Deputy Premier of Quebec


The deputy premier of Quebec or Vice-première ministre du Québec ), is the deputy head of government in Quebec.
There was no deputy premier until July 1960.
In the 1960s, the post was sometimes referred to as the vice president of the Executive Council.
The post has been temporarily vacant three times: after the death of Premier Daniel Johnson, Sr. when the incumbent deputy premier, Jean-Jacques Bertrand, became premier, after the death of Deputy Premier Pierre Laporte and more recently when François Legault shuffled his cabinet on September 10, 2025. Besides Bertrand, two other deputy premiers, Bernard Landry and Pauline Marois, later became premier, though both did so some years after their tenure as deputy premier had ended. The longest serving deputy Premier was Lise Bacon at 8 years and 30 days. While Michelle Courchesne was the shorter serving at 4 months 5 days. Out of 22 deputy premiers 10 have been women.