Paul Lefebvre (Canadian politician)

Paul Lefebvre
Mayor of Greater Sudbury
Assumed office
November 15, 2022
Preceded byBrian Bigger
Member of Parliament
for Sudbury
In office
October 19, 2015 – August 15, 2021
Preceded byGlenn Thibeault
Succeeded byViviane Lapointe
Personal details
Born
Paul A. Lefebvre

1974 (age 49–50)
Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
Liberal
SpouseDr. Lyne Giroux[1]
Residence(s)Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Alma mater
Profession
  • Politician
  • attorney

Paul A. Lefebvre (born 1974) is a Canadian politician currently serving as the mayor of Greater Sudbury. He was a member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Sudbury from 2015 to 2021.[2]

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.[2][3] He won the Liberal Party's nomination contest in Sudbury on March 28, 2015, over former mayor Marianne Matichuk.[4]

In March 2021, Lefebvre announced that he would not run for a third term in the 2021 Canadian federal election.[5]

He won election as mayor of Greater Sudbury in the 2022 Greater Sudbury municipal election on October 24, 2022,[6] and took office on November 15.[7]

  1. ^ Hart, Benita (October 20, 2015). "Sl profiled Lefebvre family in 2010 feature". Sudbury Living. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Lefebvre takes Sudbury riding". Sudbury Star, October 19, 2015.
  3. ^ Meet Paul Lefebvre, Liberal.ca.
  4. ^ "Sudbury Liberals choose Paul Lefebvre as their federal election candidate". CBC Sudbury, March 28, 2015.
  5. ^ "Lefebvre says he's not seeking re-election as Sudbury MP". CBC News Sudbury, March 12, 2021.
  6. ^ "Paul Lefebvre elected mayor of Greater Sudbury". CTV Northern Ontario, October 24, 2022.
  7. ^ Tyler Clarke, "Mayor Lefebvre: ‘We must work together’". Sudbury.com, November 18, 2022.