Attorney-General
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Le Procureur général | The Attorney General
Jean Bourdon, first Attorney-General of the Conseil Superieur ("Jean Bourdon (1601-1668)", circa 1901 drawing (artist unknown), appearing in Les jubilés, églises et chapelles de la ville et de la banlieue de Québec de 1665 à aujourd'hui by Joseph Trudelle, Wikimedia Commons).
The Procureur général, or Attorney General, was responsible for defending the interests of the crown. He had similar responsibilities to that of the King's Prosecutors from each prévôté or district — that is, bringing to justice perpetrators of crime. He was also responsible for the supervision of the King's Prosecutors, as well as the execution of royal edicts and regulations passed by the Sovereign Council.
The Attorney General who sat on the Council was the only official in New France that required formal university legal training. He was legally required to be a member of the Paris bar.
Known men who held this position: Claude de Bermen De La Martinière (interim), Jean Bourdon, Mathieu-Benoît Collet, François-Madeleine-Fortuné Ruette D’auteuil De Monceaux, Louis-Guillaume Verrier
Source:
Ouellet, Marie-Eve. (2013). “Le conseil souverain : l’écho de la justice royale”. Cap-aux-Diamants, (114), 10–14.