# 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.
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. 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.
Lefebvre served six consecutive terms in the 27th through 32nd Canadian Parliaments until becoming a Senator of the De Lanaudière division in 1984. He remained a member of the Canadian Senate until his death in 1992 of cancer.
There is a Thomas Lefebvre fonds at Library and Archives Canada.

## Electoral record

vte1980 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 30,694 | 100.00 |
| Source: Canadian Elections Database |||||||
vte1979 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 31,762 | 100.00 |
vte1974 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 22,707 | 100.00 |
vte1972 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 23,205 | 100.00 |
| Source: Canadian Elections Database |||||||
Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.
vte1968 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 20,889 | 100.00 |
vte1965 Canadian federal election: Pontiac–Témiscamingue :
| 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 |