[1] Born in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, Leclair worked in the Canadian Armed Forces as a marine mechanic in Halifax, Nova Scotia from 1986 to 1989.
He obtained a college degree at the Institute Teccart in 1998 and worked as an instrumental and control technician from 1989 to 2008.
[1] Leclair was convicted for drunk driving in 2011, and was punished with a $2000 fine and a one-year license suspension.
Leclair said that the police report was wrong, that he was innocent and that he had not refused a breathalyzer test.
PQ leader Jean-François Lisée said that Leclair would remain as a candidate for the 2018 Quebec general election.