Paul Lefebvre
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| Paul Lefebvre MP |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Sudbury |
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| Assumed office October 19, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Glenn Thibeault |
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| Born | 1974 (age 41–42) Kapuskasing, Ontario |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Residence | Sudbury, Ontario |
| Alma mater | University of Waterloo (MTax) University of Ottawa Faculty of Law (LLB) University of Ottawa (BMus) |
| Profession | Attorney Businesman |
Paul A. Lefebvre (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.[1]
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.[1][2] He won the Liberal Party's nomination contest in Sudbury on March 28, 2015, over former mayor Marianne Matichuk.[3]
Electoral record[edit]
| Canadian federal election, 2015 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Paul Lefebvre | 23,534 | 47.41 | +29.43 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Paul Loewenberg | 13,793 | 27.79 | -22.13 | – | |||
| Conservative | Fred Slade | 10,473 | 21.10 | -7.25 | – | |||
| Green | David Robinson | 1,509 | 3.04 | +0.05 | – | |||
| 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 | $204,828.71 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 209 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 49,838 | 69.61 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 71,594 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[4][5] | ||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ a b "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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