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 by | Paul Martineau |
| Succeeded by | District abolished in 1966 |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Pontiac (Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle after 1978) | |
| In office 1968–1984 | |
| Preceded by | Riding created in 1966 |
| Succeeded by | Barry Moore |
| Senator for De Lanaudière, Quebec | |
| In office 1984–1992 | |
| Appointed by | John Turner |
| Preceded by | Sarto Fournier |
| Succeeded by | Paul Massicotte |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 May 1927 North Bay, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | 20 November 1992 (aged 65) |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Portfolio | Parliamentary 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 edit
| 1980 Canadian federal election: Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Thomas Lefebvre | 21,605 | 70.39 | +6.62 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | André Benoit | 5,151 | 16.78 | -1.64 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jean-Pierre Paillet | 2,813 | 9.16 | +3.87 | ||||
| Rhinoceros | Gaston Lagaffe Beauregard | 643 | 2.09 | +0.22 | ||||
| Union populaire | Vianney Lehouiller | 306 | 1.00 | +0.07 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Alain Charette | 176 | 0.57 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 30,694 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Source: Canadian Elections Database[5] | ||||||||
| 1979 Canadian federal election: Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Thomas Lefebvre | 20,253 | 63.76 | +8.09 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Sant Singh | 5,851 | 18.42 | -4.82 | ||||
| Social Credit | Rita Jones | 3,084 | 9.71 | -5.24 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ida Brown | 1,682 | 5.30 | -0.84 | ||||
| Rhinoceros | Gaston Beauregard | 597 | 1.88 | |||||
| Union populaire | Vianney Lehouiller | 295 | 0.93 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 31,762 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1974 Canadian federal election: Pontiac | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Thomas Lefebvre | 12,642 | 55.67 | +4.91 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Sant Singh | 5,277 | 23.24 | +6.03 | ||||
| Social Credit | Emmanuel Pétrin | 3,394 | 14.95 | -13.15 | ||||
| New Democratic | Raymond Carrier | 1,394 | 6.14 | +2.20 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 22,707 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1972 Canadian federal election: Pontiac | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Thomas Lefebvre | 11,780 | 50.76 | +1.70 | ||||
| Social Credit | L.-P. Larocque | 6,519 | 28.09 | +16.51 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Octave Vallée | 3,993 | 17.21 | -18.18 | ||||
| New Democratic | André Synnott | 913 | 3.93 | -0.02 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 23,205 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Source: Canadian Elections Database[6] | ||||||||
Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.
| 1968 Canadian federal election: Pontiac | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Thomas Lefebvre | 10,250 | 49.07 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Martineau | 7,392 | 35.39 | |||||
| Ralliement créditiste | Louis-P. Larocque | 2,420 | 11.59 | |||||
| New Democratic | James A. wood Shannon | 827 | 3.96 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 20,889 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1965 Canadian federal election: Pontiac–Témiscamingue | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Thomas Lefebvre | 6,593 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Martineau | 6,322 | ||||||
| Ralliement créditiste | Camil Samson | 3,279 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Kenneth Morris | 434 | ||||||
| Independent SC | Terrence O'Reilly | 194 | ||||||
References edit
- ^ a b c Thomas Lefebvre – Parliament of Canada biography
- ^ Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
- ^ "Senator Tom Lefebvre, 65". Montreal Gazette. 21 November 1992. p. H9.
- ^ "Thomas Lefebvre fonds, Library and Archives Canada".
- ^ "Elections | Canadian Elections Database". canadianelectionsdatabase.ca. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ^ "Elections | Canadian Elections Database". canadianelectionsdatabase.ca. Retrieved 27 November 2023.