Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau

Sir Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau
1st Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
In office July 1, 1867 – February 11, 1873
Monarch	Victoria
Governor General	The Viscount Monck The Lord Lisgar The Earl of Dufferin
Premier	Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau
Preceded by	Office created in 1867
Succeeded by	René-Édouard Caron
Senator for Stadacona, Quebec
In office November 23, 1867 – November 23, 1867^1
Appointed by	Royal Proclamation
Succeeded by	Joseph Édouard Cauchon
Mayor of Quebec City
In office 1850–1853
Preceded by	George Okill Stuart, Jr.
Succeeded by	Ulric-Joseph Tessier
Personal details
Born	October 20, 1808 Sainte-Foy, Lower Canada
Died	September 14, 1894 (aged 85)
Political party	Conservative
^1Appointment declined. Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec, July 1, 1867.

Sir Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau, KCMG QC (October 20, 1808 – September 14, 1894) was a Canadian politician, lawyer and businessman. Belleau was the first post-Confederation vice-regal and first francophone to assume the post.

He was born in Quebec City in 1808. He studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec and went on to article in law, receiving his license to practice in 1832. In 1835, he married Marie-Reine-Josephte, the daughter of Quebec merchant Louis Gauvreau. In 1848, he ran unsuccessfully as a Reformer in Portneuf. In the same year, he was elected to the city council for Quebec and served as mayor from 1850 to 1853. During his term as mayor, a system providing drinking water was installed in the city. He served on the board of the Quebec Bank, later merged with the Royal Bank of Canada, from 1848 to 1893.

In 1852, he was appointed to the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1854. In 1857, he was named speaker of the Legislative Council and so became a member of the Executive Council. He was knighted in 1860. He became premier for Canada East and receiver general in 1865 on the death of Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché and served in that role until Confederation. He was nominated for a seat in the Senate of Canada in 1867 but withdrew when he was named the first Lieutenant Governor of Quebec in July of the same year. He refused a seat in the Senate when he retired from this post in 1873. He was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1879.

He died at Quebec City in 1894.

External links

• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.

• "Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
• Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau – Parliament of Canada biography