Thomas-Henri Lefebvre was a Liberal party

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 member of the Canadian House of Commons

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. He was born in North Bay, Ontario

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 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

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 electoral district in the 1965 federal election

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. He was re-elected in the 1972

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, 1974

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, 1979

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 and 1980 federal election

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s as the riding changed names to Pontiac

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 and Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle.

Lefebvre served six consecutive terms in the 27th

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 through 32nd Canadian Parliament

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s 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.