Intendant of New France

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fr:Intendant (Nouvelle-France)New France was governed by three rulers: the governor, the bishop and the intendant, all appointed by the King, and sent from France. The intendant was responsible for finance, economic development, and the administration of justice (law and order). He also presided over the Conseil souverain. Because of his extensive powers, there were often disputes over jurisdiction between the governor and the intendant.

The first intendant of New France was Jean Talon, appointed in 1665 when the colony became a royal province of France. It was Talon who took the first census of the colony in 1666.

Name	Term	Sovereign
Jean Talon	1665-1668	Louis XIV
Claude de Bouteroue d'Aubigny	1668-1670
Jean Talon	1669-1675
Jacques Duchesneau de la Doussinière et d'Ambault	1675-1682
Jacques de Meulles	1682-1686
Jean Bochart de Champigny, sieur de Noroy de Verneuil	1686-1702
François de Beauharnois de La Chaussaye, baron de Beauville	1702-1705
Jacques Raudot co-intendant	1705-1711
Antoine-Denis Raudot co-intendant	1705-1710
Michel Bégon de la Picardière	1712-1726
		Louis XV
Claude-Thomas Dupuy	1726-1728
Gilles Hocquart	1729-1748
François Bigot	1748-1760

• Intendants' names are recorded as given in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography.
• Adapted from Chronologie des intendants de la Nouvelle-France, 1665-1710 (http://cca.qc.ca/adhemar/chroninten.stm)

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