Éric Lefebvre

Canadian politician

Éric Lefebvre MNA

Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Arthabaska
Incumbent
Assumed office December 5, 2016
Preceded by	Sylvie Roy

Personal details
Born	Victoriaville, Quebec^[1]
Nationality	Canadian
Political party	Independent (from 2024) Conservative (federal)
Other political affiliations	CAQ (until 2024)
Spouse	Geneviève Laliberté
Children	2

Éric Lefebvre is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in a by-election on December 5, 2016.^[2] He represents the electoral district of Arthabaska as an independent, having formerly been a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec caucus. Lefebvre previously served as a city councillor for Victoriaville's city council from 2001 to 2009.^[3] On Valentine's Day 2018, during question period, Lefebvre gave a tribute to all the spouses that supported MNA members and then proposed to his fiancée.^[4]

After being announced as the Conservative candidate for Richmond–Arthabaska in the 45th Canadian federal election, Lefebvre resigned from the CAQ caucus to sit as an independent.^[5]

Electoral record

Federal

2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	André Bellavance	23,913	46.0	-2.5	$77,254
	Conservative	Éric Lefebvre	15,080	29.0	-3.8	$68,252
	Liberal	Gwyneth Helen Grant	6,599	12.7	+2.1	$13,483
	New Democratic	Stéphane Ricard	4,509	8.7	+3.7	$6,965
	Green	François Fillion	1,337	2.6	-2.1	$129
	Independent	Jean Landry	526	1.0		$4,952
Total valid votes/Expense limit			51,964	100.0	$85,600
Total rejected ballots			728	1.4
Turnout			52,692	65.6

Provincial

v t e 2022 Quebec general election: Arthabaska
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Éric Lefebvre	23,447	51.75	-10.09
	Conservative	Tarek Henoud	11,187	24.69	+22.36
	Parti Québécois	Mario Beauchesne	4,538	10.02	+0.62
	Québec solidaire	Pascale Fortin	4,179	9.22	-3.36
	Liberal	Luciana Arantes	1,702	3.76	-7.59
	Climat Québec	Trystan Martel	256	0.57	–
Total valid votes			45,309	98.44	–
Total rejected ballots			720	1.56	–
Turnout			46,029	74.10	+4.61
Electors on the lists			62,120	–	–

v t e 2018 Quebec general election: Arthabaska
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Éric Lefebvre	25,640	61.84	+16.34
	Québec solidaire	William Champigny-Fortier	5,215	12.58	+7.37
	Liberal	Pierre Poirier	4,707	11.35	-18.86
	Parti Québécois	Jacques Daigle	3,897	9.4	-7.67
	Conservative	Lisette Guay Gaudreault	968	2.33	+1.22
	Green	Jean-Charles Pelland	620	1.5	+0.6
	Alliance provinciale	Jean Landry	418	1.01	–
Total valid votes			41,465	98.13
Total rejected ballots			791	1.87
Turnout			42,256	69.49	+26.35
Eligible voters			60,808
	Coalition Avenir Québec hold		Swing		+4.49
Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.

Quebec provincial by-election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Éric Lefebvre	11,319	43.97	-1.51
	Liberal	Luc Dastous	7,095	27.56	-2.65
	Parti Québécois	Jacques Daigle	4,312	16.75	-0.32
	Conservative	Guy Morin	1,210	4.70	+3.59
	Québec solidaire	Sarah Beaudoin	926	3.60	-1.61
	Green	Alex Tyrrell	546	2.12	+1.22
	Option nationale	Émilie Charbonneau	160	0.62
	Parti indépendantiste	Christine Lavoie	115	0.45
	Équipe Autonomiste	Suzanne Cantin	58	0.23
Total valid votes			25,741	100.00
Total rejected ballots			265	1.02	-0.41
Turnout			26,006	43.14	-30.13
Electors on the lists			60,285
	Coalition Avenir Québec hold		Swing		+0.57

Municipal

Victoriaville - Mayor

Candidate	Vote	%
Alain Rayes	10,807	62.8
Éric Lefebvre	5,722	33.2
Martin Talbot	524	3.0
René Martineau	161	0.9

References

^ "The Globe and Mail: Canadian, World, Politics and Business News & Analysis".
^ "PQ wins two of four by-elections; status quo remains". CTV Montreal, December 5, 2016.
^ "The Globe and Mail: Canadian, World, Politics and Business News & Analysis".
^ "CAQ MNA 'breaks protocol,' proposes marriage at the National Assembly". Montreal Gazette. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
^ Iyare, Osa (2024-04-17). "Quebec MNA Éric Lefebvre leaves the CAQ for Poilievre's Conservatives". CityNews Montreal. Retrieved 2024-04-17.

v t e Current members of the National Assembly of Quebec
Coalition Avenir Québec	Legault Abou-Khalil Allaire Asselin Bachand G. Bélanger S. Bélanger Bernard Biron Blais Blanchette Vézina Blouin Bogemans Boivin Roy Bonnardel Boulet Bourassa Bussière Caire Carmant Caron Champagne Jourdain Charest Charette Chassin D'Amours Déry Dionne Dorismond Drainville Dubé Dufour Duranceau Émond Fitzgibbon Fréchette Gagnon Gendron Girard (Groulx) Girard (Lac-Saint-Jean) Grondin Guilbault Guillemette Haytayan Hébert Jacques Jeannotte Jolin-Barrette Julien Lachance Lacombe Laforest Laframboise Lafrenière Lamontagne Lamothe LeBel I. Lecours L. Lecours Lefebvre Lemay Lemieux M. Lévesque S. Lévesque Mallette Martel Montigny Picard Poulet Poulin Proulx Provençal Reid Rivest Roberge Rouleau N. Roy S. Roy Sainte-Croix St-Louis Schmaltz Schneeberger Simard Skeete Soucy Tardif Thouin F. Tremblay S. Tremblay
Quebec Liberal Party	Tanguay Beauchemin Benjamin Cadet Caron Ciccone Derraji Dufour Fortin Garceau Kelley Lakhoyan Olivier Maccarone McGraw Morin Prass Rizqy Rotiroti Setlakwe
Québec solidaire	Nadeau-Dubois Bouazzi Cliche-Rivard Fontecilla Ghazal Grandmont Labrie Leduc Marissal Massé Zaga Mendez Zanetti
Parti Québécois†	St-Pierre Plamondon Arseneau Bérubé Paradis
Independent	Nichols
Party leaders listed first (in bold italics). Government members in bold denotes cabinet. † Party does not have official party status in the National Assembly.