Harold LeBel (; born June 22, 1962) is a former Canadian politician who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2014 election. 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.
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."Harold Lebel candidat à l'investiture du PQ". TVA Nouvelles, February 17, 2014.
In April 2014, he was elected Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Rimouski."Le péquiste Harold LeBel élu dans Rimouski avec plus de 40 % des voix" . Journal L'Avantage, April 7, 2014. He was reelected in 2018.
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.
LeBel was found guilty on November 23, 2022, of sexually assaulting Fournier at his residence in 2017.
On January 26, 2023, at the courthouse of Rimouski, he was sentenced to eight months of imprisonment.
On March 21, 2023, after expressing remorse for his crime during therapies in prison, LeBel was granted parole.
Electoral record
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