Governor of Montreal

The governor of Montreal was the highest position in

. 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