Vanier-Les Rivières
Charles Hudon
Candidate
Biography
A native of Jonquière, Charles Hudon has lived in the Lebourgneuf neighborhood in the Vanier–Les Rivières riding since 2014. Until recently, he served as deputy director of the Criminal Investigations Division (financial crimes and cybercrime) at the Sûreté du Québec.
Charles Hudon holds a master’s degree in administration from the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR), in collaboration with the École nationale de police du Québec, and has nearly 28 years of experience with the Sûreté du Québec. His career has taken him into several areas: local law enforcement, human resources, strategic management, and major criminal investigations.
Having begun his career as a patrol officer in the Saguenay Fjord and Lotbinière RCMs, he rose through the ranks of Quebec’s largest police force, working in areas such as criminal intelligence, organized crime, and major crimes. He will eventually be promoted to inspector in 2017, then appointed as deputy director in 2023 for financial crimes and cybercrime.
His professional career was marked by several high-profile cases, including Operation DANSEUR, which he led in 2014 to track down three fugitive murderers who had escaped from the Quebec City detention center by helicopter. In April 2025, he was one of the architects of Project NOVA, involved in a vast global operation aimed at neutralizing fraudulent users of the LabHost cybercrime platform.
In addition to his career as a police officer, Charles Hudon has been a lecturer at UQTR for more than a decade; he also served as a lecturer at Ellis College in Drummondville from 2005 to 2015. His commitment to education reflects his interest in young people and the next generation, which are at the heart of his priorities.
Charles Hudon is actively involved in his community, having volunteered on the parent committees at Académie Saint-Louis for over 11 years, in addition to serving on its board of directors. He also volunteers as a transporter for Transplant Québec. A distinguished police officer, he was awarded the Police Medal for his service in February 2019 and received the King Charles III Coronation Medal in 2024, presented by the Lieutenant Governor, for his commitment as an aide-de-camp and ambassador for the institution.
