speaker", which is why from 1867 to 1968, the presiding officer of the Assembly was known in French as "orateur," a translation of the English term "speaker".

## Description

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The president of the National Assembly is fifth in the Quebec order of precedence, after the king of Canada, the lieutenant governor of Quebec, the premier, and the deputy premier. The National Assembly elects the president at the beginning of a legislature, for the length of the legislature. The president is assisted by the vice presidents of the Assembly, who serve in the absence of the president. Parti Québécois Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Louise Harel made history by being appointed as the first female president on March 12, 2002. The current president of the Assembly is the CAQ MNA Nathalie Roy. Roy is the second woman to serve in the role after Harel herself.

## Roles

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The function of the president holds three major roles.

* Presiding over Assembly hearings.
* Administration of Assembly services.
* Representing the Assembly, notably in relations with other parliaments.

## List of presidents of the National Assembly of Quebec

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No.  | Portrait  | Name
Electoral district
(Birth–Death) | Term of office  | Party  | Legislature

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Term start  | Term end
1 |  | Joseph-Goderic Blanchet
MLA for Lévis
(1829–1890) | December 27,
1867  | June 7,
1875  |  | Conservative | 1st
2nd
2 |  | Pierre-Étienne Fortin
MLA for Gaspé
(1823–1888) | November 4,
1875  | November 9,
1876  |  | Conservative | 3rd
3 |  | Louis Beaubien
MLA for Hochelaga
(1837–1915) | November 10,
1876  | May 1,
1878  |  | Conservative
4 |  | Arthur Turcotte
MLA for Trois-Rivières
(1845–1905) | June 4,
1878  | March 8,
1882  |  | Independent Conservative  | 4th
5 |  | Louis-Olivier Taillon
MLA for Montréal-Est
(1840–1923) | March 8,
1882  | January 23,
1884  |  | Conservative | 5th
6 |  | Jonathan Saxton Campbell Würtele
MLA for Yamaska
(1828–1904) | March 27,
1884  | June 28,
1886  |  | Conservative | 6th
7 |  | Félix-Gabriel Marchand
MLA for Saint-Jean
(1832–1900) | January 27,
1887  | April 26,
1892  |  | Liberal
7th
8 |  | Pierre-Évariste Leblanc
MLA for Laval
(1853–1918) | April 26,
1892  | November 23,
1897  |  | Conservative | 8th
9 |  | Jules Tessier
MLA for Portneuf
(1852–1934) | November 23,
1897  | February 14,
1901  |  | Liberal | 9th
10 |  | Henri-Benjamin Rainville
MLA for Montréal division no. 3
(1852–1937) | February 14,
1901  | March 2,
1905  |  | Liberal | 10th
11 |  | Auguste Tessier
MLA for Rimouski
(1853–1938) | March 2,
1905  | March 23,
1905  |  | Liberal | 11th
12 |  | William Alexander Weir
MLA for Argenteuil
(1858–1929) | April 25,
1905  | August 31,
1906  |  | Liberal
13 |  | Philippe-Honoré Roy
MLA for St. Jean
(1847–1910) | January 15,
1907  | June 8,
1908  |  | Liberal
14 |  | Jean-Marie-Joseph-Pantaléon Pelletier
MLA for Sherbrooke
(1860–1924) | March 2,
1909  | August 7,
1911  |  | Liberal | 12th
15 |  | Cyrille-Fraser Delâge
MLA for Québec-Comté
(1869–1957) | January 9,
1912  | November 7,
1916  |  | Liberal
13th
16 |  | Antonin Galipeault
MLA for Bellechasse
(1879–1971) | November 7,
1916  | August 25,
1919  |  | Liberal | 14th
17 |  | Joseph-Napoléon Francoeur
MLA for Lotbinière
(1880–1965) | December 10,
1919  | January 10,
1928  |  | Liberal | 15th
16th
18 |  | Hector Laferté
MLA for Drummond
(1885–1971) | January 10,
1928  | April 24,
1929  |  | Liberal | 17th
19 |  | Télesphore-Damien Bouchard
MLA for Saint-Hyacinthe
(1881–1962) | January 7,
1930  | June 6,
1935  |  | Liberal
18th
20 |  | Lucien Dugas
MLA for Joliette
(1897–1985) | March 24,
1936  | October 7,
1936  |  | Liberal | 19th
21 |  | Paul Sauvé
MLA for Deux-Montagnes
(1907–1960) | October 7,
1936  | February 19,
1940  |  | Union Nationale | 20th
22 |  | Bernard Bissonnette
MLA for L'Assomption
(1898–1964) | February 20,
1940  | May 8,
1942  |  | Liberal | 21st
23 |  | Valmore Bienvenue
MLA for Bellechasse
(1894–1952) | May 12,
1942  | November 5,
1942  |  | Liberal
24 |  | Cyrille Dumaine
MLA for Bagot
(1897–1946) | February 23,
1943  | February 7,
1945  |  | Liberal
25 |  | Alexandre Taché
MLA for Hull
(1899–1961) | February 7,
1945  | December 15,
1955  |  | Union Nationale | 22nd
23rd
24th
26 |  | Maurice Tellier
MLA for Montcalm
(1896–1966) | December 15,
1955  | September 20,
1960  |  | Union Nationale
25th
27 |  | Lucien Cliche
MLA for Abitibi-Est
(1916–2005) | September 20,
1960  | December 15,
1961  |  | Liberal | 26th
28 |  | John Richard Hyde
MLA for Westmount–Saint-Georges
(1912–2003) | January 9,
1962  | October 14,
1965  |  | Liberal
27th
29 |  | Guy Lechasseur
MLA for Verchères
(1916–2005) | October 22,
1965  | December 1,
1966  |  | Liberal
30 |  | Rémi Paul
MLA for Maskinongé
(1921–1982) | December 1,
1966  | October 21,
1968  |  | Union Nationale | 28th
31 |  | Gérard Lebel
MNA for Rivière-du-Loup
(1930–2020) | January 1,
1969  | December 23,
1969  |  | Union Nationale
32 |  | Raynald Fréchette
MNA for Sherbrooke
(1933–2007) | February 24,
1970  | June 8,
1970  |  | Union Nationale
33 |  | Jean-Noël Lavoie
MNA for Laval
(1927–2013) | June 8,
1970  | December 14,
1976  |  | Liberal | 29th
30th
34 |  | Clément Richard
MNA for Montmorency
(1939–2022) | December 14,
1976  | November 6,
1980  |  | Parti Québécois | 31st
35 |  | Claude Vaillancourt
MNA for Jonquière
(born 1944) | November 11,
1980  | March 23,
1983  |  | Parti Québécois
32nd
36 |  | Richard Guay
MNA for Taschereau
(born 1943) | March 23,
1983  | December 16,
1985  |  | Parti Québécois
37 |  | Pierre Lorrain
MNA for Saint-Jean
(1942–2004) | December 16,
1985  | November 28,
1989  |  | Liberal | 33rd
38 |  | Jean-Pierre Saintonge
MNA for La Pinière
(born 1945) | November 28,
1989  | November 29,
1994  |  | Liberal | 34th
39 |  | Roger Bertrand
MNA for Portneuf
(born 1947) | November 29,
1994  | January 29,
1996  |  | Parti Québécois | 35th
40 |  | Jean-Pierre Charbonneau
MNA for Borduas
(born 1950) | March 12,
1983  | March 12,
2002  |  | Parti Québécois
36th
41 |  | Louise Harel
MNA for Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
(born 1946) | March 12,
2002  | June 4,
2003  |  | Parti Québécois
42 |  | Michel Bissonnet
MNA for Jeanne-Mance–Viger
(born 1942) | June 4,
2003  | July 14,
2008  |  | Liberal | 37th
38th
43 |  | François Gendron
MNA for Abitibi-Ouest
(born 1944) | October 21,
2008  | January 12,
2009  |  | Parti Québécois
44 |  | Yvon Vallières
MNA for Abitibi-Ouest
(born 1949) | January 13,
2009  | April 5,
2011  |  | Liberal | 39th
45 |  | Jacques Chagnon
MNA for Westmount–Saint-Louis
(born 1952) | April 5,
2011  | November 26,
2018  |  | Liberal
40th
41st
46 |  | François Paradis
MNA for Lévis
(born 1957) | November 26,
2018  | November 28,
2022  |  | Coalition Avenir Québec | 42nd
47 |  | Nathalie Roy
MNA for Montarville
(born 1964) | November 29,
2022  | Incumbent  |  | Coalition Avenir Québec | 43rd

All but one speaker was born in the province (Valmore Bienvenue was born in the United States to Québécois parents). Henri-Benjamin Rainville died in the US and Cyrille Dumaine died in Ottawa.

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