Paul Lefebvre (Canadian politician)

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Paul Lefebvre
Mayor of Greater Sudbury
Assumed office
November 15, 2022
Profession
  • Politician
  • attorney

Paul A. Lefebvre (born 1974) is a Canadian politician currently serving as the mayor of Greater Sudbury. He was a member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Sudbury from 2015 to 2021. [2]

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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]

In March 2021, Lefebvre announced that he would not run for a third term in the 2021 Canadian federal election. [5]

He won election as mayor of Greater Sudbury in the 2022 Greater Sudbury municipal election on October 24, 2022, [6] and took office on November 15. [7]

Electoral record

2019 Canadian federal election : Sudbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Paul Lefebvre 19,64340.94-6.48$66,620.57
New Democratic Beth Mairs13,88528.94+1.15$25,924.07
Conservative Pierre St-Amant9,86420.56-0.54$20,356.06
Green Bill Crumplin3,2256.72+3.68$13,223.85
People's Sean Paterson8731.82none listed
Animal Protection Chanel Lalonde2820.59none listed
Independent Charlene Sylvestre1350.28none listed
Independent J. David Popescu700.15-0.02none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit47,97799.24
Total rejected ballots3170.66+0.24
Turnout48,29465.36-3.86
Eligible voters75,035
Liberal hold Swing -3.81
Source: Elections Canada [8] [9]
2015 Canadian federal election : Sudbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Paul Lefebvre23,53447.41+29.43$112,165.16
New Democratic Paul Loewenberg13,79327.79-22.13$95,385.84
Conservative Fred Slade10,47321.10-7.25$192,788.16
Green David Robinson1,5093.04+0.05$4,970.15
Independent Jean-Raymond Audet1340.27
Communist Elizabeth Rowley 1020.20
Independent J. David Popescu840.17-0.09
Total valid votes/Expense limit49,629100.0   $204,934.28
Total rejected ballots209
Turnout49,83869.61
Eligible voters71,594
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +34.77
Source: Elections Canada [10] [11]

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References

  1. Hart, Benita (October 20, 2015). "Sl profiled Lefebvre family in 2010 feature". Sudbury Living. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Lefebvre takes Sudbury riding". Sudbury Star , October 19, 2015.
  3. Meet Paul Lefebvre, Liberal.ca.
  4. "Sudbury Liberals choose Paul Lefebvre as their federal election candidate". CBC Sudbury, March 28, 2015.
  5. "Lefebvre says he's not seeking re-election as Sudbury MP". CBC News Sudbury, March 12, 2021.
  6. "Paul Lefebvre elected mayor of Greater Sudbury". CTV Northern Ontario, October 24, 2022.
  7. Tyler Clarke, "Mayor Lefebvre: ‘We must work together’". Sudbury.com , November 18, 2022.
  8. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  9. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  10. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Sudbury, 30 September 2015
  11. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates