History

More Than 40 Years of Service to Citizens and MNAs

On November 14, 1968, the National Assembly of Québec passed the Public Protector Act in order to create an organization that would receive, investigate and process citizen complaints regarding the government.

Since 2006, the Québec Ombudsman has also taken responsibility for protecting the rights of health and social services network users.

Ombudspersons

As of April 27, 2006: Raymonde Saint-Germain, former Deputy Minister of Government Services
January 4 to April 26, 2006: Micheline McNicoll (interim), former Deputy Ombudsperson
January 3, 2001, to January 3, 2006: Pauline Champoux-Lesage, former Deputy Minister of Education
August 31, 1987, to January 3, 2001: Daniel Jacoby, former Deputy Minister of Justice
May 1, 1982 to August 28, 1987: Yves Labonté, former Québec Delegate in Los Angeles
August 31, 1976 to April 30, 1982: Luce Patenaude, former law professor at Université de Montréal
January to August 1976: Robert Lévêque (interim), former Deputy Ombudsperson
May 1, 1969 to January 15, 1976: Louis Marceau, former Dean of the Faculty of Law at Université Laval