| Joël Lightbound | |
| Office1: | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness |
| Minister1: | Bill Blair |
| Term Start1: | December 12, 2019 |
| Term End1: | October 26, 2021 |
| Predecessor1: | Bill Blair (as Minister of Border Security) |
| Successor1: | Pam Damoff (Parliamentary Secretary for Public Safety) |
| Office2: | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance |
| Minister2: | Bill Morneau |
| Term Start2: | September 19, 2017 |
| Term End2: | December 12, 2019 |
| Predecessor2: | Ginette Petitpas Taylor |
| Successor2: | Sean Fraser (as Secretary to the Minister of Finance and to the Minister of Middle Class Prosperity) |
| Office3: | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health |
| Minister3: | Jane Philpott Ginette Petitpas Taylor |
| Term Start3: | January 30, 2017 |
| Term End3: | September 19, 2017 |
| Predecessor3: | Kamal Khera |
| Successor3: | Bill Blair |
| Riding4: | Louis-Hébert |
| Parliament4: | Canadian |
| Term Start4: | October 19, 2015 |
| Predecessor4: | Denis Blanchette |
| Birth Date: | 1988 2, mf=yes[1] |
| Birth Place: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Alma Mater: | McGill University |
| Party: | Liberal |
| Residence: | Quebec City, Quebec |
Joël Lightbound (born February 8, 1988) is a Canadian politician serving as the member of Parliament (MP) for Louis-Hébert. A member of the Liberal Party, he was first elected following the 2015 federal election.
In 2008, Lightbound was awarded the Cardinal Roy Trophy from Champlain Regional College.[2] He later attended the McGill University Faculty of Law, where he won the National Laskin Moot.[3] He initially articled with the Montreal offices of Fasken, and prior to his election practiced law in the Quebec City area, specializing in immigration.[4]
Lightbound was elected in 2015.[5] He was re-elected in 2019, becoming the first MP in three decades to hold Louis-Hébert for more than one term, and again in 2021.
In February 2022, during the COVID-19 pandemic and Freedom Convoy protests, Lightbound held a press conference where he spoke out against politicians' handling of the pandemic, and denounced dismissing those with "legitimate concerns" while also calling for the convoy protesters to return home.[6] Soon afterwards, Lightbound resigned his position in the ruling party as Quebec caucus chair.[7]