Governor of Montreal

The Governor of Montreal was the highest position in Montreal in the 17th century and the 18th century. Prior to the establishment of the 1663 Sovereign Council, the governor of Montreal was appointed by the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal. The Governor had responsibilities over both military and civil affairs in Montreal.

List of governors of Montreal[]

This is a list of governors of Montreal.

Governor		Term	Sovereign
Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve		1642–1669	Louis XIV
Louis d'Ailleboust de Coulonge		1645-1647 (acting)
Charles-Joseph d'Ailleboust des Musseaux		1651-1653 (acting)
Raphaël-Lambert Closse		1655-1657 (acting)
Zacharie Dupuis de Verdun		1662 (acting)
Étienne Pézard de LaTouche		1664 (acting)
Zacharie Dupuis de Verdun		1665-1666 (acting)
Annibal-Alexis or Balthazar de Flotte de La Frédière		1666-1667 (acting)
Zacharie Dupuy de Verdun		1667-1668 (acting)
Pierre de Lamotte de Saint-Paul		1669–1670
Michel-Sidrac Dugué de Boisbriand		1670
François-Marie Perrot de Sainte-Geneviève		1670–1684
Thomas de Lanouguère		1674-1675 (acting)
Louis-Hector de Callière		1684–1699
François Provost		1686–1687
Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil		1688-1689 (acting)
Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil		1699–1704
Claude de Ramezay		1704–1724
Charles Le Moine, 1st Baron de Longueuil		1724–1729	Louis XV
Jean Bouillet, sieur de la Chassaigne		1729–1733
J.-M.-Josué Berthelot, sieur de Beaucourt		1733–1748
Charles Le Moine, 2nd Baron de Longueuil		1748–1755
François-Pierre Rigaud de Vaudreuil		1757–1760
Thomas Gage		1760–1763	George III
Ralph Burton		1763–1764

See also[]

• Governor General of New France
• Governor of Acadia
• Governor of Plaisance
• Governor of Louisiana
• Timeline of Montreal history
• History of Montreal
• List of mayors of Montreal

References[]

• (in French) Chronologie des gouverneurs de Montréal, 1641-1724, in Groupe de recherche sur Montréal, Centre Canadien d'Architecture 1996-2000
• (in French) Les Gouverneurs de Montréal, 1641 à 1724, in GenWeb Montréal, Ancêtre francophone