Denis Lebel
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The Honourable Denis Lebel PC MP |
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| Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party | |
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Assumed office November 18, 2015 |
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| Leader | Rona Ambrose (Interim) |
| Preceded by | Peter MacKay |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Lac-Saint-Jean |
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Assumed office October 19, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Riding established |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean |
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In office September 17, 2007 – October 19, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Michel Gauthier |
| Succeeded by | Riding dissolved |
| Mayor of Roberval | |
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In office 2000–2007 |
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| Preceded by | Claude Munger |
| Succeeded by | Michel Larouche |
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May 26, 1954 Roberval, Quebec, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Conservative (2007–present) |
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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.
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. After the 2011 election, Lebel was promoted to Minister of Transport. He was shuffled out of the post in July 2013, shortly after the Lac-Megantic train disaster.
He was also the Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs and served as the Harper Government's Quebec lieutenant.
In the 2015 election, Lebel was re-elected in the new Lac-Saint-Jean riding.
After the election, he and fellow MP Michelle Rempel proposed to become joint interim leaders of the party but ultimately lost to Rona Ambrose.
On November 18, he was named Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party and thus Deputy Opposition Leader.
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