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)Louis de Canchy de Lerole1668 (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
Chronologie des gouverneurs de Montréal, 1641-1724, in Groupe de recherche sur Montréal, Centre Canadien d'Architecture 1996–2000 Les Gouverneurs de Montréal, 1641 à 1724, in GenWeb Montréal, Ancêtre francophone