This is a list of people in the Canadian province of Quebec of Irish ancestry. Charles McKiernan (1835-1889) - Montreal tavern owner, innkeeper and philanthropist; known as Joe Beef Patrice Bergeron - professional ice hockey centre Geneviève Bujold - actor Robert Burns - politician Lawrence Cannon - former Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Jean Charest - former Premier of Quebec Jim Corcoran - singer-songwriter Charles Doherty - Federal Minister in the Borden government Georges Dor - singer-songwriter, author, poet Jennifer Finnigan - actress Charles Fitzpatrick - Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Canada Edmund James Flynn - former Premier of Quebec Sir William Hales Hingston - 16th Mayor of Montreal; Conservative Senator Daniel Johnson, Sr. - former Premier of Quebec Daniel Johnson, Jr. - former Premier of Quebec Pierre-Marc Johnson - former Premier of Quebec Jean-Baptiste Kelly - Roman Catholic Vicar-general Larkin Kerwin - first President of the Canadian Space Agency Eric Kierans - politician Donovan King - theatre activist, creator of infringement Festival La Bolduc, née Mary Rose-Anna Travers - musician Bernard Lonergan - philosopher, theologian John Lynch-Staunton - politician Paul Martin, Jr. - 21st Prime Minister of Canada Kate and Anna McGarrigle - Québécois folklore musicians Thomas D'Arcy McGee - father of Canadian Confederation John McLoughlin - doctor and Factor with Hudson's Bay Company, "father of Oregon" James McShane - 21st Mayor of Montreal, Member of Parliament, Member of Provincial Parliament Thomas Mulcair - Member of Parliament; Leader of the Opposition; former Member of the National Assembly Brian Mulroney - 18th Prime Minister of Canada Bryan Murray - (Terry's brother) former National Hockey League coach and general manager Terry Murray - (Bryan's brother) former National Hockey League player and coach Émile Nelligan - known as the national poet of Quebec Robert Nelson - doctor and Lower Canada Rebellion leader Wolfred Nelson - doctor and supporter of the Lower Canada Rebellion Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan - doctor and supporter of the Lower Canada Rebellion Michael Grattan O'Leary - politician Patrick Roy - former professional ice hockey goalie Claude Ryan - journalist and leader of the Opposition Frank Ryan - gangster Yves Ryan - Mayor of Montréal-Nord Louis St. Laurent - 12th Prime Minister of Canada Robert Scully - journalist and commentator; former host of Venture on CBC Television and Scully Rencontre on SRC Télévision Kevin Tierney - film producer Daniel Tracey - doctor, newspaper editor, Parti Patriote supporter William Workman