Career
Bélair had been an administrator, a manager and a political assistant. Bélair is a former Deputy Chairman of Committees of the Whole, and has been the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Works (Public Works and Government Services) and the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Supply and Services (Public Works and Government Services). Bélair served as a municipal councillor in Kapuskasing for three years.
In the 2004 federal election, electoral redistribution put Bélair"s home area of Kapuskasing outside of Timmins—James Bay and into the newly named riding of Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing, an extension of the Algoma—Manitoulin riding held by Liberal Brent Saint Denis.
Bélair at first announced that he might seek the Liberal nomination in Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing, then announced, instead, his retirement.