Ulric-Joseph Tessier (May 3, 1817 – April 7, 1892) was a Quebec lawyer, judge, seigneur, and politician who was a member of the Senate of Canada representing the Gulf division from 1867 to 1873 and served as mayor of Quebec City from 1853 to 1854.

He was born Joseph-Ulric Tessier in Quebec City in 1817 and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec.

He helped found the North Shore Railway in 1853 and, in 1858, the Banque Nationale, serving as its first president.

He was part of a group that lobbied for Quebec City as the capital of Canada in London in 1857.

His published works included: He died in Quebec City in 1892 and was buried in the Cimetière Notre-Dame-de-Belmont.