The Government of Quebec refers to the provincial government of the province of Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

. Its powers and structure are set out in the Constitution Act, 1867

Constitution Act, 1867

The Constitution Act, 1867 , is a major part of Canada's Constitution. The Act created a federal dominion and defines much of the operation of the Government of Canada, including its federal structure, the House of Commons, the Senate, the justice system, and the taxation system...

.

In modern Canadian use, the term "government" referred broadly to the cabinet of the day, elected from the National Assembly of Quebec

National Assembly of Quebec

The National Assembly of Quebec is the legislative body of the Province of Quebec. The Lieutenant Governor and the National Assembly compose the Parliament of Quebec, which operates in a fashion similar to those of other British-style parliamentary systems.The National Assembly was formerly the...

 and the non-political staff within each provincial department or agency – that is, the civil and public services.

The province of Quebec, like all Canadian provinces, is governed by a unicameral legislature, the National Assembly of Quebec

National Assembly of Quebec

The National Assembly of Quebec is the legislative body of the Province of Quebec. The Lieutenant Governor and the National Assembly compose the Parliament of Quebec, which operates in a fashion similar to those of other British-style parliamentary systems.The National Assembly was formerly the...

, which operates in the Westminster system

Westminster System

The Westminster system is a democratic parliamentary system of government modelled after the politics of the United Kingdom. This term comes from the Palace of Westminster, the seat of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....

 of government. The political party that wins the largest number of seats in the legislature normally forms the government, and the party's leader becomes premier

Premier (Canada)

In Canada, a premier is the head of government of a province or territory. There are currently ten provincial premiers and three territorial premiers in Canada....

 of the province, i.e., the head of the government.

Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec

The functions of the Sovereign, Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...

, Queen of Canada

Monarchy in Canada

The monarchy of Canada is the core of both Canada's federalism and its Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, being the foundation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Canadian government and each provincial government...

, and known in Quebec as the Queen in Right of Quebec

Monarchy in Quebec

By the arrangements of the Canadian federation, Canada's monarchy operates in Quebec as the core of the province's Westminster-style parliamentary democracy and constitution. As such, the Crown within Quebec's jurisdiction is referred to as the Crown in Right of Quebec , Her Majesty in Right of...

, are exercised by the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec

Lieutenant Governor of Quebec

The Lieutenant Governor of Quebec : Lieutenant-gouverneur du Québec, or : Lieutenant-gouverneure du Québec) is the viceregal representative in Quebec of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions...

. The Lieutenant Governor is appointed by the Governor General of Canada

Governor General of Canada

The Governor General of Canada is the federal viceregal representative of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II...

 on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Canada

Prime Minister of Canada

The Prime Minister of Canada is the primary minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus head of government for Canada, charged with advising the Canadian monarch or viceroy on the exercise of the executive powers vested in them by the constitution...

, in consultation with the Premier of Quebec

Premier of Quebec

The Premier of Quebec is the first minister of the Canadian province of Quebec. The Premier is the province's head of government and his title is Premier and President of the Executive Council....

.

Executive powers

The executive powers in the province lies with the Premier of Quebec

Premier of Quebec

The Premier of Quebec is the first minister of the Canadian province of Quebec. The Premier is the province's head of government and his title is Premier and President of the Executive Council....

 and the cabinet.

Cabinet

Lieutenant-Governor



The Honourable Pierre Duchesne

Pierre Duchesne

Pierre Duchesne is the 28th and current Lieutenant Governor of Quebec and former secretary general of the National Assembly of Quebec.-Biography:A licentiate in Law from Université Laval, Pierre Duchesne had been a notary in Sept-Îles in 1966....

(2007-)



Portfolio
Minister



Premier of Quebec

Premier of Quebec

The Premier of Quebec is the first minister of the Canadian province of Quebec. The Premier is the province's head of government and his title is Premier and President of the Executive Council....

      and Minister responsible for Youth Issues 
Jean Charest

Jean Charest

John James "Jean" Charest, PC, MNA is a Canadian politician who has been the 29th Premier of Quebec since 2003. He was leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1993 to 1998 and has been leader of the Quebec Liberal Party since 1998....

(2003-)



Deputy Premier of Quebec
      Minister of Municipal Affairs and Regions
Nathalie Normandeau

Nathalie Normandeau

Nathalie Normandeau is a Quebec politician. She was MNA for the riding of Bonaventure in the Gaspésie region between 1998 and 2011...

(2007-)



Minister of Aboriginal Affairs
Pierre Corbeil

Pierre Corbeil

Pierre Corbeil, D.M.D. is a Quebec politician and dentist. He is a Member of National Assembly of Quebec for Abitibi-Est as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party and the current Minister Responsible for Indian Affairs.Corbeil went to the Université de Montréal and obtained a doctor's degree in...

(2008-)



Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
Laurent Lessard

Laurent Lessard

Laurent Lessard is a politician and notary in Quebec, Canada. He is the current Member of the National Assembly for the provincial riding of Frontenac in Central Quebec south of Quebec City. Member of the Quebec Liberal Party, he is the current Minister of Municipal Affairs and Regions and Land...

(2007-)



Minister of Culture and Communications

Ministry of Culture and Communications (Quebec)

Minister of Culture and Communications is responsible for promoting and protecting the culture in the province of Quebec .-External links:...

Christine St-Pierre

Christine St-Pierre

Christine St-Pierre, B.Sc.Soc. is a journalist and a Quebec politician. She is the current MNA for the Montreal provincial riding of Acadie as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party....

(2007-)



Minister of Education, Leisure and Sports
Michelle Courchesne

Michelle Courchesne

Michelle Courchesne is a Quebec politician. A member of the Quebec Liberal Party, she is the National Assembly Member for the riding of Fabre in Laval, Quebec...

(2007-)



Minister of the Environment
Line Beauchamp

Line Beauchamp

Line Beauchamp is a Quebec politician. She is the current Quebec Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the Montreal riding of Bourassa-Sauvé as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party...

(2007-)



Minister of Finance
      and Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade
Raymond Bachand

Raymond Bachand

Raymond Bachand is a politician, a businessman and a lawyer in Quebec, Canada. He is the Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Outremont, and a member of the Quebec Liberal Party caucus. He is also the current minister of Finances and Revenue in the cabinet of Premier of...

(2009-)
(2007-)



Minister of Government Services
Dominique Vien

Dominique Vien

Dominique Vien is a Canadian politician, who served as Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Bellechasse from 2003 to 2007. She was defeated in the 2007 election by Jean Domingue of the Action démocratique du Québec, but was then re-elected in the same district in 2008...

(2008-)



Minister of Health and Social Services
Yves Bolduc

Yves Bolduc

Yves Bolduc is a doctor and politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. He was named the new Minister of Health and Social Services of Quebec on June 25, 2008 succeeding Philippe Couillard who resigned on the same day following five years as Minister for that portfolio...

(2008-)



Minister of Immigration and Cultural Communities
Yolande James

Yolande James

Yolande James is a Quebec provincial politician. She is the first black female MNA and the youngest, as well as the first black cabinet minister in Quebec history...

(2007-)



Minister of Infrastructure
      and Chair of the Treasury Board
Monique Gagnon-Tremblay

Monique Gagnon-Tremblay

Monique Gagnon-Tremblay is a politician in Quebec, Canada. She is the current MNA member for the riding of Saint-François in the Estrie region. She served as Liberal leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly of Quebec from May 1998 to December 1998 and Deputy Premier in 1994 and from 2003...

(2009-)
(2008-)



Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
Jacques Dupuis

Jacques P. Dupuis

Jacques P. Dupuis is a Canadian politician and lawyer. A member of the Quebec Liberal Party and former MNA for Saint-Laurent in the Montreal region, Dupuis is also a former Quebec Minister of Justice and was Minister of Public Security until 2010.Dupuis has a law degree from the Université de...

(2008-)



Minister of International Relations
Pierre Arcand

Pierre Arcand

Pierre Arcand is a politician, businessman, announcer and journalist in Quebec, Canada. He is the elected Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the provincial riding of Mont-Royal in the Island of Montreal. He represents the Quebec Liberal Party...

(2008-)



Minister of Justice

Minister of Justice (Quebec)

The Minister of Justice is responsible for the administration of courts and prosecutors in Quebec, Canada. The Minister is automatically the Attorney General, and Registrar of Quebec....

Kathleen Weil

Kathleen Weil

Kathleen Weil is a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec, who was elected to represent the riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2008 provincial election...

(2008-)



Minister of Labour
David Whissell

David Whissell

David Whissell, B.Eng. is a Canadian politician, businessman, engineer and, until September 9, Quebec's Minister of Labour....

(2007-)



Minister of Natural Resources and Wildlife

Claude Béchard

Claude Béchard

Claude Béchard was a politician in Quebec, Canada. He served as Quebec Liberal Party Member of the National Assembly for the riding of Kamouraska-Témiscouata in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region; as Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food as well as the Minister for Canadian Intergovermental...

(2007-)



Minister of Revenue
Robert Dutil

Robert Dutil

Robert Dutil is a Canadian businessman, a politician from Quebec and a two-term member of the National Assembly of Quebec.-Background:He was born in Saint-Georges, Quebec on April 16, 1950...

(2008-)



Minister of Seniors' Affairs
Marguerite Blais

Marguerite Blais

Marguerite Blais is a Quebec politician and former journalist and radio host. She is the current Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Saint-Henri—Sainte-Anne in Montreal...

(2007-)



Minister of Tourism

Ministry of Tourism (Quebec)

The Minister of Tourism is responsible for promoting tourism to the province of Quebec.The current minister is Nicole Ménard.-External links:*...

Nicole Ménard

Nicole Ménard

Nicole Ménard is a Quebec politician. She is the current Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Laporte in the Montérégie region...

(2008-)



Minister for Transport
Julie Boulet

Julie Boulet

Julie Boulet is the current Member of National Assembly for the provincial riding of Laviolette in the Mauricie region. Member of the Quebec Liberal Party, she is the current Minister of Employment and Social Solidarity.Boulet went the Université Laval and obtained a bachelor's degree in pharmacy...

(2007-)



Non-Cabinet Roles



Role
Member



President of the Liberal Caucus 
Yvon Vallières

Yvon Vallières

Yvon Vallières is a Quebec politician and teacher. He is the current Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Richmond in the Estrie region. Formerly the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 2003 to 2007, he is the current Chair of the Government Caucus...

(2007-)



Government Whip
Norman MacMillan

Norman MacMillan (politician)

Normand MacMillan is a Quebec politician, businessman and insurance agent. He is the current MNA for the riding of Papineau in the Outaouais region...

(2007-)

See also

• Politics of Quebec
  Politics of Quebec
  The politics of Quebec are centred on a provincial government resembling that of the other Canadian provinces, namely a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy. The capital of the province is Quebec City, where the Lieutenant Governor, Premier, the legislature, and cabinet reside.The...
  
  
• Executive Council of Quebec
  Executive Council of Quebec
  The Executive Council of Quebec is the cabinet of the government of Quebec, Canada....