| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
| Jean-Pierre Côté | |
| Office1: | Lieutenant Governor of Quebec |
| Order1: | 23rd |
| Monarch1: | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General1: | Jules Léger Edward Schreyer |
| Premier1: | René Lévesque |
| Predecessor1: | Hugues Lapointe |
| Term Start1: | April 27, 1978 |
| Term End1: | March 28, 1984 |
| Office2: | Senator for Kennebec, Quebec |
| Term Start2: | September 1, 1972 |
| Term End2: | April 27, 1978 |
| Constituency Mp3: | Longueuil |
| Parliament3: | Canadian |
| Predecessor3: | Pierre Sévigny |
| Successor3: | Jacques Olivier |
| Term Start3: | April 8, 1963 |
| Term End3: | October 30, 1972 |
| Birth Name: | Joseph Julien Jean-Pierre Côté |
| Birth Date: | 9 January 1926 |
| Birth Place: | Montreal, Quebec |
| Death Place: | Montreal, Quebec |
| Cabinet: | Postmaster General (1965–1968) Minister of National Revenue (1968–1970) Minister Without Portfolio (1970–1971) Postmaster General (1971–1972) Minister of Communications (Acting) (1971) |
| Party: | Liberal |
Joseph Julien Jean-Pierre Côté (January 9, 1926 - July 10, 2002) was a Canadian parliamentarian and the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Émile Côté and Cédia Roy, he studied to be a dental technician at the École technique de denturologie in Montreal.
In the 1963 federal elections, he was elected in the riding of Longueuil as the Liberal candidate. He was re-elected in 1965 and 1968. He held quite a few ministerial positions including Postmaster General, Minister of National Revenue, Minister without Portfolio, and Minister of Communications (Acting). He did not run for re-election in 1972.
In 1972, he was appointed to the senate representing the senatorial division of Kennebec, Quebec. He resigned in 1978.
In 1978, he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Quebec. He served until 1984.
On July 31, 1948, he married Marie Anne Germaine Tremblay (17 September 1922 - 31 January 2011). They had eight children together: Andrée, Gilbert, Danielle, Robert, Paul, Hélène, Jocelyne, Isabelle.[1]
He was also an accomplished landscape painter.[2] His paintings are quite sought after.[3]