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 mayor's 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 l'Assemblée nationale on the Université de Montréal website. Specific External links 1979 births French Quebecers Living people Parti Québécois MNAs Universidad de las Américas Puebla alumni Université de Montréal alumni Women MNAs in Quebec Montreal city councillors People from Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension Women municipal councillors in Canada 21st-century Canadian politicians 21st-century Canadian women politicians