Harold LeBel
Harold LeBel | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Rimouski | |
| In office April 7, 2014 – August 28, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Irvin Pelletier |
| Succeeded by | Maïté Blanchette Vézina |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 22, 1962 |
| Party | Independent |
Other political affiliations | Parti Québécois (2014-2020) |
Harold LeBel (French pronunciation: [a.ʁɔld lə.bɛl]; born June 22, 1962) is a former Canadian politician who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2014 election.[1] He represented the electoral district of Rimouski as a member of the Parti Québécois until 2022.
In 2022, he was convicted as a sex offender in Quebec.[2]
Biography
Lebel was a candidate for the Parti Québécois three times before being elected, running in Rivière-du-Loup in the 1989 election and the 1994 election, and in Kamouraska-Témiscouata in the 2003 election.[3]
In April 2014, he was elected Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Rimouski.[1] He was reelected in 2018.[4]
On December 15, 2020, he was arrested following allegations of sexual assault against Catherine Fournier, a former member of the National Assembly and mayor of Longueuil, dating back to 2017. He was released later that day, and subsequently expelled from the PQ caucus, pending further investigations.[5]
LeBel was found guilty on November 23, 2022, of sexually assaulting Fournier at his residence in 2017.[2]
On January 26, 2023, at the courthouse of Rimouski, he was sentenced to eight months of imprisonment.[6]
On March 21, 2023, after expressing remorse for his crime during therapies in prison, LeBel was granted parole.[7]
Electoral record
| 2018 Quebec general election: Rimouski | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Harold LeBel | 13,940 | 43.92 | +3.34 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Nancy Levesque | 7,903 | 24.90 | +14.15 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Carol-Ann Kack | 5,531 | 17.43 | +1.06 | ||||
| Liberal | Claude Laroche | 3,914 | 12.33 | -17.66 | ||||
| Green | Alexie Plourde | 220 | 0.69 | – | ||||
| Independent | Denis Bélanger | 123 | 0.39 | – | ||||
| Bloc Pot | Dany Levesque | 106 | 0.33 | -0.14 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 31,737 | 99.12 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 282 | 0.88 | ||||||
| Turnout | 32,019 | 70.25 | +2.98 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 45,580 | |||||||
| Parti Québécois hold | Swing | -5.41 | ||||||
| 2014 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Harold LeBel | 12,028 | 40.58 | -7.77 | ||||
| Liberal | Pierre Huot | 8,888 | 29.99 | +8.03 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Marie-Neige Besner | 4,851 | 16.37 | +9.08 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Steven Fleurent | 3,186 | 10.75 | -6.45 | ||||
| Option nationale | Pierre Beaudoin | 327 | 1.10 | -1.65 | ||||
| Parti nul | Pier-Luc Gagnon | 219 | 0.74 | +0.19 | ||||
| Bloc Pot | Tom-Henri Cyr | 138 | 0.47 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 29,637 | 98.58 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 426 | 1.42 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 30,063 | 67.27 | -8.29 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 44,687 | – | – | |||||
| 2003 Quebec general election: Kamouraska-Témiscouata | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Claude Béchard | 11,266 | 45.75 | +2.26 | ||||
| Action démocratique | Pierre Lévesque | 6,504 | 26.41 | +14.25 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Harold LeBel | 6,326 | 25.69 | -17.37 | ||||
| Green | Guy Duguay | 293 | 1.19 | - | ||||
| Independent | Raymond Robert | 238 | 0.97 | - | ||||
| 1994 Quebec general election: Rivière-du-Loup | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Action démocratique | Mario Dumont | 13,307 | 54.77 | – | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Harold LeBel | 6,608 | 27.20 | -14.85 | ||||
| Liberal | Jean D'Amour | 4,226 | 17.39 | -37.09 | ||||
| Independent | L. Richard Cimon | 99 | 0.41 | – | ||||
| Natural Law | Armand Pouliot | 55 | 0.23 | – | ||||
| 1989 Quebec general election: Rivière-du-Loup | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Albert Côté | 11,317 | 54.48 | +1.16 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Harold LeBel | 8,736 | 42.05 | -0.77 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Pierre-Paul Malenfant | 720 | 3.47 | – | ||||
References
- 1 2 "Le péquiste Harold LeBel élu dans Rimouski avec plus de 40 % des voix" Archived April 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Journal L'Avantage, April 7, 2014.
- 1 2 The Canadian Press (November 23, 2022). "Former Quebec MNA Harold LeBel found guilty of sexual assault". ctvnews.ca/montreal. CTV News. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
- ↑ "Harold Lebel candidat à l'investiture du PQ". TVA Nouvelles, February 17, 2014.
- ↑ "Résultats des élections générales". Élections Québec. November 25, 2021.
- ↑ "Harold LeBel removed from Parti Québécois caucus following arrest". Rimouski: Global News. December 15, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
- ↑ "Former PQ MNA Harold LeBel sentenced to eight months in jail for sex assault | Globalnews.ca". globalnews.ca. Global News. January 26, 2023. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
- ↑ Marin, Stéphanie (March 21, 2023). "L'ex-député Harold LeBel peut sortir de prison, au quart de sa peine". ledevoir.com (in French). Le Devoir. Retrieved April 19, 2023.