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Harold LeBel
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Rimouski
In office
April 7, 2014 – August 28, 2022
Preceded byIrvin Pelletier
Succeeded byMaïté Blanchette Vézina
Personal details
Born (1962-06-22) June 22, 1962 (age 62)
Squatec, Quebec, Canada
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
Parti Québécois (2014-2020)
Residence(s)Rimouski, Quebec

Harold LeBel (French pronunciation: [a.ʁɔld lə.bɛl]; born June 22, 1962) is a former Canadian politician and convicted sex offender in Quebec, 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.

He was a candidate for the party three times previously, running in Rivière-du-Loup in the 1989 election and the 1994 election, and in Kamouraska-Témiscouata in the 2003 election.[2]

On December 15, 2020, he was arrested following allegations of sexual assault against Catherine Fournier, a former member of the National Assembly and current mayor of Longueuil, dating back to 2017. He was released later that day, and subsequently expelled from the PQ caucus, pending further investigations.[3]

LeBel was found guilty on November 23, 2022 of sexually assaulting Fournier at his residence in 2017.[4]

On January 26, 2023, at the courthouse of Rimouski, he was sentenced to eight months of imprisonment.[5]

On March 21, 2023, after expressing remorse for his crime during therapies in prison, LeBel was granted parole.[6]

Electoral record

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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
Source(s)
"Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.
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

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