Thomas Lefebvre

Thomas-Henri Lefebvre (23 May 1927 – 20 November 1992) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in North Bay, Ontario and became a garage owner and operator by career.[1]

The Hon.
Thomas Lefebvre
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Pontiac—Témiscamingue
In office
1965–1968
Preceded byPaul Martineau
Succeeded byDistrict abolished in 1966
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Pontiac (Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle after 1978)
In office
1968–1984
Preceded byRiding created in 1966
Succeeded byBarry Moore
Senator for De Lanaudière, Quebec
In office
1984–1992
Appointed byJohn Turner
Preceded bySarto Fournier
Succeeded byPaul Massicotte
Personal details
Born(1927-05-23)23 May 1927
North Bay, Ontario, Canada
Died20 November 1992(1992-11-20) (aged 65)
Political partyLiberal
PortfolioParliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board (1977-1979)

The son of Jean-Charles Lefebvre and Clarilda Provost, he was educated in North Bay and established himself in business in Témiscamingue, Quebec. In 1951, he married Léatrice-Lucille Vaillancourt.[2] Lefebvre served on the town council for Témiscamingue from 1961 to 1965. He was elected at Quebec's Pontiac—Témiscamingue electoral district in the 1965 federal election. He was re-elected in the 1972, 1974, 1979 and 1980 federal elections as the riding changed names to Pontiac and Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle.[1]

Lefebvre served six consecutive terms in the 27th through 32nd Canadian Parliaments until becoming a Senator of the De Lanaudière division in 1984.[1] He remained a member of the Canadian Senate until his death in 1992 of cancer.[3]

There is a Thomas Lefebvre fonds at Library and Archives Canada.[4]

Electoral record
1980 Canadian federal election: Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalThomas Lefebvre21,60570.39+6.62
Progressive ConservativeAndré Benoit5,15116.78-1.64
New DemocraticJean-Pierre Paillet2,8139.16+3.87
RhinocerosGaston Lagaffe Beauregard6432.09+0.22
Union populaireVianney Lehouiller3061.00+0.07
Marxist–LeninistAlain Charette1760.57
Total valid votes 30,694 100.00
1979 Canadian federal election: Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalThomas Lefebvre20,25363.76+8.09
Progressive ConservativeSant Singh5,85118.42-4.82
Social CreditRita Jones3,0849.71-5.24
New DemocraticIda Brown1,6825.30-0.84
RhinocerosGaston Beauregard5971.88
Union populaireVianney Lehouiller2950.93
Total valid votes 31,762 100.00
1974 Canadian federal election: Pontiac
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalThomas Lefebvre12,64255.67+4.91
Progressive ConservativeSant Singh5,27723.24+6.03
Social CreditEmmanuel Pétrin3,39414.95-13.15
New DemocraticRaymond Carrier1,3946.14+2.20
Total valid votes 22,707 100.00
1972 Canadian federal election: Pontiac
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalThomas Lefebvre11,78050.76+1.70
Social CreditL.-P. Larocque6,51928.09+16.51
Progressive ConservativeOctave Vallée3,99317.21-18.18
New DemocraticAndré Synnott9133.93-0.02
Total valid votes 23,205 100.00

Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.

1968 Canadian federal election: Pontiac
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalThomas Lefebvre10,25049.07
Progressive ConservativePaul Martineau7,39235.39
Ralliement créditisteLouis-P. Larocque2,42011.59
New DemocraticJames A. wood Shannon8273.96
Total valid votes 20,889 100.00

References
  1. Thomas Lefebvre – Parliament of Canada biography
  2. Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
  3. "Senator Tom Lefebvre, 65". Montreal Gazette. 21 November 1992. p. H9.
  4. "Thomas Lefebvre fonds, Library and Archives Canada".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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