| Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière | |
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| 4th Premier of Quebec | |
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In office March 8, 1878 – October 31, 1879 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Lieutenant Governor |
Luc Letellier de St.-Just Théodore Robitaille |
| Preceded by | Charles Boucher de Boucherville |
| Succeeded by | Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau |
| 7th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia | |
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In office June 21, 1900 – May 11, 1906 |
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| Monarch |
Victoria Edward VII |
| Governor General |
The Earl of Minto The Earl Grey |
| Premier |
James Dunsmuir Edward Gawler Prior Richard McBride |
| Preceded by | Thomas Robert McInnes |
| Succeeded by | James Dunsmuir |
| MLA for Lotbinière | |
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In office September 1, 1867 – November 25, 1885 |
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| Preceded by | Provincial district created in 1867 |
| Succeeded by | Édouard-Hippolyte Laliberté |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Lotbinière |
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In office September 20, 1867 – January 22, 1874 |
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| Preceded by | none |
| Succeeded by | Henry Bernier |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Portneuf |
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In office June 23, 1896 – November 7, 1900 |
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| Preceded by | Arthur Delisle |
| Succeeded by | Michel-Siméon Delisle |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 5, 1829 Épernay, France |
| Died | November 16, 1908 (aged 78) Quebec City, Canada |
| Political party | Quebec Liberal Party |
Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, KCMG PC (December 5, 1829 – November 16, 1908) served as the fourth Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec, a federal Cabinet minister, and the seventh Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.
Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, PC was born as Henry-Gustave Joly in Épernay, France. His father's family was one of the traditional Huguenot families from Switzerland and his mother's family was Roman Catholic. Initially a Huguenot himself, Henri-Gustave converted to Anglicanism before he married in 1856.
His father, Gaspard-Pierre-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, was a pioneer of early photography (the first man to photograph the Acropolis, in 1839) who made a series of daguerreotypes while on a Grand Tour through Greece, Egypt and the Holy Land. Henri-Gustave's mother was Julie-Christine, the youngest daughter of Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière, who inherited the seigneury of Lotbinière, in 1828. His parents' marriage was not a happy one, which is perhaps not surprising as his father had first proposed to Julie-Christine's eldest sister, Louise-Josephe, the Seigneuresse de Vaudreuil, who instead chose to marry Robert Unwin Harwood. Henri-Gustave Joly studied in Paris and inherited the title of seigneur of Lotbinière in 1860.