Réal Lapierre

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Réal Lapierre (born August 5, 1944) is a Canadian politician and former École Pointe-Lévy geography teacher.

Born in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Quebec, Lapierre started out in politics as city councillor in Beaumont, Quebec in 1971. In 1974 he became mayor where he remained until 1985. After a nine year hiatus, he was elected mayor again, which he remained until 2004. From 2001 to 2004 he was also a prefect in the Bellechasse MRC. In the Canadian federal election, 2004, he was elected in to the Canadian House of Commons as a Bloc Québécois member in the riding of Lévis—Bellechasse. He was defeated in the 2006 election.

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Parliament of Canada
Preceded by
Electoral district created in 2003, please see Bellechasse—Etchemins—
Montmagny—L'Islet
and Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
Member of Parliament for Lévis—Bellechasse
2004-2006
Succeeded by
Steven Blaney, Conservative