Paul Lefebvre
Paul A. Lefebvre MP (born 1974) is a Canadian Liberal politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Sudbury in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election.[2]
Paul Lefebvre | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Sudbury | |
| Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Glenn Thibeault |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1974 (age 45–46) Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Dr. Lyne Giroux[1] |
| Residence | Sudbury, Ontario, Canada |
| Alma mater | University of Waterloo (MTax) University of Ottawa Faculty of Law (LLB) University of Ottawa (BMus) |
| Profession | Attorney Businessman |
Lefebvre worked as a lawyer, spending some time as counsel to the Ontario Human Rights Commission, and teaching international tax law at the University of Ottawa. In his business career, he was the owner of local media firm Le5 Communications, whose holdings included French-language radio and newspapers.[2][3] He won the Liberal Party's nomination contest in Sudbury on March 28, 2015, over former mayor Marianne Matichuk.[4]
Electoral record
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Sudbury | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Paul Lefebvre | 23,534 | 47.41 | +29.43 | $112,165.16 | |||
| New Democratic | Paul Loewenberg | 13,793 | 27.79 | -22.13 | $95,385.84 | |||
| Conservative | Fred Slade | 10,473 | 21.10 | -7.25 | $192,788.16 | |||
| Green | David Robinson | 1,509 | 3.04 | +0.05 | $4,970.15 | |||
| Independent | Jean-Raymond Audet | 134 | 0.27 | – | – | |||
| Communist | Elizabeth Rowley | 102 | 0.20 | – | – | |||
| Independent | J. David Popescu | 84 | 0.17 | -0.09 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 49,629 | 100.0 | $204,934.28 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 209 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 49,838 | 69.61 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 71,594 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | +34.77 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[5][6] | ||||||||
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References
- Hart, Benita (October 20, 2015). "Sl profiled Lefebvre family in 2010 feature". Sudbury Living. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
- "Lefebvre takes Sudbury riding". Sudbury Star, October 19, 2015.
- Meet Paul Lefebvre, Liberal.ca.
- "Sudbury Liberals choose Paul Lefebvre as their federal election candidate". CBC Sudbury, March 28, 2015.
- Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Sudbury, 30 September 2015
- Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
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