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Éric Lefebvre
Éric Lefebvre is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in a by-election on December 5, 2016.[2] He represents the electoral district of Arthabaska as an independent, having formerly been a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec caucus. Lefebvre previously served as a city councillor for Victoriaville's city council from 2001 to 2009.[3] On Valentine's Day 2018, during question period, Lefebvre gave a tribute to all the spouses that supported MNA members and then proposed to his fiancée.[4]
Éric Lefebvre | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Arthabaska | |
| Assumed office December 5, 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Sylvie Roy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Victoriaville, Quebec[1] |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Independent (from 2024) Conservative (federal) |
| Other political affiliations | CAQ (until 2024) |
| Spouse | Geneviève Laliberté |
| Children | 2 |
After being announced as the Conservative candidate for Richmond–Arthabaska in the 45th Canadian federal election, Lefebvre resigned from the CAQ caucus to sit as an independent.[5]
Electoral record edit
Federal edit
| 2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | André Bellavance | 23,913 | 46.0 | -2.5 | $77,254 | |||
| Conservative | Éric Lefebvre | 15,080 | 29.0 | -3.8 | $68,252 | |||
| Liberal | Gwyneth Helen Grant | 6,599 | 12.7 | +2.1 | $13,483 | |||
| New Democratic | Stéphane Ricard | 4,509 | 8.7 | +3.7 | $6,965 | |||
| Green | François Fillion | 1,337 | 2.6 | -2.1 | $129 | |||
| Independent | Jean Landry | 526 | 1.0 | $4,952 | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 51,964 | 100.0 | $85,600 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 728 | 1.4 | ||||||
| Turnout | 52,692 | 65.6 | ||||||
Provincial edit
| 2022 Quebec general election: Arthabaska | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Éric Lefebvre | 23,447 | 51.75 | -10.09 | ||||
| Conservative | Tarek Henoud | 11,187 | 24.69 | +22.36 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Mario Beauchesne | 4,538 | 10.02 | +0.62 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Pascale Fortin | 4,179 | 9.22 | -3.36 | ||||
| Liberal | Luciana Arantes | 1,702 | 3.76 | -7.59 | ||||
| Climat Québec | Trystan Martel | 256 | 0.57 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 45,309 | 98.44 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 720 | 1.56 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 46,029 | 74.10 | +4.61 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 62,120 | – | – | |||||
| 2018 Quebec general election: Arthabaska | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Éric Lefebvre | 25,640 | 61.84 | +16.34 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | William Champigny-Fortier | 5,215 | 12.58 | +7.37 | ||||
| Liberal | Pierre Poirier | 4,707 | 11.35 | -18.86 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Jacques Daigle | 3,897 | 9.4 | -7.67 | ||||
| Conservative | Lisette Guay Gaudreault | 968 | 2.33 | +1.22 | ||||
| Green | Jean-Charles Pelland | 620 | 1.5 | +0.6 | ||||
| Alliance provinciale | Jean Landry | 418 | 1.01 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 41,465 | 98.13 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 791 | 1.87 | ||||||
| Turnout | 42,256 | 69.49 | +26.35 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 60,808 | |||||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec hold | Swing | +4.49 | ||||||
Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec. | ||||||||
| Quebec provincial by-election, 2016 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Éric Lefebvre | 11,319 | 43.97 | -1.51 | ||||
| Liberal | Luc Dastous | 7,095 | 27.56 | -2.65 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Jacques Daigle | 4,312 | 16.75 | -0.32 | ||||
| Conservative | Guy Morin | 1,210 | 4.70 | +3.59 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Sarah Beaudoin | 926 | 3.60 | -1.61 | ||||
| Green | Alex Tyrrell | 546 | 2.12 | +1.22 | ||||
| Option nationale | Émilie Charbonneau | 160 | 0.62 | |||||
| Parti indépendantiste | Christine Lavoie | 115 | 0.45 | |||||
| Équipe Autonomiste | Suzanne Cantin | 58 | 0.23 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 25,741 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 265 | 1.02 | -0.41 | |||||
| Turnout | 26,006 | 43.14 | -30.13 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 60,285 | |||||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec hold | Swing | +0.57 | ||||||
Municipal edit
Victoriaville - Mayor
| Candidate | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Alain Rayes | 10,807 | 62.8 |
| Éric Lefebvre | 5,722 | 33.2 |
| Martin Talbot | 524 | 3.0 |
| René Martineau | 161 | 0.9 |
References edit
- ^ "The Globe and Mail: Canadian, World, Politics and Business News & Analysis".
- ^ "PQ wins two of four by-elections; status quo remains". CTV Montreal, December 5, 2016.
- ^ "The Globe and Mail: Canadian, World, Politics and Business News & Analysis".
- ^ "CAQ MNA 'breaks protocol,' proposes marriage at the National Assembly". Montreal Gazette. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ Iyare, Osa (2024-04-17). "Quebec MNA Éric Lefebvre leaves the CAQ for Poilievre's Conservatives". CityNews Montreal. Retrieved 2024-04-17.