Minister of Justice

The Minister of Justice (in French: Ministère de la Justice) is responsible for the administration of courts and prosecutors in the Quebec, Canada. The Minister is automatically the Attorney General, and Registrar of Quebec.

On June 4, 1965, the Justice Department Act came into effect, making Quebec the first Canadian province to have a department of justice. The first Minister appointed under the new Act was Claude Wagner.

Previous Quebec Ministers of Justice:

* Jacques P. Dupuis (April 18, 2007 - incumbent)

* Yvon Marcoux (February 18, 2005 - April 18, 2007)

* Jacques P. Dupuis (April 27, 2004 - February 18, 2005)

* Marc Bellemare (April 29, 2003 - April 27, 2004)

* Normand Jutras (October 29, 2002 - April 29, 2003)

* Paul Bégin (March 8, 2001 - October 28, 2002)

* Linda Goupil (December 15, 1998 - March 8, 2001)

* Serge Ménard (August 25, 1997 - December 15, 1998)

* Paul Bégin (September 26, 1994 - August 25, 1997)

* Roger Lefebvre (January 11, 1994 - September 26, 1994)

* Gil Rémillard (June 23, 1988 - January 11, 1994)

* Herbert Marx (December 12, 1985 - June 23, 1988)

* Raynald Fréchette (October 3, 1985 - December 12, 1985)

* Pierre Marc Johnson (March 5, 1984 - October 3, 1985)

* Marc-André Bédard (November 26, 1976 - March 5, 1984)

* Gérard D. Lévesque (July 30, 1975 - November 26, 1976)

* Jérôme Choquette (May 12, 1970 - July 30, 1975)

* Rémi Paul (July 23, 1969 - May 12, 1970)

* Jean-Jacques Bertrand (June 16, 1966 - July 23, 1969)

* Claude Wagner (June 4, 1965 - June 16, 1966)