Lefevre, John M. (1857–1907)
John M. Lefevre was a well-known and very popular practitioner in the early days of Vancouver, British Columbia, and a member of the Board of Directors of the General Hospital, in which he exhibited a lively interest, also taking a prominent part in the establishment of the new hospital, which was completed shortly after his death in 1907. He held the M. D. and C. M. from McGill University (1879) and the M. R. C. S., England, 1896.
He was surgeon to the Canadian Pacific Railway during construction, and to the Company in Vancouver.
Dr. Lefevre was a good diagnostician and took a keen interest in his professional work. He spent a year among the hospitals of Europe, and before returning presented himself for examination and passed the membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
After a short illness he died, in 1907, aged fifty years.