Intendant of New France

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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 Boutroue d'Aubigny	1668-1670
Jean Talon	1669-1672
Jacques Duchesneau de la Doussinière et d'Ambault [1]	1675-1682
Jacques de Meulles [2]	1682-1686
Jean Bochart de Champigny, sieur de Noroy de Verneuil [3]	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.

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Towns	Acadia (Port Royal) • Canada (Quebec, Trois-Rivières, Montreal, Détroit) • Île Royale (Louisbourg) • Louisiana (Mobile, New Orleans) • Newfoundland (Plaisance) • List of towns

Forts	Fort Rouillé • Fort Michilimackinac • Fort de Chartres • Fort Detroit • Fort Carillon • Fort Duquesne • Castle Hill • List of Forts

Government	Canada (Governor General of New France, Intendant of New France, Sovereign Council of New France, Bishop of Quebec, Governor of Trois-Rivières, Governor of Montreal) • Acadia (Governor of Acadia) • Newfoundland (Governor of Plaisance) • Louisiana (Governor of Louisiana, Intendant of Louisiana, Superior Council of Louisiana) • Île Royale (Governor of Île Royale)

Justice	Intendancy • Superior Council • Admiralty court • Provostship • Officiality • Seigneurial court • Attorney • Bailiff • Maréchaussée • Code Noir

Economy	Seigneurial system • 1666 census • Fur trade • Company of 100 Associates • Crozat's Company • Mississippi Company • Compagnie de l'Occident

Society	Habitants • King's Daughters • Coureur des bois • Métis • Amerindians

War & Peace	Intercolonial Wars • French and Iroquois Wars • Great Upheaval • Great Peace of Montreal • Schenectady massacre • Deerfield massacre

Related	French colonization of the Americas • French colonial empire • History of Quebec • History of the Acadians • History of Louisiana • French West Indies • Carib Expulsion • African slave trade