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{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
| name             = Thomas Lefebvre
| honorific-suffix = 
| image            = Thomas Lefebvre.png
| constituency_MP  = [[Pontiac–Témiscamingue (federal electoral district)|Pontiac—Témiscamingue]]
| parliament       = Canadian
| predecessor      = [[Paul Martineau]]
| successor        = District abolished in 1966
| term_start       = 1965
| term_end         = 1968
| constituency_MP2 = [[Pontiac (federal electoral district)|Pontiac]] (Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle after 1978)
| parliament2      = Canadian
| predecessor2     = Riding created in 1966
| successor2       = [[Barry Moore (Canadian politician)|Barry Moore]]
| term_start2      = 1968
| term_end2        = 1984
| office3          = [[Senate of Canada|Senator]] for [[List of Quebec senators#De Lanaudière|De Lanaudière, Quebec]]
| appointed3       = [[John Turner]]
| predecessor3     = [[Sarto Fournier]]
| successor3       = [[Paul Massicotte]]
| term_start3      = 1984
| term_end3        = 1992
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1927|05|23|df=y}}
| birth_place      = North Bay, Ontario, Canada
| death_date       = {{death date and age|1992|11|20|1927|05|23|df=y}}
| death_place      = 
| spouse           = 
| party            = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
| portfolio        = Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board (1977-1979)
| relations        = 
| children         = 
| residence        = 
| alma_mater       = 
| occupation       = 
}}
'''Thomas-Henri Lefebvre''' (23 May 1927 &ndash; 20 November 1992) was a [[Liberal Party of Canada|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.<ref name="parl">{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=1221|nolist=yes}}</ref>

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.<ref name="johnson">{{cite book |title=The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967 |last=Johnson |first=J.K. |year=1968 |publisher=Public Archives of Canada}}</ref> Lefebvre served on the town council for Témiscamingue from 1961 to 1965. He was elected at Quebec's [[Pontiac–Témiscamingue (federal electoral district)|Pontiac—Témiscamingue]] electoral district in the [[1965 Canadian federal election|1965 federal election]]. He was re-elected in the [[1972 Canadian federal election|1972]], [[1974 Canadian federal election|1974]], [[1979 Canadian federal election|1979]] and [[1980 Canadian federal election|1980 federal election]]s as the riding changed names to [[Pontiac (federal electoral district)|Pontiac]] and Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle.<ref name="parl"/>

Lefebvre served six consecutive terms in the [[27th Canadian Parliament|27th]] through [[32nd Canadian Parliament]]s until becoming a Senator of the De Lanaudière division in 1984.<ref name="parl"/> He remained a member of the Canadian Senate until his death in 1992 of cancer.<ref>{{cite news | title=Senator Tom Lefebvre, 65 | date=21 November 1992 | newspaper=[[Montreal Gazette]] | page=H9 }}</ref>

There is a Thomas Lefebvre [[fonds]] at [[Library and Archives Canada]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Thomas Lefebvre fonds, Library and Archives Canada|url=http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=106950&lang=eng}}</ref>
== Electoral record ==
{{1980 Canadian federal election/Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle}}
{{1979 Canadian federal election/Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle}}
{{1974 Canadian federal election/Pontiac}}
{{1972 Canadian federal election/Pontiac}}
{{1968 Canadian federal election/Pontiac}}
{{1965 Canadian federal election/Pontiac–Témiscamingue}}

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[[Category:Canadian senators from Quebec]]
[[Category:Deaths from cancer in Canada]]
[[Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec]]
[[Category:Liberal Party of Canada MPs]]
[[Category:Liberal Party of Canada senators]]
[[Category:Politicians from North Bay, Ontario]]
[[Category:Franco-Ontarian people]]
[[Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada]]
[[Category:20th-century members of the Senate of Canada]]


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