Government House Leader (Quebec)

The Government House Leader (fr: Leader du gouvernement) is a Member of the National Assembly (MNA) chosen by the Premier of Quebec to be in charge of strategy and procedure for the group of Members who support the government in the Assembly.^[1]

The role of Government House Leader is now codified in the Standing Orders of the National Assembly.^[2]

Two other MNAs are Deputy Government House Leader (fr: Leader adjoint du gouvernement). They assist the Government House Leader and replace him when required.

List of Government House Leaders:^[3]

Government House Leader		From	Until	Legislature	Premier
	Pierre Laporte	January 21, 1965	April 18, 1966	27th	Lesage
	Maurice Bellemare	1966	1969	28th	D. Johnson
	Rémi Paul	February 26, 1969	1970	28th	Bertrand
	Pierre Laporte	May 12, 1970	October 17, 1970	29th	Bourassa
	Gérard D. Levesque	1970	1976	29th, 30th
	Robert Burns	December 14, 1976	October 3, 1978	31st	Lévesque
	Claude Charron	October 3, 1978	February 23, 1982	31st, 32nd
	Jean-François Bertrand	February 23, 1982	March 5, 1984	32nd
	Marc-André Bédard	March 5, 1984	October 23, 1985	32nd	P.-M. Johnson
	Michel Gratton	December 16, 1985	August 9, 1989	33rd	Bourassa
	Michel Pagé	October 11, 1989	October 29, 1992	34th
	Pierre Paradis	November 12, 1992	September 26, 1994	34th
	Guy Chevrette	September 26, 1994	January 29, 1996	35th	Parizeau
	Pierre Bélanger	January 29, 1996	August 25, 1997	35th	Bouchard
	Jean-Pierre Jolivet	August 25, 1997	September 23, 1998	35th
	Jacques Brassard	September 23, 1998	January 29, 2002	35th, 36th
	André Boisclair	January 30, 2002	April 14, 2003	36th	Landry
	Jacques P. Dupuis	April 29, 2003	February 21, 2007	37th	Charest
	Jean-Marc Fournier	April 18, 2007	November 5, 2008	38th
	Jacques P. Dupuis	December 18, 2008	August 9, 2010	39th
	Jean-Marc Fournier	September 20, 2010	August 1, 2012	39th
	Stéphane Bédard	September 19, 2012	April 26, 2014	40th	Marois
	Jean-Marc Fournier	April 26, 2014	October 18, 2018	41st	Couillard
	Simon Jolin-Barrette	October 18, 2018	Incumbent	42nd	Legault

Notes and references

1. (in French) « Leader du gouvernement », in Encyclopédie du parlementarisme québécois (en ligne), Assemblée nationale du Québec, 5 juin 2013. (Accessed July 3, 2013)
2. Standing Orders and Other Rules of Procedure, 2013 (13th edition)
3. Les leaders parlementaires depuis 1965, National Assembly. (Accessed July 3, 2013)

See also

• Politics of Quebec