Roger Lefebvre
{{Short description|Canadian lawyer and politician}}
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| office = Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Frontenac
| term_start=December 2, 1985
| term_end=November 30, 1998
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Roger Lefebvre (born June 23, 1943) is a lawyer and politician from Quebec, he served in the Daniel Johnson Jr. government.
Biography
Lefebvre was born in Black Lake, Quebec to Arthur Lefebvre, a businessman, and Agathe Beaudoin. He studied at Cégep de Thetford and the Université de Sherbrooke, obtaining his law degree in 1967, he was called to the bar in 1968 and practiced law at Roy, Lefebvre, Gosselin & Ouellet from 1968 to 1985.
Political career
In 1985, he ran for the Liberal party in the open seat of Frontenac, that was vacated by Gilles Grégoire who had been found guilty of child sexual abuse and won. He was easily re-elected in 1989 and 1994.
He served as Deputy House Leader from 1985 until 1990 in the government of Robert Bourassa and was elected as a Vice President of the National Assembly of Quebec, a role he served in until January 11, 1994 when he was named Minister of Justice and Minister for Electoral Reform in the short-lived Daniel Johnson Jr. government.
Lefebvre managed to survive the 1994 election and was named Deputy Opposition House Leader, he did not run for re-election in 1998. Since leaving the legislature he has continued to practice law. He served President of the Commission for the Protection of the Agricultural Territory of Quebec.[http://www.assnat.qc.ca/en/deputes/lefebvre-roger-4125/biographie.html Roger Lefebvre]
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External links
- [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/en/deputes/lefebvre-roger-4125/biographie.html Roger Lefebvre] National Assembly of Québec Biography
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Category:Ministers of justice of Quebec
Category:Members of the Executive Council of Quebec
Category:Quebec Liberal Party MNAs
Category:People from Thetford Mines
Category:Université de Sherbrooke alumni
Category:20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec
Category:Vice presidents of the National Assembly of Quebec
Category:Cégep de Thetford alumni
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