Gagné Letarte Avocats

Admitted to the Quebec Bar in 1972, he began his career at the firm L’Heureux, Philippon, Garneau, Tourigny before joining Gagné, Letarte in 1984. He practised law there until his appointment as Lieutenant Governor of Quebec on July 21, 2015. During his career, he specialised in business law, corporate law and commercial law. In 2024, he returned to Gagné Letarte as a consultant and trainer.

1984: Completion of doctoral studies in philosophy, Laval University, Quebec City

1978: Doctorate in history (Ph.D.), Laval University, Quebec City

1972: Admission to the Quebec Bar

1970: Licensee in law (LL.L.), Laval University, Quebec City

1967: Diploma from the École Normale Supérieure, Laval University, Quebec City

1966: Master's degree in history (M.A.), Laval University, Quebec City

1964: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario

French and English

2025: King Charles III Coronation Medal

2023: Knight of the Legion of Honour (France)

2021: Grand Officer of the Order of Merit in the Military Division of the Canadian Association of the Order of Malta

2016: Quebec Bar Medal

2016: Knight of Justice of the Order of the Hospital of Saint John and Vice-Prior of the Council of the Order for Quebec 2016 - 2024

2016-2024: Membre titulaire of the Royal 22nd Regiment

2014: Centennial Award from the Young Bar Association of Quebec

2012: Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

2009: Lawyer Emeritus (Ad.E.), Quebec Bar

2007: Honorary Citizen of the City of Lafayette (Louisiana)

2002: Queen Elizabeth II's 50th Anniversary Medal

1992: Queen's Counsel (Q.C.)

• 125th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation Medal

Professional implications

2015-2024: Lieutenant Governor of Quebec

2011- 2015: Vice-president of the Professional Liability Insurance Fund of the Quebec Bar, Chair of the Governance and Human Resources Committee and member of the Ethics Committee

2010-2014: President of the Barreau committee for the Quebec National Assembly's Special Committee on Dying with Dignity

2010-2012: Member of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of Quebec

2009-2014: Designer and Head of the Production Committee for the television series Le Droit de savoir

2009-2012: Member of the Scientific Committee for conferences organized by the Lyon and Quebec Bar Associations as part of Les entretiens Jacques Cartier (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Quebec)

2008-2014: Member of the Continuing Education Committee from 2008 to 2014, and President from 2014 to September 2015

2007-2008: President of the Quebec Bar

• Negotiator on behalf of the Quebec Bar of an agreement for the mutual recognition of professional qualifications of members of the French Bars and the Quebec Bar

2006-2007: Vice-President of the Quebec Bar

2004: Member of the National Assembly Advisory Committee on the exhibition marking the 200th anniversary of the Civil Code

2003-2004: President of the Quebec City Bar

2002-2003: Vice-President of the Quebec City Bar

1988-1993: Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Laval University

1987-2005: President of the Appeals Committee on Municipal Grants, known as the Advisory Committee on the Settlement of Disputes Related to Payment in Lieu of Taxes, Government of Canada

1976: Member of the organising committee and Vice-President of the 14th Congress of the International Association of Young Lawyers and 1976-1978 member of the board of directors of the International Association of Young Lawyers

1974-1986: Professor and examiner for commercial law exams at the Quebec Bar Training School

1972-1974: Professor of corporate law at the exams at the Quebec Bar Training School

Social implications

2014-2022: President of the Board of Governors of Québec Philanthrope

2016-2024: Honorary President of the Military Institute of Québec

2003 to date: Member of the Order of St. John and promoted in 2016 to Knight of Justice and Vice-Prior of the Order's Council for Quebec

2023 to date: Co-chair of the Faculty of Nursing Advisory Committee for Philanthropy, “L’heure est brave” fundraising campaign, University of Montreal

1999-2004: Honorary Colonel of the Royal Canadian Air Force's 3rd Wing (Bagotville)

1998-1999: President of the Quebec Historical Society

1988-1995: Member of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem and Commander of the Quebec Commandery from 1988 to 1995

1988-1998: Member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. In this capacity, he was a member of the Executive Committee, the Finance Committee, and the English and French Programming Committees, as well as Chair and member of the Board of Trustees of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Employees' Pension Fund and Chair of the Audit Committee

1982-1988: Clément Lockwell Computer Science Teaching and Research Center

1981-1987: Member of the Board of Directors of the Royal Quebec Golf Club

1979-1982: Member of the Association des Gens de l'Air du Québec and President in 1981

1979-1984: Trustee of the Roger Demers Award, presented by the Association des Gens de l’Air du Québec to recognize respect for bilingualism in aviation in Canada

1979-1984: President of the Fondation du Centre François-Charron

Legal publications

La bureautique, text published in Continuing Education of the Quebec Bar, Course 80, 1983 Annual meeting

Planification financière d’un cabinet d’avocats, text published in the Barreau du Québec's collection of professional training courses

Droit, loi et équité in Revue générale de droit, 1995, 26 R.G.D., 325-337

Accessibilité aux jugements et droits d’auteur, Revue d Revue de l'Association littéraire et artistique, 2008

Les avocats et le Barreau, une histoire..., 2009, Quebec Bar, 249 p.

Le Rabat, cent ans d’histoire du Jeune Barreau de Québec 1914-2014, Quebec City Young Bar Association, mai 2017

Various publications

Québec - Capitale de la Neige, Album souvenir du 25e Anniversaire du Carnaval de Québec, 1979, Carnaval de Québec

DOYON, Michel and KEDL, Eugen, Le club Royal Québec, 125 ans d’histoire, 1874-1999, 1999, Le Club de golf Royal Québec, 167 p.

DOYON, Michel, The Royal Quebec Golf Club, 2005, The Royal Quebec Golf Club, 191 p.

DOYON, J. Michel, Le Club de golf Royal Québec, Pionnier du golf en Amérique, 2025, Le Club de golf Royal Québec, 240 p.

DOYON, J. Michel, Royal Quebec Golf Club, Pioneer of Golf in America, 2025, The Royal Quebec Golf Club, 240 p.