Paul Lefebvre (Canadian politician)

• University of Waterloo (MTax)
• University of Ottawa Faculty of Law (LLB)
• University of Ottawa (BMus)

His Worship Paul Lefebvre
Mayor of Greater Sudbury
Incumbent
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]

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

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election : Sudbury
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Paul Lefebvre	19,643	40.94	-6.48	$66,620.57
	New Democratic	Beth Mairs	13,885	28.94	+1.15	$25,924.07
	Conservative	Pierre St-Amant	9,864	20.56	-0.54	$20,356.06
	Green	Bill Crumplin	3,225	6.72	+3.68	$13,223.85
	People's	Sean Paterson	873	1.82	–	none listed
	Animal Protection	Chanel Lalonde	282	0.59	–	none listed
	Independent	Charlene Sylvestre	135	0.28	–	none listed
	Independent	J. David Popescu	70	0.15	-0.02	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			47,977	99.24
Total rejected ballots			317	0.66	+0.24
Turnout			48,294	65.36	-3.86
Eligible voters			75,035
	Liberal hold		Swing		-3.81
Source: Elections Canada [8] [9]

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 [10] [11]

References

1. Hart, Benita (October 20, 2015). "Sl profiled Lefebvre family in 2010 feature". Sudbury Living. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
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

External links

• Official Website