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Which party was Elsie Lefebvre a member of from 2009 to 2013?
Elsie Lefebvre Elsie Lefebvre ( born May 5 , 1979 in Montreal , Quebec ) is a Quebec politician . She was the Member of the National Assembly for the Laurier-Dorion riding from 2004 to 2007 , and later served on Montreal City Council . She is trilingual , speaking French , Spanish and English . Profile . Background . Lefebvre has been involved in politics , with the Parti Québécois ( PQ ) , since the age of 17 . Following her bachelors degree in political science at Université de Montréal , her studies took her to the Universidad de las Américas in Puebla , Puebla , Mexico . There she gathered much political experience , notably as an intern at the Quebec Government House in Mexico City and as parliamentary assistant to French politician Philippe Séguin . Election . In 2004 , she won the Parti Québécois candidacy for the coming by-election in her native riding , Laurier-Dorion , and began a campaign of outspoken left-wing and sovereigntist politics ( opposing the Charest government ) . On September 20 , 2004 , at the age of 25 , she became the youngest elected female MNA in the National Assembly of Quebecs history . Her arrival was touted by some as the sovereigntist new blood and breath of fresh air for the party and movement . Four by-elections occurred on the day of her victory . The Liberals lost all but one ( with a smaller victory than usual for one of the strongest Liberal fortresses , Nelligan ) , with the PQ winning two and the Action démocratique du Québec one . Coming at a time when the Charest government was low in opinion polls , her victory in the Laurier-Dorion was described as historic for reasons other than Lefebvres relative youth . Laurier ( later merged with the riding of Dorion ) had been won only once before by the PQ , by Lise Payette , and had been held by Liberal Christos Sirros for two decades . As one of the most multicultural ridings in Quebec , the surprise victory was seen as a major step in the long ongoing PQ charm operation towards Quebec cultural minorities . In addition , the riding is remembered as the first riding of the party founder René Lévesque . Twice elected in Laurier as a Liberal , Lévesque never managed to win it with the PQ , despite being party leader . Lefebvre lost her Montreal seat to the Quebec Liberal Party in the 2007 provincial election . Parliament . Lefebvre was the Official Opposition critic for immigration and cultural communities during her tenure in office . In June 2005 , after answering her question in the National Assembly about a possible conflict of interest involving his spouse , Premier Jean Charest mumbled hostie de chienne , an insult which would roughly translate in English as fucking bitch . Lefebvre supported then-leader Bernard Landry in February 2005 in the Parti Québécois leadership race . In September 2005 , she announced her support for Richard Legendre . Montreal City Council . Lefebvre was recruited by Vision Montréal as a high-profile candidate for Montreal City Council in November 2009 , in the district of Villeray in the borough of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension . She won the election , defeating incumbent Union Montréal councillor Sylvain Lachance . When she joined municipal politics , she said the political milieu in Montreal was hampered by factionalism . She won re-election in 2013 under the party Coalition Montreal . Lefebvre announced in June 2017 that she would become an independent councilor before choosing which party she will join for the next elections . On 13 June 2017 Mayor Denis Coderre dropped councilor Marvin Rotrand from the role of Vice-Chair of the Société de transport de Montréal and replaced him with Lefebvre . Lefebvre announced in August 2017 that she would join the mayors Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal for the November 2017 municipal elections . She said working with the Coderre regime on files like transit electrification and banning plastic bags convinced her to join his faction . She said she feels the partisan atmosphere changed since Coderre’s election in 2013 . Lefebvre subsequently lost to Rosannie Filato , a lawyer with the Projet Montreal party . References . - Une étudiante en études internationales est élue à lAssemblée nationale on the Université de Montréal website . - Specific