Louise Harel

Who is Louise Harel?

Louise Harel is a Quebec politician. In 2005 she served as interim leader of the Parti Québécois following the resignation of Bernard Landry. She was also interim leader of the opposition in the National Assembly of Quebec. She represented the riding of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in the Montreal region prior to her resignation from the legislature in 2008. She ran for Mayor of Montreal as the representative of the Vision Montreal municipal political party in the 2009 election, but was defeated by incumbent Gérald Tremblay. In the 2013 Montreal election, Harel supported federalist Marcel Coté for mayor after recognizing that given her massive unpopularity among anglophones it was impossible for her to become mayor, but failed to be elected to her own council seat.