List of mayors of Quebec City, Quebec

The Mayor
Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....

of Quebec has been the highest elected official of the Quebec City

Quebec City

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government since the incorporation of the city in 1832.

List

The following is a list of the Mayors of Quebec City, Quebec

Quebec

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, Canada

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Name		From	To	Duration	Political party
1	Elzéar Bédard Elzéar Bédard Elzéar Bédard was a lawyer and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada. He later became a judge.He was born at Quebec City in 1799, the son of Pierre-Stanislas Bédard...	May 1, 1833	March 31, 1834	10 months and 30 days	N/A
2	René-Édouard Caron René-Édouard Caron René-Édouard Caron was a Canadian politician, judge, and the second Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.Born in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada, the son of Augustin Caron, a farmer, and Elizabeth Lessard, he studied at a Quebec seminary, the Petit Séminaire of Quebec, and studied law in André-Rémi...	March 31, 1834	April 9, 1836	2 years and 9 days	N/A
	René-Édouard Caron René-Édouard Caron René-Édouard Caron was a Canadian politician, judge, and the second Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.Born in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada, the son of Augustin Caron, a farmer, and Elizabeth Lessard, he studied at a Quebec seminary, the Petit Séminaire of Quebec, and studied law in André-Rémi...	August 15, 1840	February 9, 1846	5 years and 179 days	N/A
3	George O'Kill Stuart	February 9, 1846	February 11, 1850	4 years and 2 days	N/A
4	Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau Sir Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau, KCMG, QC was a Canadian politician, lawyer and businessman.He was born in Quebec City in 1808. He studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec and went on to article in law, receiving his license to practice in 1832. In 1835, he married Marie-Reine-Josephte, the daughter...	February 11, 1850	February 14, 1853	3 years and 3 days	N/A
5	Ulric-Joseph Tessier Ulric-Joseph Tessier Ulric-Joseph Tessier was a Quebec lawyer, judge, seigneur and political figure. He was a member of the Senate of Canada representing the Gulf division from 1867 to 1873 and served as mayor of Quebec City from 1853 to 1854....	February 14, 1853	February 13, 1854	364 days	N/A
6	Charles Joseph Alleyn Charles Joseph Alleyn Charles Joseph Alleyn was a Quebec lawyer and political figure.He was born in County Cork, Ireland in 1817 and studied at Clongowes Wood College. Alleyn came to Lower Canada with his family around 1837. He was called to the bar in 1840. He supported the annexation movement in Quebec...	February 13, 1854	February 12, 1855	364 days	N/A
7	Joseph Morrin Joseph Morrin Joseph Morrin emigrated from Scotland to Quebec City at the age of four. Since there were no medical schools in the city at the time, Morrin worked as a surgeon’s apprentice. He returned to Scotland for a medical education at the University of Edinburgh...	February 12, 1855	January 22, 1856	323 days	N/A
8	Olivier Robitaille Olivier Robitaille Olivier Robitaille was a physician and businessman in Lower Canada. He was mayor of Quebec City from January 1856 to January 1857....	January 22, 1856	January 19, 1857	363 days	N/A
9	Joseph Morrin Joseph Morrin Joseph Morrin emigrated from Scotland to Quebec City at the age of four. Since there were no medical schools in the city at the time, Morrin worked as a surgeon’s apprentice. He returned to Scotland for a medical education at the University of Edinburgh... (second term)	January 19, 1857	January 18, 1858	364 days	N/A
10	Sir Hector-Louis Langevin	January 19, 1858	January 22, 1861	3 years and 3 days	N/A
11	Thomas Pope Thomas Pope (politician) Thomas Pope was an independent politician and served as the eleventh mayor of Quebec City. He was in power from January 22, 1861 to January 29, 1863 before being replaced by Adolphe Guillet dit Tourangeau. He replaced Hector-Louis Langevin....	January 22, 1861	January 29, 1863	2 years and 7 days	N/A
12	Adolphe Guillet dit Tourangeau Adolphe Guillet dit Tourangeau Adolphe Guillet dit Tourangeau was a Quebec notary and political figure. He was a Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons representing Quebec East from 1870 to 1874...	July 3, 1863	January 12, 1866	2 years and 6 months and 9 days	N/A
13	Joseph-Édouard Cauchon	January 12, 1866	January 10, 1868	1 year and 11 months and 29 days	N/A
14	John Lemesurier John Lemesurier John Lemesurier was a Canadian politician, serving as Mayor of Quebec City from January 1868 to November 1869.John Le Mesurier left his native Gaspe to make his mark in Quebec City...	January 10, 1868	November 12, 1869	1 year and 10 months and 2 days	N/A
15	William Hossak William Hossak William M. Hossak was a Canadian politician, serving as Mayor of Quebec City from November 1869 to January 1870.Hossak worked at his father's grocery business until establishing his own business, a leather tannery...	November 12, 1869	January 7, 1870	1 month and 25 days	N/A
16	Adolphe Guillet dit Tourangeau Adolphe Guillet dit Tourangeau Adolphe Guillet dit Tourangeau was a Quebec notary and political figure. He was a Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons representing Quebec East from 1870 to 1874... (second term)	January 10, 1870	May 2, 1870	3 months and 23 days	N/A
17	Pierre Garneau Pierre Garneau Pierre Garneau was a Canadian businessman and politician.Born in Cap-Santé, Lower Canada, the son of François-Xavier Garneau and Julie-Henriette Gignac, Garneau moved to Quebec City in 1839 to work as a clerk for a fancy-goods merchant. He eventually worked for his own importing wholesaler called...	May 2, 1870	May 4, 1874	4 years and 2 days	N/A
18	Owen Murphy Owen Murphy Owen Murphy was a private banker, insurance agent and Canadian politician.Born in Stoneham, Quebec, the son of Nicholas Murphy and Ellen O'Brien, both of Irish ancestry, he was a member of the Quebec City Council from 1871 to 1874 and was mayor of Quebec City from 1874 to 1878...	May 4, 1874	May 6, 1878	4 years and 2 days	N/A
19	Robert Chambers Robert Chambers (Quebec City mayor) Robert Chambers was a Canadian politician, serving as Mayor of Quebec City from May 1878 to May 1880.-References:...	May 4, 1878	May 3, 1880	1 year and 11 months and 30 days	N/A
20	Jean-Docile Brousseau Jean-Docile Brousseau Jean-Docile Brousseau was a Canadian politician and newspaper owner.He was born in Quebec City in 1825. In 1855, he became the official printer for the archbishopric of Quebec and produced the Le Courrier du Canada, a religious newsletter, from 1857 to 1872...	May 3, 1880	May 1, 1882	1 year and 11 months and 29 days	N/A
21	Sir François-Charles-Stanislas Langelier	May 1, 1882	March 1, 1890	7 years and 10 months	N/A
22	Jules-Joseph-Taschereau Frémont Jules-Joseph-Taschereau Frémont Jules Joseph Taschereau Frémont was a Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons and a mayor of Quebec City. He was born in Quebec City, Quebec, the son of doctor Charles-Jacques Frémont and Marie-Cécile Panet, and became an author, lawyer and professor.Frémont was educated at the Collège...	March 1, 1890	April 2, 1894	4 years and 1 month and 1 day	N/A
23	Simon-Napoléon Parent Simon-Napoléon Parent Simon-Napoléon Parent . Born in Quebec City he was the 12th Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec from October 3, 1900 to March 21, 1905.-Background:...	April 2nd, 1894	January 12th, 1906	11 years and 9 months and 10 days	N/A
24	Georges Tanguay Georges Tanguay Georges Tanguay was a Canadian politician.Born in Quebec City, Quebec, the son of Georges Tanguay and Adeline Mathieu, Tanguay was elected without opposition to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the electoral district of Lac-Saint-Jean in 1900. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1904 and did not...	January 12th, 1906	March 1, 1906	1 month and 20 days	N/A
25	Sir Jean-Georges Garneau Jean-Georges Garneau Jean-Georges Garneau was a Canadian politician, the mayor of Quebec City from 1906 to 1910.Sir Georges Garneau was a railroad engineer involved in the construction of track between Lac Saint-Jean and Quebec City. In 1904, he became an analytical chemistry professor at Université Laval, before...	March 1, 1906	March 1, 1910	4 years	N/A
26	Olivier-Napoléon Drouin Olivier-Napoléon Drouin Olivier-Napoléon Drouin was a Canadian politician, the mayor of Quebec City from 1910 to 1916. He also initiated the Rock City Tobacco company....	March 1, 1910	March 1, 1916	6 years	N/A
27	Henri-Edgar Lavigueur Henri-Edgar Lavigueur Henri-Edgar Lavigueur was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons and served as alderman and Mayor of Quebec City where he was born....	March 1, 1916	February 20, 1920	3 years and 11 months and 19 days	N/A
28	Joseph-Octave Samson Joseph-Octave Samson Joseph-Octave Samson was a Canadian politician, serving as Mayor of Quebec City from March 1920 to March 1926....	March 1, 1920	March 1, 1926	6 years	N/A
29	Valmont Martin	March 1, 1926	December 7, 1927	1 year and 9 months and 6 days	N/A
30	Télesphore Simard Télesphore Simard (mayor) Télesphore Simard was a Canadian businessman and politician, serving as mayor of Quebec City from December 1927 to March 1928.-Biography:...	December 7, 1927	March 1, 1928	2 months and 25 days	N/A
31	Joseph-Oscar Auger Joseph-Oscar Auger Joseph-Oscar Auger was a Canadian politician, serving as Mayor of Quebec City from 1928 to 1930.Auger won the 20 February 1928 city election over incumbent mayor Télesphore Simard by a 7046 to 4752 vote.-References:...	March 1, 1928	March 1, 1930	2 years	N/A
32	Henri-Edgar Lavigueur Henri-Edgar Lavigueur Henri-Edgar Lavigueur was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons and served as alderman and Mayor of Quebec City where he was born.... (second term)	February 26, 1930	January 26, 1934	3 years and 11 months	N/A
33	Joseph-Ernest Grégoire Joseph-Ernest Grégoire Joseph-Ernest Grégoire was a French Canadian politician.-Background:He was born in Disraeli, Quebec on July 31, 1886. He was an attorney and a professor. He also was the father of Gilles Grégoire, a co-founder of the Parti Québécois....	March 1, 1934	March 1, 1938	4 years	N/A
34	Lucien-Hubert Borne Lucien-Hubert Borne Lucien-Hubert Borne was a Canadian politician, serving as mayor of Quebec City from 1938 to 1953.In 1936, Borne made an unsuccessful attempt to become a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. Also in 1936, he made an unsuccessful first bid for the office of Quebec City's Mayor...	March 1, 1938	November 17, 1953	15 years and 8 months and 16 days	N/A
35	Wilfrid Hamel Wilfrid Hamel Wilfrid Hamel was a Canadian politician, serving as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec and as Mayor of Quebec City....	December 15, 1953	December 1, 1965	11 years and 11 months and 17 days	N/A
36	Gilles Lamontagne Gilles Lamontagne Joseph-Georges-Gilles-Claude Lamontagne, PC, OC, CQ, CD was a Canadian politician and the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec....	December 1, 1965	December 1, 1977	12 years	P.C.
37	Jean Pelletier Jean Pelletier Jean Pelletier, was a Canadian politician, who served as the 37th mayor of Quebec City, Chief of Staff in the Prime Minister's Office, and chairman of Via Rail...	December 1, 1977	November 5, 1989	11 years and 11 months and 4 days	P.C.
38	Jean-Paul L'Allier Jean-Paul L'Allier Jean-Paul L'Allier was a Canadian politician, a two-term Member of the National Assembly of Quebec and the 38th Mayor of Quebec City.-Background:...	November 5, 1989	January 1, 2006	16 years, 1 month and 26 days	R.P. (until 2001) R.M.Q. Renouveau municipal de Québec The Renouveau municipal de Québec is a political party in the city of Québec, Quebec, Canada that contests municipal elections. It was created on February 26, 2001, after the amalgamation of Quebec City and surrounding suburban municipalities. In 2007, the party currently holds 24 of the 37 seats... (after 2001)
39	Andrée Boucher	November 6, 2005	August 24, 2007	1 year, 9 months and 18 days	Ind.
40	Jacques Joli-Coeur Jacques Joli-Coeur Jacques Joli-Cœur is a politician from the Renouveau municipal de Québec in Quebec, Canada. A city councillor and deputy mayor, he was the interim mayor of Quebec City following the death of Andrée Boucher on August 24, 2007....	August 24, 2007	December 8, 2007	3 months and 14 days	R.M.Q. Renouveau municipal de Québec The Renouveau municipal de Québec is a political party in the city of Québec, Quebec, Canada that contests municipal elections. It was created on February 26, 2001, after the amalgamation of Quebec City and surrounding suburban municipalities. In 2007, the party currently holds 24 of the 37 seats...
41	Régis Labeaume	December 8, 2007	incumbent	current	Ind.

Facts

The first woman mayor of Quebec City was elected in 2005, 180 years after the creation of the city.
Mayor Jean-Paul L'Allier
Jean-Paul L'Allier
Jean-Paul L'Allier was a Canadian politician, a two-term Member of the National Assembly of Quebec and the 38th Mayor of Quebec City.-Background:...

has been the longest-serving mayor in the city's history, serving more than 16 years.
The city was administered by a justice of the peace
Justice of the Peace
A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...

from 1836 to 1840.
Party politics was introduced to city politics in the 1960s by Gilles Lamontagne's Progrès civique de Québec.

Legend

N/A : Non applicable

P.C. : Progrès civique de Québec

R.P. : Rassemblement populaire

Ind. : Independent

R.M.Q. : Renouveau municipal de Québec

Renouveau municipal de Québec

The Renouveau municipal de Québec is a political party in the city of Québec, Quebec, Canada that contests municipal elections. It was created on February 26, 2001, after the amalgamation of Quebec City and surrounding suburban municipalities. In 2007, the party currently holds 24 of the 37 seats...

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