Governor of Montreal
Introduction 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  100px  1642–1669  Louis XIV Louis d'Ailleboust de Coulonge  100px  1645-1647 (acting) Charles-Joseph d'Ailleboust des Musseaux    1651-1653 (acting) Raphaël-Lambert Closse  100px  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  100px  1684–1699 François Provost    1686–1687 Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil  100px  1688-1689  (acting) Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil  100px  1699–1704 Claude de Ramezay  100px  1704–1724  Charles Le Moine, 1st Baron de Longueuil  100px  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  100px  1748–1755 François-Pierre Rigaud de Vaudreuil  100px  1757–1760 Thomas Gage  100px  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