Thomas Lefebvre

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The Hon.
Thomas Lefebvre
Member of the
Canadian Parliament
for Pontiac (Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle after 1978)
In office
1968–1984
Preceded byRiding created in 1966
Succeeded byBarry Moore
Senator for De Lanaudière, Quebec
In office
1984–1992
Appointed byJohn Turner
Preceded bySarto Fournier
Succeeded byPaul Massicotte
Personal details
Born(1927-05-23)23 May 1927
North Bay, Ontario, Canada
Died20 November 1992(1992-11-20) (aged 65)
Political partyLiberal
PortfolioParliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board (1977-1979)

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 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

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

  1. ^ a b c Thomas Lefebvre – Parliament of Canada biography
  2. ^ Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
  3. Montreal Gazette
    . 21 November 1992. p. H9.
  4. ^ "Thomas Lefebvre fonds, Library and Archives Canada".
  5. ^ "Elections | Canadian Elections Database". canadianelectionsdatabase.ca. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Elections | Canadian Elections Database". canadianelectionsdatabase.ca. Retrieved 27 November 2023.


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