Elsie Lefebvre
| Elsie Lefebvre | |
|---|---|
| MNA for Laurier-Dorion | |
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In office 2004–2007 |
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| Preceded by | Christos Sirros |
| Succeeded by | Gerry Sklavounos |
| Montreal City Councillor for Villeray | |
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Assumed office 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Sylvain Lachance |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 5, 1979 Montreal, Quebec |
| Political party |
Parti Québécois Coalition Montreal Vision Montreal (formerly) |
| Residence | Montreal |
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 currently serves on Montreal City Council. She is trilingual, speaking French, Spanish and English.
Lefebvre has been involved in politics, with the Parti Québécois (PQ), since the age of 17. Following her bachelor's 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.
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 Quebec's 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.
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