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[[Lise Thibault]] DStJ (born 2 April 1939) is a Canadian politician who served as the 27th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec from 1997 to 2007. She later spent six months in jail for misuse of public funds, which she was ordered to repay the government. As of 2025, she is the only Canadian vice-regal representative to have been incarcerated.

== Trial and Imprisonment ==

Beginning in 2007, Thibault was accused of spending beyond the limits of her expense account.[5] Questions on her spending continued after her departure, with federal and provincial auditors general pointing to $700,000 in unjustified expenses.[6] Among the expenses were:[7]

$45,000 for "gifts" without the names of recipients.
$24,000 to transport her official van to the United States while she was on vacation, rather than renting a car there.
$12,000 to the provincial air service for a one-day fishing trip in the Gaspe region.
$44,000 in "tips" paid by her bodyguards during hotel stays and sporting activities.
The files were turned over to the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) for investigation. She was criminally charged for offences involving fraud, breach of trust, forgery and fabrication of false documents related to the misspending of public funds during her ten years in office.[8] Thibault's lawyer argued unsuccessfully in Quebec Superior Court that Thibault should receive sovereign immunity, because "the Crown's prosecution cannot prosecute the Crown"—referring to her prior office as the Queen's representative in Quebec.[9]

In September 2015 she was sentenced 18 months in jail and was ordered to repay the government $300,000 ($200,000 to Ottawa and $100,000 to Québec) after pleading guilty to fraud and breach of trust in 2014.[10] Judge Carol St-Cyr outlined her crimes, pointing out that she "took advantage of holes in the system and abused her position of authority to pay for trips, golf lessons and birthday parties... [and] forgot that her role as lieutenant-governor was to be a good example for Quebecers."[11]

On 24 February 2016, the Quebec Court of Appeal upheld Thibault's 18-month sentence,[12] and the next day Thibault surrendered at the Quebec City Detention Centre.[13][14][15] She was transferred in late February 2016 to the Leclerc Detention Centre in Laval, Quebec.[16][17] She was granted a conditional release on 2 June 2016, and was fully discharged on 17 August 2017. In the meantime, she filed for bankruptcy in June of that year, citing of debt of $1.5 million to Canada Revenue Agency and Revenu Québec (the initial $300,000 she was ordered to pay had already been reimbursed).[18]

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 == Trial and Imprisonment ==
-Beginning in 2007, Thibault was accused of spending beyond the limits of her expense account.[5] Questions on her spending continued after her departure, with federal and provincial auditors general pointing to $700,000 in unjustified expenses.[6] Among the expenses were:[7]
+Beginning in 2007, Thibault was accused of spending beyond the limits of her expense account. Questions on her spending continued after her departure, with federal and provincial auditors general pointing to $700,000 in unjustified expenses. Among the expenses were:
-$45,000 for "gifts" without the names of recipients.
+*$45,000 for "gifts" without the names of recipients.
-$24,000 to transport her official van to the United States while she was on vacation, rather than renting a car there.
+*$24,000 to transport her official van to the United States while she was on vacation, rather than renting a car there.
-$12,000 to the provincial air service for a one-day fishing trip in the Gaspe region.
+*$12,000 to the provincial air service for a one-day fishing trip in the Gaspe region.
-$44,000 in "tips" paid by her bodyguards during hotel stays and sporting activities.
+*$44,000 in "tips" paid by her bodyguards during hotel stays and sporting activities.
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