Sonia LeBel
Sonia LeBel | |
|---|---|
 Lebel in 2019 | |
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Champlain | |
| Assumed office October 18, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Pierre-Michel Auger |
| Quebec Minister of Education | |
| Assumed office September 10, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Bernard Drainville |
| Quebec President of the Treasury Board | |
| In office June 22, 2020 – September 10, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Christian Dubé |
| Succeeded by | France-Élaine Duranceau |
| Quebec Minister responsible for Canadian Relations and the Canadian Francophonie | |
| In office October 18, 2018 – 20 October 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-Marc Fournier |
| Quebec Minister responsible for Democratic Institutions and Electoral Reform | |
| In office September 4 , 2019 – October 20, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Jean-François Roberge (Democratic Institutions) |
| Quebec Minister of Justice | |
| In office October 18, 2018 – 22 juin 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Stéphanie Vallée |
| Succeeded by | Simon Jolin-Barrette |
| Quebec Minister for the Status of Women | |
| In office October 18, 2018 – February 5, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Hélène David |
| Succeeded by | Isabelle Charest |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 1968 (age 57) |
| Party | Coalition Avenir Québec |
Sonia LeBel MNA is a Canadian politician who was elected for the Coalition Avenir Québec to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election.[1] She represents the electoral district of Champlain as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec.[2]
As a lawyer, LeBel was chief prosecutor of the Charbonneau Commission into collusion within Quebec's construction industry.[2] She was also the province's Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions, focusing on drugs and organized crime.[3]
LeBel was appointed Minister of Justice in the Legault Cabinet on October 18, 2018,[4] and served until June 22, 2020. She has held various position in the Legault government such as Minister of the Francophonie and President of the Treasury Board from 2020 to 2025. She has most recently taken on the file of Minister of Education.
Cabinet posts
Electoral record
| 2022 Quebec general election: Champlain | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Sonia LeBel | 23,513 | 55.89 | +4.03 | ||||
| Conservative | Steve Massicotte | 7,383 | 17.55 | +15.75 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Alexandre Litalien | 5,065 | 12.04 | -0.04 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Marjolaine Trottier | 3,775 | 8.97 | -3.99 | ||||
| Liberal | Jérémy Leblanc | 2,138 | 5.08 | -13.58 | ||||
| L'Union fait la force | Bianca Nancy Pinel | 194 | 0.46 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 42,068 | 98.73 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 542 | 1.27 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 42,610 | 70.98 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 60,032 | |||||||
| 2018 Quebec general election: Champlain | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Sonia LeBel | 21,154 | 51.86 | +21.43 | ||||
| Liberal | Pierre-Michel Auger | 7,610 | 18.66 | -14.78 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Steven Roy Cullen | 5,285 | 12.96 | +7.64 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Gaëtan Leclerc | 4,928 | 12.08 | -18.09 | ||||
| Green | Stéphanie Dufresne | 789 | 1.93 | |||||
| Conservative | Pierre-Benoit Fortin | 733 | 1.8 | |||||
| Bloc Pot | Anthony Rouss | 164 | 0.4 | |||||
| Équipe Autonomiste | Éric Gauthier | 126 | 0.31 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 40,789 | 98.25 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 728 | 1.75 | ||||||
| Turnout | 41,517 | 70.48 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 58,905 | |||||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Liberal | Swing | +18.11 | ||||||
References
- ^ "Le CAQ rafle tout". L'Écho de Maskinongé, October 1, 2018.
- ^ a b "Sonia LeBel - National Assembly of Québec". www.assnat.qc.ca. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ "Here are the 26 men and women in François Legault's first cabinet".
- ^ "Meet the key cabinet ministers in the new Coalition Avenir Québec government | CBC News".