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Lise Thibault (b. April 2, 1939) is a Canadian civil servant who was appointed lieutenant governor of Quebec on January 30, 1997.
Born in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Quebec, Thibault has worked for a variety of different organizations in the government of Quebec, including the Department of Education, the Occupational Health and Safety Commission, and the Quebec Bureau for Handicapped Persons.
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien made her lieutenant governor of Quebec following the controversial resignation of Jean-Louis Roux.
She became Quebec's first female lieutenant governor, and the first handicapped lieutenant governor in Canada. Thibault was permanently disabled in a tobogganing accident as a teenager, and uses a wheelchair.
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