Denis Lebel

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The Honourable
Denis Lebel
PC MP
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Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party
Assumed office
November 18, 2015
Preceded by Peter MacKay
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Lac-Saint-Jean
Assumed office
October 19, 2015
Preceded by Riding established
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean
In office
September 17, 2007 – October 19, 2015
Preceded by Michel Gauthier
Succeeded by Riding dissolved
Mayor of Roberval
In office
2000–2007
Preceded by Claude Munger
Succeeded by Michel Larouche
Personal details
Born (1954-05-26) May 26, 1954 (age 69)
Roberval, Quebec, Canada
Nationality Canadian
Political party Conservative (2007–present)
Other political
affiliations		 Bloc Québécois (1993-2001)
Spouse(s) Danielle Girard
Residence Roberval, Quebec
Profession hotel manager, restaurateur
Cabinet Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs

Denis Lebel, PC, MP (born May 26, 1954) is a Canadian federal politician and former mayor of Roberval, Quebec and is currently the Deputy Leader of the Federal Opposition. Lebel was born in Roberval, Quebec.

Lebel was elected to the Canadian House of Commons on September 17, 2007, in the Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean by-election, as a member of the Conservative Party.[1]

On October 30, 2008, he was appointed to Prime Minister Stephen Harper's cabinet as Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec.[2] After the 2011 election, Lebel was promoted to Minister of Transport.[3] He was shuffled out of the post in July 2013, shortly after the Lac-Megantic train disaster.[4][5]

He was also the Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs and served as the Harper Government's Quebec lieutenant.[6]

In the 2015 election, Lebel was re-elected in the new Lac-Saint-Jean riding.[7][8]

After the election, he and fellow MP Michelle Rempel proposed to become joint interim leaders of the party but ultimately lost to Rona Ambrose.[9]

On November 18, he was named Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party[10] and thus Deputy Opposition Leader.

Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 2015: Lac-Saint-Jean
Party Candidate Votes % ∆% Expenditures
Conservative Denis Lebel 18,393 33.27 -8.99 –
New Democratic Gisèle Dallaire 15,735 28.46 -3.68 –
Liberal Sabin Simard 10,193 18.44 +15.19 –
Bloc Québécois Sabin Gaudreault 10,152 18.37 -2.63 –
Green Laurence Requilé 806 1.46 +0.12 –
Total valid votes/Expense limit 55,279 100.0   $278,464.25
Total rejected ballots 925 – –
Turnout 56,204 – –
Eligible voters 85,337
Source: Elections Canada[11][12]
Canadian federal election, 2011: Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean
Party Candidate Votes % ∆% Expenditures
Conservative Denis Lebel 18,438 45.68 +2.14 $99,662
New Democratic Yvon Guay 11,182 27.70 +22.99 $1,983
Bloc Québécois Claude Pilote 8,577 21.25 -18.40 $70,809
Liberal Bernard Garneau 1,615 4.00 -6.09 $5,913
Green Steeve Simard 553 1.37 -0.63 –
Total valid votes/Expense limit 40,365 100.00   $102,172
Total rejected ballots 494 1.21 +0.04
Turnout 40,859 64.42 +5.43
Canadian federal election, 2008: Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean
Party Candidate Votes % ∆% Expenditures
Conservative Denis Lebel 16,055 43.54 -16.14 $88,243
Bloc Québécois Claude Pilote 14,619 39.65 +12.89 $79,101
Liberal Bernard Garneau 3,721 10.09 +0.54 $9,041
New Democratic Catherine Forbes 1,738 4.71 +2.40 –
Green Jocelyn Tremblay 737 2.00 +0.29 –
Total valid votes/Expense limit 36,870 100.00   $98,690
Total rejected ballots 437 1.17 –
Turnout 37,307 58.99 –
Conservative hold Swing -14.18


Canadian federal by-election, 17 September 2007: Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean
Party Candidate Votes % ∆% Expenditures
Conservative Denis Lebel 17,463 59.68 +22.50 $95,449
Bloc Québécois Céline Houde 7,830 26.76 -18.44 $93,915
Liberal Louise Boulanger 2,795 9.55 +1.80 $51,293
New Democratic Éric Dubois 675 2.31 -3.22 $3,123
Green Jean-Luc Boily 499 1.71 -2.63 –
Total valid votes/Expense limit 29,262 100.00   $95,677
Total rejected ballots 265 0.90
Turnout 29,527 46.83
Conservative gain from Bloc Québécois Swing +20.23


References

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  11. ↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Lac-Saint-Jean, 30 September 2015
  12. ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

External links

28th Ministry – Cabinet of Stephen Harper
Cabinet Posts (3)
Predecessor Office Successor
Chuck Strahl Minister of Transport
2011–2013		 Lisa Raitt
Peter Penashue Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
2013–2015		 Justin Trudeau
Jean-Pierre Blackburn Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec
2008–2015
styled as Minister of State (Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec)		 Position Abolished


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