Canadian Provinces P-Y

Party abbreviations: CAQ = Coalition Avenir Québec (Coalition for Quebec's Future, social conservative, federalist, Quebec nationalist, Quebec autonomist, est.4 Nov 2011); CPC = Conservative Party of Canada/Parti Conservateur du Canada (conservative, center-right, former PC, est.7 Dec 2003); Lib = Liberal Party/Parti Libéral (liberal, center-left, est.1854/67); NDP = New Democratic Party/Nouveau Parti Démocrate (social-democratic, est.1961); PC = Progressive Conservative Party/Parti Progressiste-Conservateur (conservative, merged with Canadian Alliance to form CPC, 1942-Dec 2003, separate provincial branches remain in Prince Edward Island, etc.); PQ = Parti Québécois (Quebecois Party, social-democratic, sovereigntist, Quebec separatist, est.1968); SKP = Saskatchewan Party (center-right, Saskatchewan regionalist, est.1997); Yuk = Yukon Party/Parti du Yukon (conservative, Yukon regionalist, est.1992, as Yukon Progressive Conservative Party 1979-1992);
- Former parties: CCF = Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (democratic socialist, left-wing populist, agrarian, 1932-Aug 1961, then NDP, Saskatchewan in 1967); Cnf = Confederation Party (supported confederation with Canada, 1864-1870); Con = Conservative Party (conservative, center-right, former LC, called Unionist Party 1917-20, National Liberal and Conservative 1920-22, and  Liberal-Conservative 1922-38, merged into PC, 1841-54 and 1867/73-1942); Con-E = Conservative Party of Canada East (Quebec regionalist, conservative, "Tories", 1841-1867, becomes Con); LC = Liberal Conservative Party (est.1854-1873, as Unionist Party 1917-20; National Liberal and Conservative Party 1920-22, renamed PC); Lib-E = Liberal Party of Canada East (Quebec regionalist, liberal, 1841-1861, becomes Lib); Pat = Parti Patriote/Patriot Party (Lower Canada [Quebec] autonomist, reformist, liberal, largely Francophone, 1806-1826 named Parti Canadien, banned 1837, 1806-1838); Ref = Reform Party/Parti Réformiste (conservative, populist, 1987-2000, merged into Canadian Alliance); Ref-E = Reform Party of Canada East (Quebec regionalist, pro-responsible government, 1841-1857, moderates join LC, liberals join Lib); RPLC = Reform Party of Lower Canada ("Patriotes", Quebec regionalist, radical reformist, 1837-1841, becomes Ref-E); UN = Union Nationale (National Union, conservative, Quebec autonomist, nationalist, 1935-1989)

24 Apr 1663                Claimed for France.
23 Aug 1720                French colony (Île Saint-Jean), part of Île Royale
                             (see Cape Breton).
20 Jul 1745 - Sep 1748     British occupation (renamed New Ireland).
10 Aug 1755 - 11 Jul 1764  British forcibly deport the French Acadiens.
17 Aug 1758 - 10 Feb 1763  British occupation (renamed St. John)(subordinated to Cape Breton).
10 Feb 1763                Ceded to Britain, annexed to Nova Scotia (from 7 Oct 1763).
28 Jun 1769                Separate colony (Saint John's Island).
13 Jun 1799                Renamed Prince Edward Island.
24 Apr 1851                Responsible government granted.
 1 Jul 1873                Province of Canada.

Commandants of Île Saint-Jean
Aug 1720 -  3 Feb 1722     Robert-David de Gotteville de      (d. af.1724)
                             Belile (Bellisle)
 3 Feb 1722 - 1723         Jean Maurice Josué du Bois-        (b. c.1662 - d. 1750)
                             Berthélot de Beaucours
 2 Jul 1726 - 1732         Jacques d'Espiet de Pensens        (b. 1680 - d. 1737)
                             (1st time)
1732 - 1733                Jean-François Eurry de La Pérelle  (b. 1691 - d. 1772)
1733 -  1 Apr 1737         Jacques d'Espiet de Pensens        (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
 2 Apr 1737 - 17 May 1737  sieur du Haget (Hayet)(acting)
17 May 1737 -  3 May 1744  Louis du Pont du Chambon           (b. 1679 - d. 1775)
 3 May 1744 - 20 Jul 1745  François du Pont Duvivier (acting)
20 Jul 1745 - Sep 1748     the governors of Cape Breton
Sep 1748 - Aug 1749        Benoit (acting)
Aug 1749 - Apr 1754        Claude-Élisabeth Denys de          (b. 1701 - d. 1760)
                             Bonaventure
Apr 1754 - 17 Aug 1758     Gabriel Rousseau de Villejoin      (b. 1709 - d. 1781)
British Commanders at Fort Amherst (from Nov 1758, of 45th Regiment)
17 Aug 1758 - 14 Nov 1758  Andrew Rollo, Lord Rollo           (b. 1703 - d. 1765)
14 Nov 1758 - 1760         ... Adam
1760 - 1762                Ralph Hill (1st time)
1762 - 1763                James Sinclair
1763 - 1765                Ralph Hill (2nd time)
1765 - 176.                Joseph Williams
Lieutenant Governors of Saint John's Island
30 Aug 1769 - 10 Jun 1787  Walter Patterson                   (b. 1742 - d. 1798)
                             (arrived 30 Aug 1770, departed 10 Jun 1787)
 3 Aug 1775 - 28 Jun 1780  Philipps Callbeck                  (b. 1743 - d. 1790)
                             (acting for Patterson)
                             (American prisoner 8 Dec 1775 - 1 May 1776)
 8 Dec 1775 -  1 May 1776  Thomas DesBrisay                   (b. 1733 - d. 1819)
                             (acting for Callbeck)
 4 Nov 1786 - 13 Jun 1799  Edmund Fanning                     (b. 1737 - d. 1818)
                             (unable to fully exercise office until Patterson left)
Lieutenant Governors of Prince Edward Island
13 Jun 1799 -  1 Jul 1805  Edmund Fanning                     (s.a.)
 1 Jul 1805 - 24 Jul 1813  Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres (b. 1722 - d. 1824)
                             (appointed 10 May 1804)
 5 Aug 1812 - 24 Jul 1813  William Townshend                  (b. 1745 - d. 1816)
                             (acting for DesBarres) 
24 Jul 1813 - 21 Oct 1824  Charles Douglass Smith             (b. 1761 - d. 1855)
21 Oct 1824 - 16 Mar 1831  John Ready                         (b. 1777 - d. 1845)
 9 Dec 1825 - 10 Dec 1826  George Wright (acting for Ready)   (b. 1779 - d. 1842)
16 Mar 1831 - 26 Jul 1831  Sir Murray Maxwell (acting)        (b. 1775 - d. 1831)
26 Jul 1831 -  1 Dec 1835  Aretas William Young               (b. 1778 - d. 1835)
                             (from 9 Jul 1834, Sir Aretas William Young)
18 May 1834 - 29 Sep 1834  George Wright (acting for Young)   (s.a.)
 1 Dec 1835 - 30 Aug 1836  George Wright (1st time) (acting)  (s.a.)
30 Aug 1836 - 25 May 1837  Sir John Harvey                    (b. 1778 - d. 1852)
25 May 1837 - 25 Jun 1837  George Wright (2nd time) (acting)  (s.a.)
25 Jun 1837 - 28 Sep 1841  Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy       (b. 1796 - d. 1858)
28 Sep 1841 - 13 Nov 1841  George Wright (3rd time) (acting)  (s.a.)
13 Nov 1841 -  9 Dec 1847  Sir Henry Vere Huntley             (b. 1795 - d. 1864)
 9 Dec 1847 - 18 Oct 1850  Sir Donald Campbell                (b. 1800 - d. 1850)
18 Oct 1850 - 10 Mar 1851  Ambrose Lane (acting)              (b. 1791 - d. 1853)
10 Mar 1851 - 11 Jul 1854  Sir Alexander Bannerman            (b. 1788 - d. 1864)
11 Jul 1854 - 25 May 1859  Dominick Daly                      (b. 1798 - d. 1868)
                             (from 2 Jul 1856, Sir Dominick Daly)
25 May 1859 -  8 Jun 1859  Charles Young (acting)             (b. 1812 - d. 1892)
 8 Jun 1859 - 22 Oct 1868  George Dundas                      (b. 1819 - d. 1880)
 1 Jul 1865 -  1 Dec 1865  Robert Hodgson (1st time)          (b. 1798 - d. 1880) 
                             (acting for Dundas)
22 Oct 1868 -  6 Oct 1870  Robert Hodgson (2nd time) (acting) (s.a.) 
                             (from 7 Mar 1869, Sir Robert Hodgson)
 6 Oct 1870 -  4 Jul 1874  Sir William Cleaver Francis        (b. 1834 - d. 1897)
                             Robinson
 1 Aug 1873 - 10 Jul 1879  Sir Robert Hodgson (3rd time)      (s.a.)
                             (acting for Robinson to 4 Jul 1874)
10 Jul 1879 - 18 Jul 1884  Thomas Heath Haviland              (b. 1822 - d. 1895)
18 Jul 1884 -  2 Sep 1889  Andrew Archibald Macdonald         (b. 1829 - d. 1912)
 2 Sep 1889 - 14 Feb 1894  Jedediah Slason Carvell            (b. 1832 - d. 1894)
14 Feb 1894 - 21 Feb 1894  Sir William Wilfred Sullivan       (b. 1843 - d. 1920)
                             (acting)
21 Feb 1894 - 23 May 1899  George William Howlan              (b. 1835 - d. 1901)
23 May 1899 -  3 Oct 1904  Peter Adolphus McIntyre            (b. 1840 - d. 1910)
 3 Oct 1904 -  1 Jun 1910  Donald Alexander MacKinnon         (b. 1863 - d. 1928)
 1 Jun 1910 -  3 Jun 1915  Benjamin Rogers                    (b. 1837 - d. 1923)
 3 Jun 1915 - 16 Jul 1919  Augustine Colin Macdonald          (b. 1837 - d. 1919)
16 Jul 1919 -  2 Sep 1919  John Alexander Mathieson           (b. 1863 - d. 1947)
                             (1st time) (acting)     
 2 Sep 1919 -  8 Sep 1924  Murdoch MacKinnon                  (b. 1865 - d. 1944)
 8 Sep 1924 - 19 Nov 1930  Frank Richard Heartz               (b. 1871 - d. 1955)
19 Nov 1930 -  9 Dec 1933  Charles Dalton                     (b. 1850 - d. 1933)
 9 Dec 1933 - 28 Dec 1933  John Alexander Mathieson           (s.a.)
                             (2nd time) (acting)
28 Dec 1933 - 11 Sep 1939  George DesBrisay DeBlois           (b. 1887 - d. 1964)
11 Sep 1939 - 18 May 1945  Bradford William LePage            (b. 1876 - d. 1958)
18 May 1945 -  4 Oct 1950  Joseph Alphonse Bernard            (b. 1881 - d. 1962)
                             (= Joseph Alphonsus Bernard)
 4 Oct 1950 - 31 Mar 1958  Thomas William Lemuel Prowse       (b. 1888 - d. 1973)
22 Nov 1957 -  7 Dec 1957  William Joseph Parnell MacMillan   (b. 1881 - d. 1957)
                             (did not take office)
31 Mar 1958 -  1 Aug 1963  Frederick Walter Hyndman           (b. 1904 - d. 1995)
 1 Aug 1963 -  6 Oct 1969  Willibald Joseph MacDonald         (b. 1897 - d. 1977)
 6 Oct 1969 - 21 Oct 1974  John George MacKay                 (b. 1893 - d. 1974)
21 Oct 1974 - 24 Oct 1974  Charles St. Clair Trainor (acting) (b. 1901 - d. 1978)
24 Oct 1974 - 14 Jan 1980  Gordon Lockhart Bennett            (b. 1912 - d. 2000)
14 Jan 1980 -  1 Aug 1985  Joseph Aubin Doiron                (b. 1922 - d. 1995)
 1 Aug 1985 - 16 Aug 1990  Robert Lloyd George MacPhail       (b. 1920 - d. 1995)
16 Aug 1990 - 30 Aug 1995  Marion Loretta Reid (f)            (b. 1929 - d. 2023)
30 Aug 1995 - 28 May 2001  Gilbert Ralph Clements             (b. 1928 - d. 2012)
28 May 2001 - 31 Jul 2006  Joseph Gérard Léonce Bernard       (b. 1943 - d. 2013)
31 Jul 2006 - 15 Aug 2011  Barbara Anne Oliver Hagerman (f)   (b. 1943 - d. 2016)
15 Aug 2011 - 20 Oct 2017  Harry Frank Lewis                  (b. 1939)
20 Oct 2017 -              Antoinette Perry (f)               (b. 1954)

Premiers
24 Apr 1851 -  1 Apr 1854  George Coles (1st time)            (b. 1810 - d. 1875)  Lib
 1 Apr 1854 -  1 Jun 1855  John Myrie Holl                    (b. 1802 - d. 1869)  Con
 1 Jun 1855 -  1 Sep 1859  George Coles (2nd time)            (s.a.)               Lib
 1 Sep 1859 -  1 Apr 1863  Edward Palmer                      (b. 1809 - d. 1889)  Con
 1 Apr 1863 -  1 Jun 1865  John Hamilton Gray                 (b. 1812 - d. 1887)  Con
 1 Jun 1865 -  1 Aug 1867  James Colledge Pope (1st time)     (b. 1826 - d. 1885)  Con
 1 Aug 1867 -  1 Feb 1869  George Coles (3rd time)            (s.a.)               Lib
 1 Feb 1869 -  1 Jul 1869  Joseph Hensley                     (b. 1824 - d. 1884)  Lib
 1 Jul 1869 -  1 Aug 1870  Robert Poore Haythorne (1st time)  (b. 1815 - d. 1891)  Lib
 1 Aug 1870 -  1 Apr 1872  James Colledge Pope (2nd time)     (s.a.)               Con
 1 Apr 1872 -  1 Apr 1873  Robert Poore Haythorne (2nd time)  (s.a.)               Lib
 1 Apr 1873 -  1 Sep 1873  James Colledge Pope (3rd time)     (s.a.)               Con
 1 Sep 1873 -  1 Aug 1876  Lemuel Cambridge Owen              (b. 1822 - d. 1912)  Con
 1 Aug 1876 - 25 Apr 1879  Sir Louis Henry Davies             (b. 1845 - d. 1924)  Lib
25 Apr 1879 -  1 Nov 1889  Sir William Wilfred Sullivan       (b. 1843 - d. 1920)  Con
 1 Nov 1889 - 27 Apr 1891  Neil McLeod                        (b. 1842 - d. 1915)  Con
27 Apr 1891 -  1 Oct 1897  Frederick Peters                   (b. 1852 - d. 1919)  Lib
 1 Oct 1897 -  1 Aug 1898  Alexander Bannerman Warburton      (b. 1852 - d. 1929)  Lib
 1 Aug 1898 - 29 Dec 1901  Donald Farquharson                 (b. 1834 - d. 1903)  Lib
29 Dec 1901 - 29 Jan 1908  Arthur Peters                      (b. 1854 - d. 1908)  Lib
29 Jan 1908 -  1 Feb 1908  Samuel Edward Reid (acting)        (b. 1854 - d. 1924)  Lib
 1 Feb 1908 - 16 May 1911  Francis Longworth Haszard          (b. 1849 - d. 1938)  Lib
16 May 1911 -  2 Dec 1911  Herbert James Palmer               (b. 1851 - d. 1939)  Lib
 2 Dec 1911 - 21 Jun 1917  John Alexander Mathieson           (b. 1863 - d. 1947)  Con
21 Jun 1917 -  9 Sep 1919  Aubin Edmond Arsenault             (b. 1870 - d. 1968)  Con
 9 Sep 1919 -  5 Sep 1923  John Howatt Bell                   (b. 1846 - d. 1929)  Lib
 5 Sep 1923 - 12 Aug 1927  James David Stewart (1st time)     (b. 1874 - d. 1933)  Con
12 Aug 1927 - 20 May 1930  Albert Charles Saunders            (b. 1874 - d. 1943)  Lib
20 May 1930 - 29 Aug 1931  Walter Maxfield Lea (1st time)     (b. 1874 - d. 1936)  Lib
29 Aug 1931 - 10 Oct 1933  James David Stewart (2nd time)     (s.a.)               Con
10 Oct 1933 - 15 Aug 1935  William Joseph Parnell MacMillan   (b. 1881 - d. 1957)  Con
                             (acting to 14 Oct 1933)
15 Aug 1935 - 10 Jan 1936  Walter Maxfield Lea (2nd time)     (s.a.)               Lib
10 Jan 1936 - 14 Jan 1936  Bradford William LePage (acting)   (s.a.)               Lib
14 Jan 1936 - 11 May 1943  Thane Alexander Campbell           (b. 1895 - d. 1978)  Lib
11 May 1943 - 25 May 1953  John Walter Jones                  (b. 1878 - d. 1954)  Lib
25 May 1953 - 16 Sep 1959  Alexander Wallace Matheson         (b. 1903 - d. 1976)  Lib
16 Sep 1959 - 28 Jul 1966  Walter Russell Shaw                (b. 1887 - d. 1981)  PC
28 Jul 1966 - 18 Sep 1978  Alexander Bradshaw Campbell        (b. 1933)            Lib
18 Sep 1978 -  3 May 1979  William Bennett Campbell           (b. 1943 - d. 2008)  Lib
                             (interim to 9 Dec 1978)
 3 May 1979 - 17 Nov 1981  John Angus MacLean                 (b. 1914 - d. 2000)  PC
17 Nov 1981 -  2 May 1986  James Matthew Lee                  (b. 1937 - d. 2023)  PC
 2 May 1986 - 25 Jan 1993  Joseph Atallah Ghiz                (b. 1945 - d. 1996)  Lib
25 Jan 1993 - 10 Oct 1996  Catherine Sophia Callbeck (f)      (b. 1939)            Lib
10 Oct 1996 - 27 Nov 1996  Keith Wayne Milligan               (b. 1950)            Lib
27 Nov 1996 - 12 Jun 2007  Patrick "Pat" George Binns         (b. 1948)            PC
12 Jun 2007 - 23 Feb 2015  Robert Watson Joseph Ghiz          (b. 1974)            Lib
23 Feb 2015 -  9 May 2019  H. Wade MacLauchlan                (b. 1954)            Lib
 9 May 2019 -              Dennis "Denny" King                (b. 1971)            PC

24 Jul 1534                St. Lawrence basin claimed for France by Jacques Cartier (b. 1491
                             - d. 1557).
Jul 1542/Sep 1543          France-Royale colony.
 3 Jan 1578                Nouvelle-France (New France) a French colony (later includes Acadie,
                             Quebèc, Montreal, Louisiana, Île de St.-Jean, Plaisance [Terre-
                             Neuve], Île Royale, Trois-Rivièrs, and the Ohio and Mississippi
                             River valleys).
19 Jul 1629 - 13 Jul 1632  Quebèc city occupied by the English.
18 May 1642                Montreal a separate French colony.
18 Sep 1759                Quebèc city occupied by the British
 8 Sep 1760                Montreal occupied by U.K.; end of French rule.
 8 Sep 1760 - 10 Aug 1764  British military rule.
10 Feb 1763                Officially ceded to U.K. by France (Quebec) by Treaty of Paris.
10 Aug 1764                Quebec, Montreal, and Three Rivers (Trois-Rivières) unified.
22 Jun 1774 -  3 Sep 1783  Borders of Quebec extended to the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers,
                             including Ontario.
13 Nov 1775 - 15 Jun 1776  American occupation of Montreal (and siege of Quebec city
                             5 Dec 1775 - 6 May 1776).
26 Dec 1791                Divided into Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario).
 6 Nov 1837 - 16 Nov 1838  Rebellion in Lower Canada by reformist French-Canadians against the
                             oligarchic government and the unelected Executive Council, also
                             known as "Patriotes War." On 28 Feb 1838 a Republic of Lower
                             Canada (République du Bas-Canada) is briefly proclaimed.
 5 Feb 1841                Canada East, part of Province of Canada.
11 Mar 1848                Responsible government granted to Province of Canada.
 1 Jul 1867                Quebec (province of Canada).
15 May 1912                Ungava district incorporated into Quebec.
 1 Mar 1927                British Privy Council decides final Newfoundland-Quebec border,
                             decision remains contested by Quebec.
31 Jul 1974                Official Language Act (Loi sur la langue officielle) of 1974 made
                             French the official language in a number of areas. Replaced by the
                             26 Aug 1977 Charter of the French Language (La charte de la langue
                             française) defining French, the language of the majority of the
                             population and the official language of the provincial government.
20 May 1980                Independence referendum fails 60% No to 40% Yes. 
30 Oct 1995                Independence referendum fails 50.6% No to 49.4% Yes.
27 Nov 2006                Canadian parliament "recognizes that the Québécois form a nation
                             within a united Canada."

New France

Governor
24 Jul 1534 - 15 Jan 1541  Jacques Cartier                    (b. 1491 - d. 1557)
Lieutenant-generals
15 Jan 1541 - Sep 1543     Jean-François de la Rocquet,       (b. c.1500 - d. 1560)
                             sieur de Roberval
Sep 1543 -  3 Jan 1578     abandoned
 3 Jan 1578 - 1603         Troilus de Mesguoez, marquis       (b. 1536 - d. 1606)
                             de la Roche-Mesgouez (Mesgoüets)
                             (viceroy and from 12 Jan 1598, lieutenant-general)
1603 - 1612                Pierre Dugua, sieur de Monts       (b. c.1558 - d. 1628)
Viceroys
 8 Oct 1612 - 12 Nov 1612  Charles de Bourbon, comte          (b. 1566 - d. 1612)
                             de Soissons 
Nov 1612 -  1 Sep 1616     Henri de Bourbon, prince de        (b. 1588 - d. 1646) 
                             Condé (1st time) 
 1 Sep 1616 - Oct 1619     Pons se Lauzières de Cardaillac,   (b. 1553 - d. 1627)
                             marquis de Thémines
Oct 1619 - 25 Feb 1620     Henri de Bourbon, prince de        (s.a.)
                             Condé (2nd time) 
25 Feb 1620 - Mar 1625     Henri, duc de Montmorency          (b. 1595 - d. 1632)
Mar 1625 - 1627            Henri de Lévis, duc de Ventadour   (b. 1596 - d. 1651)
1627 - 1628                Samuel de Champlain (acting)       (b. 1567 - d. 1635)
                             (commandant)
1628 -  4 Dec 1642         Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal-  (b. 1585 - d. 1642)
                             duc de Richelieu
Lieutenants to the Lieutenant-generals 
 3 Jun 1608 -  4 Sep 1609  Samuel de Champlain                (s.a.)
 4 Sep 1609 - 28 Apr 1610  Pierre Chauvin de La Pierre
                             (acting for Champlain)
28 Apr 1610 -  8 Aug 1610  Samuel de Champlain                (s.a.)
 8 Aug 1610 - 21 May 1611  Jean de Godet, sieur du Parc       (b. 15.. - d. 1652)
                             (acting for Champlain)
21 May 1611 - 1611         Samuel de Champlain                (s.a.)
1611 - 29 Apr 1613         .... (acting for Champlain)
Lieutenants to the Viceroys
29 Apr 1613 - Aug 1613     Samuel de Champlain                (s.a.)
                             (appointed 15 Oct 1612)
Aug 1613 - 25 May 1615     .... (acting for Champlain)
25 May 1615 - 20 Jul 1616  Samuel de Champlain                (s.a.)
20 Jul 1616 - 24 Jun 1618  Jean de Godet, sieur du Parc       (s.a.)
                             (acting)
24 Jun 1618 - 26 Jul 1618  Samuel de Champlain                (s.a.)
26 Jul 1618 - Jul 1619     Eustache Boullé (acting)           (b. c.1600 - d. af.1638)
Jul 1619 - Jul 1620        François Gravé du Pont (Pont-Gravé)(b. c.1554 - d. c.1629)
                             (commandant)
Jul 1620 - 15 Aug 1624     Samuel de Champlain                (s.a.)
15 Aug 1624 -  5 Jul 1626  Émery de Caën (1st time)(acting)   (b. 1603 - d. 16..)
 5 Jul 1626 - 19 Jul 1629  Samuel de Champlain                (s.a.)
19 Jul 1629 - 20 Jul 1629  Sir David Kirke                    (b. 1597 - d. 1654)
                             (English commander)
20 Jul 1629 - 13 Jul 1632  Sir Lewis Kirke                    (b. c.1599 - d. bf.1683)
                             (English governor)
13 Jul 1632 - 22 May 1633  Émery de Caën (2nd time)(acting)   (s.a.)
22 May 1633 - 23 May 1633  Charles Du Plessis-Bochart (acting)
                             (commandant)
23 May 1633 - 25 Dec 1635  Samuel de Champlain                (s.a.)
25 Dec 1635 - 11 Jun 1636  Marc Antoine Jacques Bras-de-fer   (d. af.1638) 
                             de Châteaufort (acting)
Governors-general
11 Jun 1636 - 19 Aug 1648  Charles Jacques Herault de         (b. c.1583 - d. 1653)
                             Montmagny
20 Aug 1648 - 12 Oct 1651  Louis d'Ailleboust de Coulonges    (b. 1612 - d. 1660)
                             et d'Argentenay (1st time) 
14 Oct 1651 - 12 Sep 1657  Jean de Lauzon                     (b. 1583 - d. 1666)
Sep 1656 - 12 Sep 1657     Charles de Lauzon de Charney       (b. 1632 - d. 1689)
                             (acting for Lauzon)
13 Sep 1657 - 11 Jul 1658  Louis d'Ailleboust de Coulonge     (s.a.)
                             et d'Argentenay (2nd time)(acting)
11 Jul 1658 - 31 Aug 1661  Pierre de Voyer d'Argenson,        (b. 1625 - d. 1709)
                             vicomte d'Argenson 
31 Aug 1661 - 23 Jul 1663  Pierre du Bois d'Avaugour,         (b. 161. - d. 1664)
                             baron d'Avaugour 
23 Jul 1663 - 15 Aug 1663  Bishop François de Montmorency,    (b. 1623 - d. 1708)
                             monseigneur de Laval (1st time)
                              (acting)
15 Aug 1663 -  5 May 1665  Charles Augustin de Saffray,       (b. 1598 - d. 1665)
                             sieur de Mézy 
30 Jun 1665 - 28 Aug 1667  Alexandre de Pouville,             (b. 1603 - d. 1670)
                             marquis de Tracy (acting)
                             (King's Lieutenant-general in America) 
12 Sep 1665 - 12 Sep 1672  Daniel de Rémy,                    (b. 1626 - d. 1698)
                             sieur de Courcelles 
12 Sep 1672 -  9 May 1682  Louis de Buade, comte de           (b. 1620 - d. 1698)
                             Frontenac et Palluau (1st time) 
 9 May 1682 -  9 Oct 1682  Bishop François de Montmorency,    (s.a.)
                             monseigneur de Laval (2nd time)
                             (acting)
 9 Oct 1682 - 10 Mar 1685  Joseph-Antoine Le Fabvre de La     (b. 1622 - d. 1688)
                             Barre 
10 Mar 1685 -  1 Aug 1685  Jacques de Meulles, seigneur       (b. c.1650 - d. 1703)
                             de La Source (acting)        
 1 Aug 1685 - 12 Aug 1689  Jacques-René de Brisay,            (b. 1637 - d. 1710)
                             marquis de Denonville
12 Aug 1689 - 28 Nov 1698  Louis de Buade, comte de           (s.a.)
                             Frontenac Palluau (2nd time)
29 Nov 1698 - 26 May 1703  Louis-Héctor de Callière Bonnevue  (b. 1648 - d. 1703)
                             (acting to 14 Sep 1699)
27 May 1703 - 10 Oct 1725  Philippe de Rigaud,                (b. 1643 - d. 1725)
                             maquis de Vaudreuil 
                             (acting to 16 Sep 1705)
1714 - 1716                Claude de Ramezay                  (b. 1657 - d. 1724)
                             (acting for Vaudreuil)
10 Oct 1725 - 11 Jan 1726  Charles LeMoyne, baron de          (b. 1656 - d. 1729)
                             Longueuil (1st time)(acting)
11 Jan 1726 - 19 Sep 1747  Charles de la Boische,             (b. 1670 - d. 1749)
                             marquis de Beauharnais 
19 Sep 1747 - 15 Aug 1749  Rolland-Michel Barrin, comte       (b. 1693 - d. 1756)
                             de La Galissonière (acting)
15 Aug 1749 - 17 Mar 1752  Jacques Pierre de Taffanel,        (b. 1685 - d. 1752)
                             marquis de la Jonquière de la 
                             Pomarède
17 Mar 1752 - Jul 1752     Charles LeMoyne, baron de          (s.a.)
                             Longueuil (2nd time)(acting)
Jul 1752 - 10 Jul 1755     Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville,(b. 1702 - d. 1778)
                             marquis Duquesne 
10 Jul 1755 -  8 Sep 1760  Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil de   (b. 1698 - d. 1778)
                             Cavagnial, marquis de Vaudreuil-
                             Cavagnal
British Commanders-in-Chief, North America
 8 Sep 1760 - 18 Nov 1763  Jeffery Amherst                    (b. 1717 - d. 1797)
                             (from 11 Apr 1761, Sir Jeffery Amherst)
18 Nov 1763 - 10 Aug 1764  Thomas Gage (pro-tem)              (b. 1718/19 - d. 1787) 

Governors
10 Aug 1764 - 12 Apr 1768  James Murray                       (b. 1721 - d. 1794)
28 Jun 1766 - 24 Sep 1766  Paulus Aemilius Irving             (b. 1714 - d. 1796)
                             (acting for Murray)
28 Oct 1768 - 27 Jun 1778  Guy Carleton (1st time)            (b. 1724 - d. 1808)
 1 Aug 1770 - 18 Sep 1774  Hector Theophilus Cramahé          (b. 1720 - d. 1788) 
                             (acting for Carleton)
27 Jun 1778 - 22 Apr 1786  Sir Frederick Haldimand            (b. 1718 - d. 1791)
14 Nov 1784 - 21 Oct 1785  Henry Hamilton                     (b. 1734? - d. 1796) 
                             (acting for Haldimand)
21 Oct 1785 - 22 Apr 1786  Henry Hope                         (b. 1747 - d. 1789)
                             (acting for Haldimand)
22 Apr 1786 - 15 Dec 1796  Sir Guy Carleton (2nd time)        (s.a.)
                             (from 21 Aug 1786, Guy Carleton, Baron Dorchester)
19 Aug 1791 - 24 Sep 1793  Allured Clarke                     (b. 1745 - d. 1832)
                             (acting for Carleton)
15 Dec 1796 - 29 Aug 1807  Robert Prescott                    (b. 1725 - d. 1815)
                             (acting to 27 Apr 1797)
30 Jul 1799 - 12 Aug 1805  Sir Robert Shore Milnes            (b. 1746 - d. 1837)
                             (acting for Prescott)
12 Aug 1805 - 24 Oct 1807  Thomas Dunn (1st time)             (b. 1729 - d. 1818)
                             (acting [for Prescott to 29 Aug 1807])
24 Oct 1807 - 19 Jun 1811  Sir James Henry Craig              (b. 1748 - d. 1812)
19 Jun 1811 - 13 Sep 1811  Thomas Dunn (2nd time) (acting)    (s.a.)
13 Sep 1811 -  3 Apr 1815  Sir George Prevost                 (b. 1767 - d. 1816)
 3 Apr 1815 - 21 May 1816  Sir Gordon Drummond (acting)       (b. 1771 - d. 1854)
21 May 1816 - 12 Jul 1816  John Wilson (acting)               (b. c.1765 - d. 1819)
12 Jul 1816 - 29 Jul 1818  Sir John Coape Sherbrooke          (b. 1764 - d. 1830)
29 Jul 1818 - 28 Aug 1819  Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond,  (b. 1764 - d. 1819)
                             Duke of Lennox, Earl of Darnley,
                             in the County of Meath, Earl of
                             March, Baron of Settrington, of
                             Settrington in the County of
                             York, Lord Torbolton
28 Aug 1819 - 17 Mar 1820  James Monk (acting)                (b. 1746 - d. 1826)
17 Mar 1820 - 19 Jun 1820  Sir Peregrine Maitland (acting)    (b. 1777 - d. 1854) 
19 Jun 1820 -  8 Sep 1828  George Ramsay, Earl of Dalhousie,  (b. 1770 - d. 1838)
                             in the County of Midlothian, Baron
                             Dalhousie, of Dalhousie Castle in
                             the County of Edinburgh, Lord
                             Ramsay of Keringtoun
 8 Sep 1828 - 20 Oct 1830  Sir James Kempt (acting)           (b. 1764 - d. 1854)
20 Oct 1830 - 24 Aug 1835  Matthew Whitworth-Aylmer, Baron    (b. 1775 - d. 1850)
                             Aylmer, of Balrath, in the County
                             of Meath (acting to 4 Feb 1831)
24 Aug 1835 - 27 Feb 1838  Archibald Acheson, Earl of Gosford,(b. 1776 - d. 1849)
                             Barom Worlingham, of Beccles, in
                             the County of Suffolk
27 Feb 1838 - 29 May 1838  Sir John Colborne (1st time)       (b. 1778 - d. 1863) 
                             (acting)
29 May 1838 - 17 Jan 1839  John George Lambton, Earl of       (b. 1792 - d. 1840)
                             Durham, of the City of Durham,
                             and of Lambton Castle, in the
                             County Palatine of Durham
 1 Nov 1838 - 19 Oct 1839  Sir John Colborne (2nd time)       (s.a.)
                             (acting for Lambton to 17 Jan 1839)
28 Feb 1838 -  1 Mar 1838  Robert Nelson (1st time)           (b. 1794 - d. 1873)  PP
                             (president-elect of the Republic of Lower Canada,
                             in rebellion; in Vermont exile Mar - 3 Nov 1838)  
 3 Nov 1838 - 10 Nov 1838  Robert Nelson (2nd time)           (s.a.)               PP
                             (grand commander L'Association des Frères-Chasseurs;
                             in rebellion)
19 Oct 1839 -  5 Feb 1841  Charles Edward Poulett Thomson,    (b. 1799 - d. 1841)
                             (from 19 Aug 1840, Baron Sydenham,
                             of Sydenham, in the County of
                             Kent, and of Toronto, in Canada) 
18 Nov 1839 - 19 Feb 1840  Sir Richards Downes Jackson        (b. 1777 - d. 1845)
                             (acting for Thomson)
 8 Jul 1840 - 31 Jul 1840  Sir Richards Downes Jackson        (s.a.)
                             (acting for Thomson)
 5 Feb 1841 -  1 Jul 1867  the governors of the Province of Canada
Lieutenant-Governors
 1 Jul 1867 - 11 Feb 1873  Sir Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau      (b. 1808 - d. 1894)
11 Feb 1873 - 13 Dec 1876  René-Édouard Caron                 (b. 1800 - d. 1876)
13 Dec 1876 - 15 Dec 1876  Antoine-Aimé Dorion (acting)       (b. 1818 - d. 1891)
15 Dec 1876 - 26 Jul 1879  Luc Letellier de Saint-Just        (b. 1820 - d. 1881)
26 Jul 1879 -  4 Oct 1884  Théodore Robitaille                (b. 1834 - d. 1897)
 4 Oct 1884 -  4 Oct 1887  Louis-Rodrigue Masson              (b. 1833 - d. 1903)
                             (= Louis-François-Roderick Masson)
 4 Oct 1887 -  5 Dec 1892  Auguste-Réal Angers                (b. 1838 - d. 1919)
 5 Dec 1892 - 20 Jan 1898  Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau            (b. 1840 - d. 1898)
                             (from 20 May 1896, Sir Joseph Adolphe Chapleau)                
20 Jan 1898 - 15 Sep 1908  Louis-Amable Jetté (1st time)      (b. 1836 - d. 1920)
                             (from 9 Oct 1901, Sir Louis-Amable Jetté)
15 Sep 1908 - 29 Apr 1911  Sir Charles Alphonse Pantaléon     (b. 1837 - d. 1911)
                             Pelletier
29 Apr 1911 -  5 May 1911  Sir Louis-Amable Jetté (2nd time)  (s.a.)      
                             (acting)
 5 May 1911 -  8 Feb 1915  Sir François Charles Stanislas     (b. 1838 - d. 1915)
                             Langelier
 8 Feb 1915 - 12 Feb 1915  Sir Horace Archambeault (acting)   (b. 1857 - d. 1918)
12 Feb 1915 - 18 Oct 1918  Pierre-Évariste Leblanc            (b. 1853 - d. 1918)
                             (from 3 Jun 1916, Sir Pierre Évariste LeBlanc)
18 Oct 1918 - 21 Oct 1918  Jean-Baptiste-Gustave Lamothe      (b. 1856 - d. 1922)
                             (acting)
21 Oct 1918 - 31 Oct 1923  Sir Charles Fitzpatrick            (b. 1853 - d. 1942)
31 Oct 1923 -  2 Jan 1924  Louis-Philippe Brodeur             (b. 1862 - d. 1924)
 2 Jan 1924 -  8 Jan 1924  Pierre Eugène Lafontaine (1st time)(b. 1857 - d. 1935)
                             (acting)
 8 Jan 1924 - 10 Jan 1929  Narcisse Pérodeau                  (b. 1851 - d. 1932)
10 Jan 1929 - 28 Mar 1929  Sir Jean Lomer Gouin               (b. 1861 - d. 1929)
28 Mar 1929 -  2 Apr 1929  Pierre Eugène Lafontaine (2nd time)(s.a.)
                             (acting)
 2 Apr 1929 - 29 Apr 1934  Henry George Carroll               (b. 1865 - d. 1939)
29 Apr 1934 - 30 Dec 1939  Esioff-Léon Patenaude              (b. 1875 - d. 1963)
30 Dec 1939 -  3 Oct 1950  Sir Marie-Joseph-Eugène Fiset      (b. 1874 - d. 1951)
 3 Oct 1950 - 14 Feb 1958  Gaspard Fauteux                    (b. 1898 - d. 1963)
14 Feb 1958 - 30 Sep 1961  Onésime Gagnon                     (b. 1888 - d. 1961)
30 Sep 1961 - 12 Oct 1961  Lucien Tremblay (1st time)(acting) (b. 1912 - d. 1985)
12 Oct 1961 - 21 Feb 1966  Paul Comtois                       (b. 1895 - d. 1966)
21 Feb 1966 - 22 Feb 1966  Lucien Tremblay (2nd time)(acting) (s.a.)
22 Feb 1966 - 27 Apr 1978  Hugues Lapointe                    (b. 1911 - d. 1982)
27 Apr 1978 - 28 Mar 1984  Joseph Julien Jean-Pierre Côté     (b. 1926 - d. 2002)
28 Mar 1984 -  9 Aug 1990  Joseph-Georges-Gilles-Claude       (b. 1919 - d. 2016)
                             Lamontagne
 9 Aug 1990 -  8 Aug 1996  Joseph Ferdinand Martial Asselin   (b. 1924 - d. 2013)
 8 Aug 1996 - 30 Jan 1997  Jean-Louis Roux                    (b. 1923 - d. 2013)
30 Jan 1997 -  7 Jun 2007  Lise Thibault (f)                  (b. 1939)
 7 Jun 2007 - 24 Sep 2015  Pierre Duchesne                    (b. 1940)
24 Sep 2015 - 25 Jan 2024  Joseph Michel Doyon                (b. 1943)
25 Jan 2024 -              Manon Jeannotte (f)

Presidents of the Special Council of Lower Canada
18 Apr 1838 -  1 Jun 1838  James Cuthbert                     (b. 1769 - d. 1849)
 1 Jun 1838 -  5 Nov 1838  council dissolved
 5 Nov 1838 - 11 Nov 1839  Toussaint Jean-Baptiste Pothier    (b. 1771 - d. 1845)
11 Nov 1838 - 28 Jan 1841  Sir James Stuart                   (b. 1780 - d. 1853)
28 Jan 1841 - 10 Feb 1841  George Moffat                      (b. 1787 - d. 1865)
Premiers of Canada East
 5 Feb 1841 - 30 Jun 1867  the premiers of Canada East
Premiers of Quebec
15 Jul 1867 - 26 Feb 1873  Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau     (b. 1820 - d. 1890)  Con
27 Feb 1873 - 22 Sep 1874  Gédéon Ouimet                      (b. 1823 - d. 1905)  Con
22 Sep 1874 -  8 Mar 1878  Charles-Eugène-Napoléon-           (b. 1822 - d. 1915)  Con
                             Boucher de Boucherville (1st time) 
 8 Mar 1878 - 31 Oct 1879  Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière   (b. 1829 - d. 1908)  Lib
31 Oct 1879 - 31 Jul 1882  Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau            (s.a.)               Con
31 Jul 1882 - 23 Jan 1884  Joseph-Alfred Mousseau             (b. 1838 - d. 1886)  Con
23 Jan 1884 - 25 Jan 1887  John Jones Ross                    (b. 1831 - d. 1901)  Con
25 Jan 1887 - 29 Jan 1887  Louis-Olivier Taillon (1st time)   (b. 1840 - d. 1923)  Con
29 Jan 1887 - 21 Dec 1891  Honoré Mercier                     (b. 1840 - d. 1894)  Lib
21 Dec 1891 - 16 Dec 1892  Charles-Eugène-Napoléon            (s.a.)               Con
                             Boucher de Boucherville (2nd time)
16 Dec 1892 - 11 May 1896  Louis-Olivier Taillon (2nd time)   (s.a.)               Con
11 May 1896 - 24 May 1897  Edmund James Flynn                 (b. 1847 - d. 1927)  Con
24 May 1897 - 25 Sep 1900  Félix-Gabriel Marchand             (b. 1832 - d. 1900)  Lib
25 Sep 1900 -  3 Oct 1900  Joseph-Émery Robidoux (acting)     (b. 1843 - d. 1929)  Lib
 3 Oct 1900 - 23 Mar 1905  Simon-Napoléon Parent              (b. 1855 - d. 1920)  Lib
23 Mar 1905 -  9 Jul 1920  Jean Lomer Gouin                   (s.a.)               Lib
                             (from 23 Jul 1908, Sir Jean Lomer Gouin)
 9 Jul 1920 - 11 Jun 1936  Louis-Alexandre Taschereau         (b. 1867 - d. 1952)  Lib
11 Jun 1936 - 26 Aug 1936  Joseph-Adélard Godbout             (b. 1892 - d. 1956)  Lib
                             (1st time)
26 Aug 1936 -  9 Nov 1939  Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis        (b. 1890 - d. 1959)  UN
                             (1st time)
 9 Nov 1939 - 30 Aug 1944  Joseph-Adélard Godbout             (s.a.)               Lib
                             (2nd time)
30 Aug 1944 -  7 Sep 1959  Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis        (s.a.)               UN
                             (2nd time)
 7 Sep 1959 - 11 Sep 1959  Yves Prévost (1st time)(acting)    (b. 1908 - d. 1997)  UN
11 Sep 1959 -  2 Jan 1960  Joseph-Mignault-Paul Sauvé         (b. 1907 - d. 1960)  UN
 2 Jan 1960 -  8 Jan 1960  Yves Prévost (2nd time)(acting)    (s.a.)               UN
 8 Jan 1960 - 22 Jul 1960  Antonio J. Barrette                (b. 1899 - d. 1968)  UN
22 Jul 1960 - 16 Jun 1966  Jean Lesage                        (b. 1912 - d. 1980)  Lib
16 Jun 1966 - 26 Sep 1968  Francis Daniel Johnson, Sr.        (b. 1915 - d. 1968)  UN
26 Sep 1968 - 12 May 1970  Jean-Jacques Bertrand              (b. 1916 - d. 1973)  UN
                             (acting to 2 Oct 1968)
12 May 1970 - 25 Nov 1976  Robert Bourassa (1st time)         (b. 1933 - d. 1996)  Lib
25 Nov 1976 -  3 Oct 1985  René Lévesque                      (b. 1922 - d. 1987)  PQ
 3 Oct 1985 - 12 Dec 1985  Pierre-Marc Johnson                (b. 1946)            PQ
12 Dec 1985 - 11 Jan 1994  Robert Bourassa (2nd time)         (s.a.)               Lib
11 Jan 1994 - 26 Sep 1994  Daniel Johnson, Jr.                (b. 1944)            Lib
26 Sep 1994 - 29 Jan 1996  Jacques Parizeau                   (b. 1930 - d. 2015)  PQ
29 Jan 1996 -  8 Mar 2001  Lucien Bouchard                    (b. 1938)            PQ
 8 Mar 2001 - 29 Apr 2003  Jean Bernard Landry                (b. 1937 - d. 2018)  PQ
29 Apr 2003 - 19 Sep 2012  John "Jean" James Charest          (b. 1958)            Lib
19 Sep 2012 - 23 Apr 2014  Pauline Marois (f)                 (b. 1949)            PQ
23 Apr 2014 - 18 Oct 2018  Philippe Couillard                 (b. 1957)            Lib
18 Oct 2018 -              François Legault                   (b. 1957)            CAQ

18 May 1642                Montreal founded, within New France.
 8 Sep 1760                British occupation (District of Montreal).
10 Aug 1764                Incorporated into Quebec.
13 Nov 1775 - 15 Jun 1776  American occupation.

Governors
18 May 1642 - 1664         Paul de Chomedey, sieur de         (b. 1612 - d. 1676)
                             Maisonneuve  
1645 - 1647                Louis d'Ailleboust de Coulonge     (b. 1612 - d. 1660)
                             (acting for Maisonneuve)
1651 - Sep 1653            Charles-Joseph d'Ailleboust des    (b. 1621 - d. 1700)
                             Musseaux
                             (acting for Maisonneuve)
1655 - Aug 1657            Raphaël-Lambert Closse             (b. 1618 - d. 1662)
                             (acting for Maisonneuve)
1662                       Zacharie Dupuis de Verdun          (b. 1608 - d. 1675)
                             (acting for Maisonneuve)
1664                       Étienne Pézard de la Tousche       (b. 1621 - d. c.1696)
                             Champlain (appointed but did not act)
1665 - 1666                Zacharie Dupuis de Verdun (interim)(b. 1608 - d. 1676)
1666 - 1667                Annibal-Alexis (Balthazar) de      (d. 1682)
                             Flotte de La Frédière (interim)
1667 - 1668                Zacharie Dupuis de Verdun          (s.a.)
                             (interim)
Jan 1669 - 1670            Pierre de Lamotte de Saint-Paul,   (d. 1685)
                             sieur de La Motte
1670                       Michel-Sidrac Dugué de Boisbriant  (b. 1638 - d. 1688)
Aug 1670 - 1683            François-Marie Perrot              (b. 1644 - d. 1691)
10 Feb 1674 - Jul 1675     Thomas Xavier Tarieu de LaNouguère (b. 1644 - d. 1678)
                             (acting for Perrot)
10 Apr 1684 - 1698         Louis Héctor de Callière Bonnevue  (b. 1648 - d. 1703)
1686 - 1687                François Provost
1688 - 1689                Philippe de Rigaud, marquis        (b. 1650 - d. 1725)
                             de Vaudreuil
                             (acting for Callière)
1698 - May 1703            Philippe de Rigaud, marquis        (s.a.)
                             de Vaudreuil 
May 1703 -  1 Aug 1724     Claude de Ramezay                  (b. 1659 - d. 1724)
                             (acting to 15 May 1704)
20 Dec 1724 -  7 Jun 1729  Charles II Le Moyne, baron de      (b. 1656 - d. 1729)
                             Longueuil
1730 - 31 Jan 1733         Jean Bouillet de la Chassaigne     (b. 1654 - d. 1733)
1733 - 1748                Jean Maurice Josué Dubois Berthelot(b. c.1662 - d. 1750)
                             de Beaucours
1748 - 17 Jan 1755         Charles III Le Moyne, baron de     (b. 1687 - d. 1755)      
                             Longueuil
1755 -  8 Sep 1760         François Pierre de Rigaud,         (b. 1703 - d. 1779) 
                             comte et marquis de Vaudreuil
                             (acting to 1757)
British Military Governors of the District of Montreal
 8 Sep 1760 - Oct 1763     Thomas Gage                        (b. 1718/19 - d. 1787)
Oct 1763 - 10 Aug 1764     Ralph Burton                       (d. 1768)
American Military Commanders
13 Nov 1775 - 28 Nov 1775  Richard Montgomery                 (b. 1738 - d. 1775)
28 Nov 1775 -  3 Apr 1776  David Wooster                      (b. 1711 - d. 1777)
 3 Apr 1776 - 19 Apr 1776  Moses Hazen (acting)               (b. 1733 - d. 1803)
19 Apr 1775 - 15 Jun 1776  Benedict Arnold                    (b. 1741 - d. 1801)

 3 Jul 1608                French found Quebèc City.
22 Jul 1629 -  4 Mar 1632  English occupation.
18 Sep 1759                British occupation (from 1760, District of Quebec).
29 Apr 1760 - 15 May 1760  French failed siege of Quebèc city under François-Gaston,
                             chevalier de Lévis (b. 1719 - d. 1787).
10 Aug 1764                Incorporated into Quebec.
30 Dec 1775 -  6 May 1776  American forces occupy the lower town, but fail to
                             capture the upper part of the city.

Governors
 8 Jul 1608 - Aug 1624     Samuel de Champlain (1st time)     (s.a.)
Aug 1624 - Jul 1626        Émery de Caen (acting)             (s.a.)
Jul 1626 - 22 Jul 1629     Samuel de Champlain (2nd time)     (s.a.)
English Governor
22 Jul 1629 -  4 Mar 1632  Sir Lewis Kirke                    (s.a.)
Governors
 4 Mar 1632 -  8 Sep 1760  the governors-general of New France
Intendants of Justice, Police and Finance in the countries of Canada, Acadia
and Isle of Newfoundland and other countries of France Septentrionale
21 Mar 1663 - 1665         Louis Robert, sieur de La Fortelle (b. 1636 - d. 1706)
                             (did not take office)
23 Mar 1665 - 22 Oct 1668  Jean Talon (1st time)              (b. 1626 - d. 1694)
22 Oct 1668 - 22 Oct 1670  Claude de Bouteroue d'Aubigny      (b. 1620 - d. 1680)
23 Oct 1760 - Oct 1672     Jean Talon (2nd time)              (s.a.)
Oct 1672 - Sep 1675        Louis de Buade, comte de           (b. 1622 - d. 1698)
                             Frontenac et de Palluau (acting)
16 Sep 1675 -  9 Oct 1682  Jacques Duchesneau de La           (b. 1631 - d. 1696)
                             Doussinière et d'Ambault
 9 Oct 1682 - 23 Sep 1686  Jacques de Meulles, seigneur de    (b. c.1650 - d. 1703)
                             La Source
23 Sep 1686 -  5 Oct 1702  Jean Bochart de Champigny,         (b. 1645 - d. 1720)
                             sieur de Noroy et Verneuil 
 5 Oct 1702 - 17 Sep 1705  François de Beauharnais de La      (b. 1665 - d. 1746)
                             Boëche (Boische)
17 Sep 1705 -  6 Nov 1711  Jaques Raudot                      (b. 1638 - d. 1728)
                           + Antoine Denis Raudot             (b. 1679 - d. 1737)
14 Oct 1712 -  2 Sep 1726  Michel Bégon de la Picardière      (b. 1667 - d. 1747)
 2 Sep 1726 - 30 Aug 1728  Claude Thomas Dupuy                (b. 1678 - d. 1738)
 1 Oct 1728 - 21 Feb 1731  Vacant
20 Aug 1731 -  2 Sep 1748  Gilles Hocquart                    (b. 1694 - d. 1783)
 2 Sep 1748 - 18 Sep 1759  François Bigot                     (b. 1703 - d. 1778)
British Military Governor of the District of Quebec
18 Sep 1759 - 10 Aug 1764  James Murray                       (s.a.)
American Military Commanders (only in the Lower Town)
30 Dec 1775 - 31 Dec 1775  Richard Montgomery                 (b. 1738 - d. 1775)
 1 Jan 1776 -  1 Apr 1776  Benedict Arnold                    (b. 1741 - d. 1801)
 1 Apr 1776 -  1 May 1776  David Wooster                      (b. 1711 - d. 1777)
 1 May 1776 -  6 May 1776  John Thomas                        (b. 1724 - d. 1776)

Jul 1634                   French settlement of Trois-Rivières, within New France.
22 Sep 1760                British occupation (District of Three Rivers).
10 Aug 1764                Incorporated into Quebec.

Governors
 4 Jul 1634 - 17 Apr 1636  Guy, sieur de Laviolette            (b. c.1604 - d. 1660?)
11 Jun 1636 - 28 Aug 1636  Achille (Antoine?) de Bréault de    (d. af.1642)
                             L'Isle (acting)
28 Aug 1636 -  6 Feb 1638  Marc-Antoine Jacques Bras-de-Fer de (d. af.1638)
                             Châteaufort
 5 Aug 1639 - 1639         André de Malapart (interim)         (d. af.1649)
27 Dec 1639 - Aug 1642     François de Champflour (1st time)   (d. af.1649)
Sep 1642 - 1643            Charles Des Rochers
24 Dec 1643 - 24 Oct 1645  François de Champflour (2nd time)   (s.a.)
Oct 1645 - Nov 1645        Jean Bourdon (interim)              (b. c.1601 - d. 1668)
17 Nov 1645 -  2 Sep 1648  Jacques LeNeuf de La Poterie,       (b. 1606 - d. 1685)
                             sieur de Portneuf (1st time)
 4 Dec 1648 - 1649         Charles Legardeur de Tilly          (b. 1616 - d. 1695)
19 Jul 1649 - 1649         Charles Cartel (acting)
 9 Sep 1649 - 21 Aug 1651  Jacques LeNeuf de La Poterie,       (s.a.) 
                             sieur de Portneuf (2nd time)
                             (interim to 2 Feb 1651)
10 Nov 1651 - 19 Aug 1652  Guillaume Guillemot Du Plessis-     (b. 1608 - d. 1652)
                             Kerbodot
 8 Sep 1652 - 16 Jul 1653  Jacques LeNeuf de La Poterie,       (s.a.)
                             sieur de Portneuf (3rd time)
16 Jul 1653 - 1658         Pierre Boucher, sieur de Grosbois   (b. 1622 - d. 1717)
                             (1st time) (interim to Aug 1653)
Jul 1658 - 1662            Jacques LeNeuf de La Poterie,       (s.a.)
                             sieur de Portneuf (4th time)
 1 Nov 1662 - 26 Sep 1667  Pierre Boucher, sieur de Grosbois   (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
 8 Apr 1668 - 1668         Arnoult de Loubias de Broisle
10 Jun 1668 - 1668         René Gaulthier de Varennes          (b. 1635 - d. 1689)
                             (1st time)
 7 Jul 1668 - 1669         Michel LeNeuf du Hérisson (interim) (b. c.1601 - d. 1672)
12 May 1669 -  4 Jun 1689  René Gaulthier de Varennes          (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
 4 Jun 1689 - 1690         chevalier de Merville (acting)
 1 Jul 1690 - 28 May 1699  Claude de Ramezay                   (s.a.)
28 May 1699 -  1 Jun 1702  François Prévost                    (b. 1638 - d. 1702)
 2 Jun 1702 -  6 May 1709  Antoine de Crisafy, marquis de      (b. 16.. - d. 1709)
                             Crisafy
 6 May 1709 - 1709         Joseph Desjordy de Cabanac          (b. 1657 - d. 1713)
                              (interim)
1709 -  7 May 1720         Louis-François de Galiffet de Caffin(b. 1666 - d. 1746)
 7 May 1720 - 1724         Charles II Le Moyne, baron de       (s.a.)
                             Longueuil
1724 - 1725                Louis de la Porte de Louvigny       (b. c.1662 - d. 1725)
26 May 1725 - 16 Feb 1726  François Desjordy Moreau de         (b. 1666 - d. 1726)
                             Cabanac
23 May 1726 - 15 Oct 1730  Jean Bouillet de la Chassaigne      (s.a.)
15 Oct 1730 - 1733         Josué Maurice Dubois Berthelot de   (s.a.)
                             Beaucours
 1 Apr 1733 - 1742         Pierre de Rigaud, marquis de        (s.a.)
                             Vaudreuil-Cavgnal
1742 - 30 Apr 1748         Claude-Michel Bégon de la Cour      (b. 1683 - d. 1748)
30 Apr 1748 - 1757         François Pierre de Rigaud,          (b. 1703 - d. 1779) 
                             comte et marquis de Vaudreuil
1757 - 22 Sep 1760         Paul-Joseph LeMoyne, chevalier      (b. 1701 - d. 1778)
                             de Longueil
British Military Governors of the District of Three Rivers 
22 Sep 1760 - 24 Apr 1762  Ralph Burton (1st time)             (d. 1768)
25 Apr 1762 - Mar 1763     Sir Frederick Haldimand (1st time)  (s.a.)
Mar 1763 - Oct 1763        Ralph Burton (2nd time)             (s.a.)
Oct 1763 - 10 Aug 1764     Sir Frederick Haldimand (2nd time)  (s.a.)

18 Mar 1885 - 12 May 1885 Metis Battle Flag	25 Aug 1906 - 31 Jan 1965  Unofficial	31 Jan 1965 - 29 Oct 1967 Unofficial
Adopted 22 Sep 1969

 8 May 1882                Saskatchewan Provisional District, within Northwest Territories.
18 Mar 1885 - 12 May 1885  North-West Métis revolt (Provisional Government of Saskatchewan),
                             led by Louis "David" Riel [b. 1844 - d. 1885]. Riel surrenders
                             on 15 May 1885, the remainder surrender on 20 May 1885).
 1 Sep 1905                Province created from part (Assiniboia, Athabasca and Saskatchewan
                             districts) of the Northwest Territories.

President of the Provisional Government (in rebellion, at Batoche)
18 Mar 1885 - 12 May 1885  Pierre Parenteau                   (b. 1817 - d. 1893)
Lieutenant Governors
 1 Sep 1905 -  5 Oct 1910  Amédée Emmanuel Forget             (b. 1847 - d. 1923)
 5 Oct 1910 -  6 Oct 1915  George William Brown               (b. 1860 - d. 1919)
 6 Oct 1915 - 17 Feb 1921  Richard Stuart Lake                (b. 1860 - d. 1950)
                            (from 3 Jun 1918, Sir Richard Lake)
17 Feb 1921 - 31 Mar 1931  Henry William Newlands             (b. 1862 - d. 1954)
31 Mar 1931 - 10 Sep 1936  Hugh Edwin Munroe                  (b. 1878 - d. 1947)
10 Sep 1936 - 27 Feb 1945  Archibald Peter McNab              (b. 1864 - d. 1945)
27 Feb 1945 - 20 Jun 1945  Thomas Miller                      (b. 1876 - d. 1945)
20 Jun 1945 - 22 Jun 1945  William Melville Martin (1st time) (b. 1876 - d. 1970)
                             (acting)
22 Jun 1945 - 23 Mar 1948  Reginald John Marsden Parker       (b. 1881 - d. 1948)
23 Mar 1948 - 24 Mar 1948  William Melville Martin (2nd time) (s.a.)
                             (acting)
24 Mar 1948 - 15 Jun 1951  John Michael Uhrich                (b. 1877 - d. 1951)
15 Jun 1951 - 25 Jun 1951  William Melville Martin (3rd time) (s.a.)
                             (acting)
25 Jun 1951 -  3 Feb 1958  William John Patterson             (b. 1886 - d. 1976)
 3 Feb 1958 -  1 Mar 1963  Frank Lindsay Bastedo              (b. 1886 - d. 1973)
 1 Mar 1963 -  2 Feb 1970  Robert Leith "Dinny" Hanbidge      (b. 1891 - d. 1974)
 2 Feb 1970 - 29 Feb 1976  Stephen Worobetz                   (b. 1914 - d. 2006)
29 Feb 1976 -  6 Feb 1978  George Porteous                    (b. 1903 - d. 1978)
 6 Feb 1978 - 22 Feb 1978  Edward Milton Culliton (acting)    (b. 1906 - d. 1991)
22 Feb 1978 -  6 Jul 1983  Cameron Irwin McIntosh             (b. 1926 - d. 1988)
 6 Jul 1983 -  7 Sep 1988  Frederick William Johnson          (b. 1917 - d. 1993)
 7 Sep 1988 - 31 May 1994  Sylvia Olga Fedoruk (f)            (b. 1927 - d. 2012)
31 May 1994 - 21 Feb 2000  John "Jack" Edward Neil Wiebe      (b. 1936 - d. 2007)
21 Feb 2000 -  1 Aug 2006  Lynda Maureen Haverstock (f)       (b. 1948)
 1 Aug 2006 - 22 Mar 2012  Gordon Leslie Barnhart             (b. 1945)
22 Mar 2012 - 21 Mar 2018  Vaughn Solomon Schofield (f)       (b. 1943)
21 Mar 2018 -  2 Jul 2019  William Thomas Molloy              (b. 1940 - d. 2019)
 7 May 2019 - 18 Jul 2019  Robert G. Richards                 (b. 1952)
                             (acting [for Molloy to 2 Jul 2019])
18 Jul 2019 -              Russell B. Mirasty                 (b. 1957)

Premiers
 5 Sep 1905 - 20 Oct 1916  Thomas Walter Scott                (b. 1867 - d. 1938)  Lib
20 Oct 1916 -  5 Apr 1922  William Melville Martin            (b. 1876 - d. 1970)  Lib
 5 Apr 1922 - 26 Feb 1926  Charles Avery Dunning              (b. 1885 - d. 1958)  Lib
26 Feb 1926 -  9 Sep 1929  James Garfield Gardiner (1st time) (b. 1883 - d. 1962)  Lib
 9 Sep 1929 - 19 Jul 1934  James Thomas Milton Anderson       (b. 1878 - d. 1946)  Con
19 Jul 1934 -  1 Nov 1935  James Garfield Gardiner (2nd time) (s.a.)               Lib
 1 Nov 1935 - 10 Jul 1944  William John Patterson             (s.a.)               Lib
10 Jul 1944 -  7 Nov 1961  Thomas "Tommy" Clement Douglas     (b. 1904 - d. 1986)  CCF
 7 Nov 1961 -  2 May 1964  Woodrow Stanley Lloyd              (b. 1913 - d. 1972)  CCF
 2 May 1964 - 30 Jun 1971  Wilbert Ross Thatcher              (b. 1917 - d. 1971)  Lib
30 Jun 1971 -  8 May 1982  Allan Emrys Blakeney               (b. 1925 - d. 2011)  NDP
 8 May 1982 -  1 Nov 1991  Donald Grant Devine                (b. 1944)            PC
 1 Nov 1991 -  8 Feb 2001  Roy John Romanow                   (b. 1939)            NDP
 8 Feb 2001 - 21 Nov 2007  Lorne Albert Calvert               (b. 1952)            NDP
21 Nov 2007 -  2 Feb 2018  Bradley "Brad" John Wall           (b. 1965)            SKP
 2 Feb 2018 -              Scott Moe                          (b. 1973)            SKP

1842                       Hudson's Bay Company established its first trading 
                             post in the area, Fort Frances on Frances Lake.
1846                       Lapierre House founded by Hudson's Bay Company.
1848 - 1852                Fort Selkirk founded by Hudson's Bay Company.
 2 May 1870                Part of the North-West Territories.
1874 - 1886                Fort Reliance established a few miles downstream of what
                             later becomes Dawson City.
26 May 1894                Dominion Land Agents overseeing the Yukon Provisional District
                             of the Northwest Territories arrive.
 2 Oct 1895                Yukon Provisional District, within the Northwest Territories.
16 Aug 1896 - 1899         Klondike Gold Rush.
Jan 1897                   Dawson city founded.
16 Aug 1897                Yukon District, within the Northwest Territories.
13 Jun 1898                Separate territory (Yukon Territory).
 1 Apr 2003                Renamed Yukon.

Dominion Land Agents, Gold Commissioners of the Yukon Provisional District
(also inspectors of the North-West Mounted Police in the Yukon)
26 May 1894 - 27 May 1897  Charles Constantine                (b. 1846 - d. 1912) 
27 May 1897 - 17 Aug 1897  Thomas Fawcett                     (b. 1848 - d. 1920)
                             (arrived 15 Jun 1897)
Chief Executive Officer of the Yukon Judicial District
17 Aug 1897 - 13 Jun 1898  James Morrow Walsh                 (b. 1840 - d. 1905)
                             (arrived 21 May 1898)
Commissioners of Yukon
13 Jun 1898 -  4 Jul 1898  James Morrow Walsh                 (b. 1840 - d. 1905)
 4 Jul 1898 - 11 Mar 1901  William Ogilvie                    (b. 1846 - d. 1912)
11 Mar 1901 -  8 Feb 1902  James Hamilton Ross                (b. 1856 - d. 1932)
 8 Feb 1902 - 15 Aug 1902  Henry William Newlands (acting)    (b. 1862 - d. 1954)
15 Aug 1902 -  4 Mar 1903  Zachary Taylor Wood (1st time)     (b. 1860 - d. 1915)
                             (acting)
 4 Mar 1903 - 27 Oct 1904  Frederick Tennyson Congdon         (b. 1858 - d. 1932)
29 Oct 1904 - 27 May 1905  Zachary Taylor Wood (2nd time)     (s.a.)
                             (acting)
27 May 1905 - 31 Dec 1906  William Wallace Burns McInnes      (b. 1871 - d. 1954)
31 Dec 1906 - 17 Jun 1907  John Thomas Lithgow (acting)       (b. 1856 - d. 1928)
17 Jun 1907 -  1 Jun 1911  Alexander Henderson                (b. 1861 - d. 1940)
 1 Jun 1911 -  1 Feb 1912  Arthur Wilson (acting)             (b. 1868 - d. 1948)   
 1 Feb 1912 -  1 Apr 1918  George Black                       (b. 1873 - d. 1965)
                             (absent from 13 Oct 1916) 
Administrator
13 Oct 1916 -  1 Apr 1918  George Norris Williams             (b. 1866 - d. 1949)
                             (during the absence of George Black)
Gold Commissioners
17 Jun 1907 -  1 Feb 1912  François Xavier Gosselin           (b. 1861 - d. 1916)
 1 Feb 1912 - 16 Nov 1924  George Patton Mackenzie            (b. 1873 - d. 1954)
                             (and from 1 Apr 1918, commissioner)
17 Nov 1924 - 14 Nov 1927  Percy Bearisto Reid                (b. 1874 - d. 1927)
                             (acting to 1 Apr 1925)
14 Nov 1927 - 10 Sep 1928  George Allen Jeckell (acting)      (b. 1880 - d. 1950)
10 Sep 1928 - 30 Jun 1932  George Ian MacLean                 (b. 1874 - d. 1938)
Comptroller
30 Jun 1932 -  2 Dec 1936  George Allan Jeckell               (s.a.)
Controllers
 3 Dec 1936 - 20 Sep 1947  George Allan Jeckell               (s.a.)
20 Sep 1947 - 12 Jul 1948  John Edward Gibben (acting)        (b. 1894 - d. 1958)
Commissioners
13 Jul 1948 - 15 Aug 1950  John Edward Gibben                 (s.a.)
15 Aug 1950 - 15 Oct 1951  Andrew Harold Gibson               (b. 1882 - d. 1957)
15 Oct 1951 - 15 Nov 1952  Frederick Fraser                   (b. 1895 - d. 1990)
15 Nov 1952 -  8 Jun 1955  Wilfred George Brown               (b. 1906 - d. 1970)
 8 Jun 1955 -  1 May 1962  Frederick Howard Collins           (b. 1897 - d. 1988)
 1 May 1962 -  7 Nov 1966  Gordon Robertson Cameron           (b. 1921 - d. 2010)
 7 Nov 1966 -  1 Jul 1976  James M. Smith                     (b. 1919 - d. 2017)
 1 Jul 1976 - 31 Oct 1978  Arthur "Art" MacDonald Pearson     (b. 1938 - d. 2020)
31 Oct 1978 - 19 Jan 1979  Franklin "Frank" Boyd Fingland     (b. 1928) 
                             (interim)
20 Jan 1979 -  9 Oct 1979  Ione Jean Cameron Christensen (f)  (b. 1933)
 9 Oct 1979 - 27 Mar 1986  Douglas Leslie Dewey Bell          (b. 1926 - d. 2021)
                             (administrator to 19 Dec 1980)
27 Mar 1986 - 11 Jun 1995  John Kenneth "Ken" McKinnon        (b. 1936 - d. 2019)
12 Jun 1995 - 30 Sep 2000  Judy Gingell (f)                   (b. 1946)
 1 Oct 2000 - 30 Nov 2005  Ivan John "Jack" Cable             (b. 1934 - d. 2021)
 1 Dec 2005 - 16 Dec 2010  Geraldine Van Bibber (f)           (b. 1951)
17 Dec 2010 - 31 Jan 2018  Douglas "Doug" George Phillips     (b. 1946)
 1 Feb 2018 -  8 Mar 2018  Gerald Isaac (acting)              (b. 1952)
 9 Mar 2018 - 12 Mar 2018  Ronald "Ron" Stuart Veale (acting) (b. 1945)
12 Mar 2018 - 31 May 2023  Rose Marie Angélique Bernard (f)   (b. 1972)
 1 Jun 2023                Adeline Kh'ayàdê Webber (f)

Government Leaders
14 Dec 1978 - 20 Mar 1985  Christopher "Chris" William Pearson(b. 1931 - d. 2014)  PC
20 Mar 1985 - 29 May 1985  Willard Leroy Phelps               (b. 1941)            PC
29 May 1985 -  7 Nov 1992  Antony "Tony" David John Penikett  (b. 1945)            NDP 
                             (from 10 Oct 1989, premier)
 7 Nov 1992 - 19 Oct 1996  John Ostashek                      (b. 1936 - d. 2007)  Yuk
19 Oct 1996 -  6 May 2000  Piers McDonald                     (b. 1955)            NDP
Premiers
 6 May 2000 - 30 Nov 2002  Patricia "Pat" Duncan (f)          (b. 1960)            Lib
30 Nov 2002 - 11 Jun 2011  Dennis G. Fentie                   (b. 1950 - d. 2019)  Yuk
11 Jun 2011 -  3 Dec 2016  Darrell Thomas Pasloski            (b. 1960)            Yuk
 3 Dec 2016 - 14 Jan 2023  Sidney Alexander "Sandy" Silver    (b. 1969)            Lib
14 Jan 2023 -              Ranj Pillai                        (b. 1974)            Lib