
The President of the National Assembly of Quebec (French; Le 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 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".
Presidents of the National Assembly of Quebec
Conservative
- Joseph-Godric Blanchet (December 27, 1867 to November 4, 1875)
- Pierre-Étienne Fortin (November 4, 1875 to November 9, 1876)
- Louis Beaubien (November 10, 1876 to May 1, 1878)
Conservative independent
- Arthur Turcotte (June 4, 1878 to March 8, 1882)
Conservative
- Louis-Olivier Taillon (March 8, 1882 to January 23, 1884)
- Jonathan Saxton Campbell Würtele (March 27, 1884 to October 14, 1886)
Liberal
- Félix-Gabriel Marchand (January 27, 1887 to April 26, 1892)
Conservative
- Pierre-Évariste Leblanc (April 26, 1892 to November 23, 1897)
Liberal
- Jules Tessier (November 23, 1897 to February 14, 1901)
- Henri-Benjamin Rainville (February 14, 1901 to March 2, 1905)
- Auguste Tessier (March 2, 1905 to April 25, 1905)
- William Alexander Weir (April 25, 1905 to August 31, 1906)
- Philippe-Honoré Roy (January 15, 1907 to March 2, 1909)
- Jean-Marie-Joseph-Pantaléon Pelletier (March 2, 1909 to August 7, 1911)
- Cyrille-Fraser Delâge (January 9, 1912 to November 7, 1916)
- Antonin Galipeault (November 7, 1916 to August 25, 1919)
- Joseph-Napoléon Francoeur (December 10, 1919 to January 10, 1928)
- Hector Laferté (January 10, 1928 to April 24, 1929)
- Télesphore-Damien Bouchard (January 7, 1930 to June 6, 1935)
- Lucien Dugas (March 24, 1936 to October 7, 1936)
Union Nationale
- Joseph-Mignault-Paul Sauvé (October 7, 1936 to February 19, 1940)
Liberal
- Bernard Bissonnette (February 20, 1940 to May 8, 1942)
- Valmore Bienvenue (May 12, 1942 to November 5, 1942)
- Cyrille Dumaine (February 23, 1943 to February 7, 1945)
Union Nationale
- Alexandre Taché (February 7, 1945 to December 15, 1955)
- Maurice Tellier (December 15, 1955 to September 20, 1960)
Liberal
- Lucien Cliche (September 20, 1960 to December 20, 1961)
- John Richard Hyde (January 9, 1962 to October 14, 1965)
- Guy Lechasseur (October 22, 1965 to December 1, 1966)
Union Nationale
- Rémi Paul (December 1, 1966 to October 10, 1968)
- Gérard Lebel (October 22, 1968 to December 23, 1969)
- Raynald Fréchette (February 24, 1970 to June 9, 1970)
Liberal
- Jean-Noël Lavoie (June 9, 1970 to December 14, 1976)
Parti Québécois
- Clément Richard (December 14, 1976 to November 6, 1980)
- Claude Vaillancourt (November 11, 1980 to March 23, 1980)
- Richard Guay (March 23, 1983 to December 16, 1985)
Liberal
- Pierre Lorrain (December 16, 1985 to November 28, 1989)
- Jean-Pierre Saintonge (November 28, 1989 to November 29, 1994)
Parti Québécois
- Roger Bertrand (November 29, 1994 to January 29, 1996)
- Jean-Pierre Charbonneau (March 12, 1996 to January 30, 2002)
- Louise Harel (March 12, 2002 to June 4, 2003)
Liberal
- Michel Bissonnet (June 4, 2003 to July 14, 2008)
Parti Québécois
- François Gendron (October 21, 2008 to January 13, 2009
Liberal
- Yvon Vallières (January 13, 2009 to April 1, 2011)
- Jacques Chagnon (April 5, 2011 to present)