List of premiers of Quebec by time in office

This is a list of Premiers of Quebec in order of time served in office as Premier of Quebec as of February 8, 2021. The current Premier always stays in office during an election campaign, and that time is included in the total.

Quebec Liberal Party (12)   Conservative Party of Quebec (8)   Parti Québécois (6)   Union Nationale (5)   Coalition Avenir Québec (1)

Rank	Premier	Incumbency	Dates in Power	Mandates
1	Maurice Duplessis[1]	18 years, 82 days	1936-8-26–1939-11-8 1944-8-30–1959-9-7	5
2	Louis-Alexandre Taschereau	15 years, 338 days	1920-7-9–1936-6-11	4
3	Lomer Gouin	15 years, 108 days	1905-3-23–1920-7-9	4
4	Robert Bourassa	14 years, 227 days	1970-5-12–1976-11-25 1985-12-12–1994-1-11	4
5	Jean Charest	9 years, 143 days	2003-4-29–2012-9-19	3
6	René Lévesque	8 years, 312 days	1976-11-25–1985-10-3	2
7	Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau	6 years, 41 days	1867-07-15–1873-02-25	2
8	Jean Lesage	5 years, 346 days	1960-7-5–1966-6-16	2
9	Lucien Bouchard	5 years, 38 days	1996-1-29–2001-3-8	1
10	Adélard Godbout	5 years, 7 days	1936-6-11–1936-8-26 1939-11-8–1944-8-30	1
11	Honoré Mercier	4 years, 326 days	1887-01-29–1891-12-21	1
12	Philippe Couillard	4 years, 178 days	2014-4-23–2018-10-18	1
13	Charles Boucher de Boucherville	4 years, 163 days	1874-09-22–1878-03-08 1891-12-21–1892-12-16	2
14	Simon-Napoléon Parent	4 years, 121 days	1900-10-3–1905-3-23	2
15	Louis-Olivier Taillon	3 years, 151 days	1887-01-25–1887-01-29 1892-12-16–1896-5-11	0
16	Félix-Gabriel Marchand[1]	3 years, 124 days	1897-5-24–1900-9-25	1
17	John Jones Ross	3 years, 2 days	1884-01-23–1887-01-25	1
18	Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau	2 years, 273 days	1879-10-31–1882-07-31	1
19	François Legault (incumbent)	2 years, 113 days	2018-10-18–present	1
20	Daniel Johnson, Sr.[1]	2 years, 102 days	1966-6-16–1968-9-26	1
21	Bernard Landry	2 years, 52 days	2001-3-8–2003-4-29	0
22	Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière	1 year, 237 days	1878-03-08–1879-10-31	1
23	Jean-Jacques Bertrand	1 year, 222 days	1968-10-2–1970-5-12	0
24	Pauline Marois	1 year, 216 days	2012-9-19–2014-4-23	1
25	Gédéon Ouimet	1 year, 207 days	1873-02-27–1874-09-22	0
26	Joseph-Alfred Mousseau	1 year, 176 days	1882-07-31–1884-01-23	0
27	Jacques Parizeau	1 year, 125 days	1994-9-26–1996-1-29	1
28	Edmund James Flynn	1 year, 13 days	1896-5-11–1897-5-24	0
29	Daniel Johnson, Jr.	0 years, 258 days	1994-1-11–1994-9-26	0
30	Antonio Barrette	0 years, 185 days	1960-1-2–1960-7-5	0
31	Paul Sauvé[1]	0 years, 113 days	1959-9-11–1960-1-2	0
32	Pierre-Marc Johnson	0 years, 70 days	1985-10-3–1985-12-12	0

1. Died in office

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