Vice President of the National Assembly of Quebec

The Vice President of the National Assembly of Quebec (French; Le Vice-président de l'Assemblée nationale) is the deputy speaker of the National Assembly of Quebec, Canada, which is modeled after the Westminster parliamentary system. The President of the National Assembly is fourteenth in the Quebec order of precedence.

Description

The position of Vice President was created in 1909, with a second Vice President being added in 1973 and a third in 1999. Currently, two Vice Presidents are elected from the ruling party (or coalition) and one from the opposition. They are elected by their colleagues at the beginning of a legislature, and serve until a successor is elected. The Vice President assists the President of the Assembly, and can replace the President in the case of their absence. The Vice Presidents generally preside over routine proceedings. They rarely take part in debate, although they can still cast votes. The current Vice Presidents of the Assembly are Liberals Francois Ouimet and Maryse Gaudreault and péquiste Francois Gendron.[1][2]

List of Vice Presidents of the National Assembly of Quebec

Dates are derived from the National Assembly's listing of Vice Presidents and their linked profiles.[2]

One Vice President (1909–1973)
Vice President Elected Left Office Party
Cyrille-Fraser Delâge10 March 19098 January 1912Liberal
Joseph-Adolphe Tessier18 January 19122 March 1915Liberal
Antonin Galipeault12 January 191522 May 1916Liberal
Eugène Merrill Desaulniers8 November 191620 November 1919Liberal
Adrien Beaudry11 December 191926 March 1921Liberal
Gustave Lemieux12 January 192221 December 1923Liberal
Hector Laferté21 December 192310 January 1928Liberal
Télesphore-Damien Bouchard24 January 19287 January 1930Liberal
Irénée Vautrin22 January 19309 May 1934Liberal
Hector Authier17 January 193513 March 1936Liberal
Léon Casgrain29 April 193610 July 1936Liberal
Marc Trudel14 October 1936September 1939Union Nationale
Valmore Bienvenue6 March 194012 May 1942Liberal
Cyrille Dumaine12 May 194223 February 1943Liberal
Charles Delagrave4 March 194322 June 1944Liberal
Maurice Tellier13 February 194515 December 1955Union Nationale
Daniel Johnson Sr.15 December 195530 April 1958Union Nationale
Germain Caron4 December 195821 September 1960Union Nationale
John Richard Hyde21 September 19609 January 1962Liberal
Jean-Jacques Bédard30 January 196218 April 1966Liberal
Gérard Lebel6 December 196622 October 1968Union Nationale
Raynald Fréchette22 October 196824 February 1970Union Nationale
Roland Théorêt24 February 197010 June 1970Union Nationale
Denis Hardy10 June 197028 February 1973Liberal

Two Vice Presidents (1973–1999)
Vice President Elected Left Office Party
Harry Blank2 March 197314 December 1976Liberal
Robert LamontagneLiberal
Jean-Guy Cardinal14 December 197616 March 1979Parti Québécois
Louise Cuerrier19 May 1981Parti Québécois
Claude Vaillancourt17 May 197911 November 1980Parti Québécois
Jean-Pierre Jolivet11 November 198020 December 1984Parti Québécois
Réal Rancourt19 May 198116 December 1985Parti Québécois
Raymond Brouillet20 December 1984Parti Québécois
Jean-Pierre Saintonge16 December 198528 November 1989Liberal
Louise BéginLiberal
Lawrence Cannon28 November 19895 October 1990Liberal
Michel Bissonnet26 September 1994Liberal
Roger Lefebvre16 October 199011 January 1994Liberal
Michel Tremblay8 March 199429 November 1994Liberal
Pierre Bélanger29 November 199429 January 1996Parti Québécois
Raymond Brouillet2 March 1999Parti Québécois
Claude Pinard12 March 1996Parti Québécois

Vice Presidents for the Majority
Vice President Elected Left Office Party
Claude Pinard2 March 199911 March 2002Parti Québécois
Raymond Brouillet4 June 2003Parti Québécois
François Beaulne12 March 20023 June 2003Parti Québécois
Christos Sirros4 June 200317 June 2004Liberal
Diane Leblanc8 May 2007Liberal
William Cusano19 October 2004Liberal
Jacques Chagnon8 May 20075 April 2011Liberal
Fatima Houda-Pepin30 October 2012Liberal
François Ouimet5 April 2011Liberal
Carole Poirier30 October 201220 May 2014Parti Québécois
Claude CousineauParti Québécois
François Ouimet20 May 2014presentLiberal
Maryse GaudreaultLiberal

Vice-President for the Opposition
Vice President Elected Left Office Party
Michel Bissonnet2 March 19994 June 2003Liberal
François Gendron4 June 20038 May 2007Parti Québécois
Marc Picard8 May 200713 January 2009ADQ
François Gendron13 January 200919 September 2012Parti Québécois
François Ouimet30 October 201220 May 2014Liberal
François Gendron20 May 2014presentParti Québécois

References
  1. Parliamentary Offices, National Assembly of Quebec
  2. Vice Presidents since 1909 (in French)
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