A regional conference of representatives (French: Conférence régionale des élus (CRÉ)) was a type of governance in an administrative region of Quebec.
The CRÉs were primarily responsible for advising the Government of Quebec on issues in their respective regions and implementing projects assigned to them by the government. As such, they were acting as both interlocutors as well as agents. They had no taxation or management powers in their respective regions. They worked with various political and socioeconomic partners, including the regional departments and agencies in Quebec, the regional county municipalities, the local development centers and development corporations that operated in the region.
Quebec was divided into 21 CRÉs, with complete territorial coverage: one for each of the administrative regions, except for Montérégie which had three, and Nord-du-Québec which also used to have three.
List of CRÉs
- Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08) - Rouyn-Noranda : Regional conference of elected officers of Abitibi-Témiscamingue (French: CRÉ – Abitibi-Témiscamingue)
- Bas-Saint-Laurent (01) - Rimouski : Regional conference of representatives of Bas-Saint-Laurent (French: CRÉ – Bas-Saint-Laurent)
- Capitale-Nationale (03) - Québec : Regional conference of representatives of Capitale-Nationale (French: CRÉ – Capitale-Nationale)
- Centre-du-Québec (17) - Drummondville : Regional conference of representatives of Centre-du-Québec (French: CRÉ – Centre-du-Québec)
- Chaudière-Appalaches (12) - Montmagny : Regional conference of representatives of Chaudière-Appalaches (French: CRÉ – Chaudière-Appalaches)
- Côte-Nord (09) - Baie-Comeau : Regional conference of representatives of Côte-Nord (French: CRÉ – Côte-Nord)
- Estrie (05) - Sherbrooke : Regional conference of representatives of Estrie (French: CRÉ – Estrie)
- Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11) - Gaspé : Regional conference of representatives of Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (French: CRÉ – Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine)
- Lanaudière (14) - Joliette : Regional conference of representatives of Lanaudière (French: CRÉ – Lanaudière)
- Laurentides (15) - Saint-Jérôme : Regional conference of representatives of Laurentides (French: CRÉ – Laurentides)
- Laval (13) - Laval : Regional conference of representatives of Laval (French: CRÉ – Laval)
- Mauricie (04) - Trois-Rivières : Regional conference of representatives of Mauricie (French: CRÉ – Mauricie)
- Montérégie (16)
- Regional conference of representatives of the urban agglomeration of Longueuil (French: CRÉ – Agglomération de Longueuil) (Longueuil)
- Regional conference of representatives of Montérégie Est (French: CRÉ – Montérégie Est) (McMasterville)
- includes Brome-Missisquoi, La Haute-Yamaska, Acton, Pierre-De Saurel, Les Maskoutains, Rouville, Le Haut-Richelieu, La Vallée-du-Richelieu, Marguerite-D'Youville regional county municipalities
- Regional conference of representatives of Vallée-du-Haut-Saint-Laurent (French: CRÉ – Vallée-du-Haut-Saint-Laurent) (Salaberry-de-Valleyfield)
- includes Roussillon, Les Jardins-de-Napierville, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Beauharnois-Salaberry, Vaudreuil-Soulanges regional county municipalities
- Montreal (region) (06) - Montreal : Regional conference of representatives of Montreal (French: CRÉ – Montréal)
- Nord-du-Québec (10)
- Eeyou Istchee James Bay Territory (French: CRÉ – Baie-James) (Matagami)
- Cree Regional Authority (Nemaska)
- Kativik Regional Government (Kuujjuaq)
- Outaouais (07) - Gatineau : Regional conference of representatives of Outaouais (French: CRÉ – Outaouais)
- Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (02) - Jonquière : Regional conference of representatives of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (French: CRÉ – Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean)