Paul A. Lefebvre (born 1974) is a

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politician, currently serving as the mayor of

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. He was a

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(MP) for the riding of Sudbury from 2015 to 2021."Lefebvre takes Sudbury riding"
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'', October 19, 2015. Lefebvre worked as a lawyer, spending some time as counsel to the

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, and teaching international tax law at the

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. In his business career, he was the owner of local media firm

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, 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

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. He won election as mayor of Greater Sudbury in the

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on October 24, 2022, and took office on November 15.Tyler Clarke
"Mayor Lefebvre: ‘We must work together’"
'' Sudbury.com'', November 18, 2022.

Electoral record

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Official Website
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