Ministry of Education, Recreation and Sports (Quebec)
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The Minister of Education, Recreation and Sports (in French
: Ministère de l’Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport) is the individual who has the political responsibility for the regulation and oversight of educational services offered in the province of Quebec
as well as for the Ministry of Education.
The Quebec government abolished the Ministry of Public Instruction in 1875 to submit to the ultramontane
Roman Catholic clergy
which considered education the domain of the family and the Church, not the state. Under the new provincial government of Premier
Jean Lesage
, in 1964 a Ministry of Education was established with Paul Gérin-Lajoie
appointed the first Minister of Education since 1875. For the majority of the time since the creation of the position, the minister has been responsible for both for lower and post-secondary education.
The following people have served as Quebec's Minister of Education:
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Minister for Higher Education
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Between 1984 and 1994, a second cabinet position was dedicated to higher education in addition to the position responsible for lower education.
The following persons served as Quebec's Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology.
Quebec French
Quebec French , or Québécois French, is the predominant variety of the French language in Canada, in its formal and informal registers. Quebec French is used in everyday communication, as well as in education, the media, and government....
: Ministère de l’Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport) is the individual who has the political responsibility for the regulation and oversight of educational services offered in 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....
as well as for the Ministry of Education.
The Quebec government abolished the Ministry of Public Instruction in 1875 to submit to the ultramontane
Ultramontanism
Ultramontanism is a religious philosophy within the Roman Catholic community that places strong emphasis on the prerogatives and powers of the Pope...
Roman Catholic clergy
Clergy
Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given religion. A clergyman, churchman or cleric is a member of the clergy, especially one who is a priest, preacher, pastor, or other religious professional....
which considered education the domain of the family and the Church, not the state. Under the new provincial government of Premier
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....
Jean Lesage
Jean Lesage
Jean Lesage, PC, CC, CD was a lawyer and politician in Quebec, Canada. He served as the 19th Premier of Quebec from 22 June 1960, to 16 August 1966...
, in 1964 a Ministry of Education was established with Paul Gérin-Lajoie
Paul Gérin-Lajoie
Paul Gérin-Lajoie, is a Canadian lawyer, philanthropist, and a former member of the National Assembly of Quebec and Cabinet Minister....
appointed the first Minister of Education since 1875. For the majority of the time since the creation of the position, the minister has been responsible for both for lower and post-secondary education.
The following people have served as Quebec's Minister of Education:
| Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party |
Paul Gérin-Lajoie Paul Gérin-Lajoie Paul Gérin-Lajoie, is a Canadian lawyer, philanthropist, and a former member of the National Assembly of Quebec and Cabinet Minister.... |
May 13, 1964 | June 16, 1966 | Liberal |
Jean-Jacques Bertrand Jean-Jacques Bertrand Jean-Jacques Bertrand was the 21st Premier of Quebec, Canada, from October 2, 1968 to May 12, 1970. He led the Union Nationale party.-Member of the legislature:... |
June 16, 1966 | October 31, 1967 | Union Nationale Union Nationale (Canada) The Union nationale was a political party in Quebec, Canada, that identified with conservative Québécois autonomist nationalism. It was created during the Great Depression and held power in Quebec from 1936 to 1939, and from 1944 to 1960 under the leadership of Premier Maurice Duplessis, and... |
Jean-Guy Cardinal Jean-Guy Cardinal Jean-Guy Cardinal was a nationalist politician in Quebec, Canada.-Union Nationale:Cardinal was a supporter of the Union Nationale. He was appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec and to Daniel Johnson, Sr.'s Cabinet in 1967 and became Minister of Education.Less than a year later, Premier... |
October 31, 1967 | May 12, 1970 | Union Nationale Union Nationale (Canada) The Union nationale was a political party in Quebec, Canada, that identified with conservative Québécois autonomist nationalism. It was created during the Great Depression and held power in Quebec from 1936 to 1939, and from 1944 to 1960 under the leadership of Premier Maurice Duplessis, and... |
Guy Saint-Pierre Guy Saint-Pierre Guy Saint-Pierre, , is a retired Canadian politician and businessman.-Background:Born in Windsor Mills, Quebec, he was the son of Armand Saint-Pierre and Alice Perra. Saint-Pierre graduated from Université Laval with a B.A.Sc. in Civil Engineering in 1957. He obtained an M.Sc. from the University... |
May 12, 1970 | February 2, 1972 | Liberal Parti libéral du Québec The Quebec Liberal Party is a centre-right political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955.... |
François Cloutier | February 2, 1972 | July 31, 1975 | Liberal Parti libéral du Québec The Quebec Liberal Party is a centre-right political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955.... |
Jérôme Choquette Jérôme Choquette Jérôme Choquette is a lawyer and politician in Quebec, Canada.-Background:Choquette was born in Montreal, Quebec, and studied at the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Academy and Collège Stanislas in Montreal, a Roman Catholic private school and the most elite institution of its kind in Quebec... |
July 31, 1975 | September 26, 1975 | Liberal Parti libéral du Québec The Quebec Liberal Party is a centre-right political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955.... |
Raymond Garneau Raymond Garneau Raymond Garneau, OC is a Canadian businessman and politician.-Early life:Born in Plessisville, Quebec , the son of Daniel Garneau and Valérie Gosselin, he received a Master's degree in Commercial Sciences from Université Laval in 1958 and a licence in economics from the University of Geneva in... |
September 26, 1975 | January 20, 1976 | Liberal Parti libéral du Québec The Quebec Liberal Party is a centre-right political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955.... |
Jean Bienvenue | January 20, 1976 | November 26, 1976 | Liberal Parti libéral du Québec The Quebec Liberal Party is a centre-right political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955.... |
Jacques-Yvan Morin Jacques-Yvan Morin Jacques-Yvan Morin, was a politician in Quebec, Canada. Morin graduated from the McGill University Faculty of Law in 1953, where he was the founder of the McGill Law Journal... |
November 26, 1976 | November 6, 1980 | Parti Québécois Parti Québécois The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal... |
Camille Laurin Camille Laurin Camille Laurin was a psychiatrist and Parti Québécois politician in the province of Quebec, Canada. MNA member for the riding of Bourget, he is considered the father of Quebec's language law known informally as "Bill 101".-Biography:Born in Charlemagne, Quebec, Laurin obtained a degree in... |
November 6, 1980 | March 5, 1984 | Parti Québécois Parti Québécois The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal... |
Yves Bérubé Yves Bérubé Yves Bérubé was a Quebec engineer, politician and multiple-time minister.-Biography:Bérubé was born in Montreal. His father was a journalist. He studied at the Collège de Saint-Laurent , then at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he graduated in 1966 with a doctorate in mining... |
March 5, 1984 | December 20, 1984 | Parti Québécois Parti Québécois The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal... |
François Gendron François Gendron François Gendron is a politician and teacher in Quebec, Canada. He is the current Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Abitibi-Ouest. He represents the Parti Québécois since 1976.... |
December 20, 1984 | December 12, 1985 | Parti Québécois Parti Québécois The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal... |
Claude Ryan Claude Ryan Claude Ryan, was a Canadian politician and leader of the Parti libéral du Québec from 1978 to 1982. He was also the National Assembly of Quebec member for Argenteuil from 1979 to 1994.-Early life and career:... |
December 12, 1985 | October 5, 1990 | Liberal Parti libéral du Québec The Quebec Liberal Party is a centre-right political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955.... |
Michel Pagé Michel Pagé Michel Pagé is a businessman and former politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. He served in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1973 to 1992 as a Liberal and was a cabinet minister in the government of Robert Bourassa.... |
October 5, 1990 | October 29, 1992 | Liberal Parti libéral du Québec The Quebec Liberal Party is a centre-right political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955.... |
Lucienne Robillard Lucienne Robillard Lucienne Robillard, PC is a Canadian politician and a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. She sat in the Canadian House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Westmount—Ville-Marie in Montreal.... |
October 29, 1992 | January 11, 1994 | Liberal Parti libéral du Québec The Quebec Liberal Party is a centre-right political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955.... |
Jacques Chagnon Jacques Chagnon Jacques Chagnon is a politician in Quebec, Canada. He holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Concordia University and graduate degrees in political science and in Law from the Université de Montréal... |
January 11, 1994 | September 25, 1994 | Liberal Parti libéral du Québec The Quebec Liberal Party is a centre-right political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955.... |
Jean Garon Jean Garon Jean Garon is a politician, academic and economist in Quebec, Canada.He was born in Saint-Michel, Quebec, and graduated from Université Laval with a bachelor's degree in 1960 and a master's in economics two years later... |
September 26, 1994 | January 28, 1996 | Parti Québécois Parti Québécois The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal... |
Pauline Marois Pauline Marois Pauline Marois is the current leader of the Parti Québécois in the province of Quebec, since June 27, 2007 and current Leader of the Official Opposition of the National Assembly of Quebec, representing the riding of Charlevoix... |
January 28, 1996 | December 15, 1998 | Parti Québécois Parti Québécois The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal... |
François Legault François Legault François Legault is a politician in Quebec, Canada, and former member of the National Assembly of Quebec. A member of the Parti Québécois , he was first elected in the 1998 Quebec election in the riding of Rousseau in the Lanaudière region.-Life and career:Legault was born in... |
December 15, 1998 | January 30, 2002 | Parti Québécois Parti Québécois The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal... |
Sylvain Simard Sylvain Simard Sylvain Simard is a politician and academic based in the Canadian province of Quebec. He has represented Richelieu in the National Assembly of Quebec since 1994 and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Lucien Bouchard and Bernard Landry. Simard is a member of the Parti Québécois .-Early... |
January 30, 2002 | April 29, 2003 | Parti Québécois Parti Québécois The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal... |
Pierre Reid Pierre Reid Pierre Reid is a politician and educator in the Canadian province of Quebec. He has served in the National Assembly of Quebec since 2003, representing Orford as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party... |
April 29, 2003 | February 18, 2005 | Liberal Parti libéral du Québec The Quebec Liberal Party is a centre-right political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955.... |
Jean-Marc Fournier Jean-Marc Fournier Jean-Marc Fournier is a Quebec politician and a lawyer. He currently serves as the Minister of Justice and the Reform of Democratic Institutions in the cabinet of Quebec Premier Jean Charest.... |
February 18, 2005 | April 18, 2007 | Liberal Parti libéral du Québec The Quebec Liberal Party is a centre-right political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955.... |
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... |
April 18, 2007 | August 2010 August 2010 August 2010 was the eighth month of that year. It began on a Sunday and concluded after 31 days on a Tuesday.This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from August 2010.... |
Liberal Parti libéral du Québec The Quebec Liberal Party is a centre-right political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955.... |
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... |
August 2010 | Incumbent Incumbent The incumbent, in politics, is the existing holder of a political office. This term is usually used in reference to elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent. For example, in the 2004 United States presidential election, George W... |
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Minister for Higher Education
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Between 1984 and 1994, a second cabinet position was dedicated to higher education in addition to the position responsible for lower education.
The following persons served as Quebec's Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology.
| Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party |
Yves Bérubé Yves Bérubé Yves Bérubé was a Quebec engineer, politician and multiple-time minister.-Biography:Bérubé was born in Montreal. His father was a journalist. He studied at the Collège de Saint-Laurent , then at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he graduated in 1966 with a doctorate in mining... |
December 20, 1984 | October 16, 1985 | Parti Québécois Parti Québécois The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal... |
Jean-Guy Rodrigue | October 16, 1985 | December 12, 1985 | Parti Québécois Parti Québécois The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal... |
Claude Ryan Claude Ryan Claude Ryan, was a Canadian politician and leader of the Parti libéral du Québec from 1978 to 1982. He was also the National Assembly of Quebec member for Argenteuil from 1979 to 1994.-Early life and career:... |
December 12, 1985 | October 5, 1990 | Liberal Parti libéral du Québec The Quebec Liberal Party is a centre-right political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955.... |
Lucienne Robillard Lucienne Robillard Lucienne Robillard, PC is a Canadian politician and a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. She sat in the Canadian House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Westmount—Ville-Marie in Montreal.... |
October 5, 1990 | January 11, 1994 | Liberal Parti libéral du Québec The Quebec Liberal Party is a centre-right political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955.... |