Paul Lefebvre (Canadian politician)
Paul Lefebvre | |
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Lefebvre in 2025 | |
| Mayor of Greater Sudbury | |
| Assumed office November 15, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Brian Bigger |
| Member of Parliament for Sudbury | |
| In office October 19, 2015 – August 15, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Glenn Thibeault |
| Succeeded by | Viviane Lapointe |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Paul A. Lefebvre 1974 (age 51–52) Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada |
| Party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | Liberal |
| Spouse | Dr. Lyne Giroux |
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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.
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. He won the Liberal Party's nomination contest in Sudbury on March 28, 2015, over former mayor Marianne Matichuk.
In March 2021, Lefebvre announced that he would not run for a third term in the 2021 Canadian federal election. He won election as mayor of Greater Sudbury in the 2022 Greater Sudbury municipal election on October 24, 2022, and took office on November 15.