Sonia LeBel is a
Canadian
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politician who was elected for the
Coalition Avenir Québec
The Coalition Avenir Québec (, , CAQ) is a Quebec nationalism, Quebec nationalist, Autonomism in Quebec, autonomist and conservatism, conservative to the
National Assembly of Quebec
The National Assembly of Quebec (, ) is the Legislature, legislative body of the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec in Canada. Legislators are called MNAs (Members of the National Assembly; ). The lieutenant governor of Que ...
in the
2018 provincial election. She represents the electoral district of
Champlain as a member of the
Coalition Avenir Québec
The Coalition Avenir Québec (, , CAQ) is a Quebec nationalism, Quebec nationalist, Autonomism in Quebec, autonomist and conservatism, conservative .
As a lawyer, LeBel was chief prosecutor of the
Charbonneau Commission
The Commission of Inquiry on the Awarding and Management of Public Contracts in the Construction Industry (, also known as the Charbonneau Commission) was a public inquiry in Quebec, Canada into potential corruption in the management of public con ...
into collusion within Quebec's construction industry.
She was also the province's Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions, focusing on drugs and organized crime.
LeBel was appointed Minister of Justice in the Legault Cabinet on October 18, 2018,
and served until June 22, 2020.
Cabinet posts
Electoral record
References
Living people
Coalition Avenir Québec MNAs
Ministers of justice of Quebec
Lawyers in Quebec
Members of the Executive Council of Quebec
Women government ministers of Canada
Women MNAs in Quebec
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Canadian women politicians
21st-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec
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