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2 Lieutenant Governors of Canada East 3 Lieutenant Governors of Quebec |
Lower Canada was created out of the eastern part of Quebec by the Constitutional Act of 1791.
Lieutenant Governors of Lower Canada
| Name | Term |
|---|---|
| Sir Guy Carleton, Lord Dorchester | 1791-1796 |
| Robert Prescott | 1796-1799 |
| Sir Robert Shore Milnes | 1799-1805 |
| Thomas Dunn | 1805-1807 |
| Sir James Henry Craig | 1807-1811 |
| Thomas Dunn | 1811 |
| Sir George Prevost | 1811-1815 |
| Sir Gordon Drummond | 1815-1816 |
| John Wilson | 1816 |
| Sir John Coape Sherbrooke | 1816-1818 |
| Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond | 1818-1819 |
| George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie | 1819-1828 |
| Matthew Whitworth-Aylmer, 5th Baron Aylmer | 1830-1835 |
| Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford | 1835-1838 |
| Sir John Colborne | 1838 |
| John George Lambton, Earl of Durham | 1838-1839 |
| Sir John Colborne | 1839 |
| Charles Poullet Thompson, Lord Sydenham | 1839-1841 |
Lord Sydenham was also Governor General of Canada, and united Upper Canada and Lower Canada into the Province of Canada. Lower Canada became Canada East.
| Name | Term |
|---|---|
| John Clitherow | 1841 |
| Sir Richard Downes Jackson | 1841-1842 |
| Sir Charles Bagot | 1842-1843 |
| Charles Metcalfe, Baron Metcalfe of Fernhill | 1843-1845 |
| Charles Murray Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcart | 1845-1847 |
| James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin | 1847-1854 |
| Sir Edmund Walker Head | 1854-1861 |
| Viscount Monck of Ballytrammon | 1861-1866 |
The Province of Canada was split into Ontario and Quebec after Canadian Confederation in 1867.
Lieutenant Governors of Quebec
| Name | Term |
|---|---|
| Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau | 1867-1873 |
| René-Edouard Caron | 1873-1876 |
| Luc Letellier de St-Just | 1876-1879 |
| Théodore Robitaille | 1879-1884 |
| Louis-Francois Rodrigue Masson | 1884-1887 |
| Auguste-Réal Angers | 1887-1892 |
| Sir Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau | 1892-1898 |
| Sir Louis-Amable Jetté | 1898-1908 |
| Sir Pantaléon Pelletier | 1908-1911 |
| Sir François Langelier | 1911-1915 |
| Sir Pierre-Évariste Leblanc | 1915-1918 |
| Sir Charles Fitzpatrick | 1918-1923 |
| Louis-Philippe Brodeur | 1923-1924 |
| Narcisse Pérodeau | 1924-1929 |
| Sir Lomer Gouin | 1929 |
| Henry George Carroll | 1929-1934 |
| Esioff-Léon Patenaude | 1934-1940 |
| Sir Eugène Fiset | 1940-1950 |
| Gaspard Fauteux | 1950-1958 |
| Onésime Gagnon | 1958-1961 |
| Paul Comtois | 1961-1966 |
| Hugues Lapointe | 1966-1978 |
| Jean-Pierre Côté | 1978-1984 |
| Gilles Lamontagne | 1984-1990 |
| Martial Asselin | 1990-1996 |
| Jean-Louis Roux | 1996-1997 |
| Lise Thibault | 1997-present |
Other Canadian Lieutenant Governors:
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