 The RSC was defeated in this election but later formed a "de facto" majority on council in alliance with five defectors from the governing "Mouvement pour une école moderne et ouverte" (MÉMO).Thériault later became a founding member of the "Collectif pour la réussite et l'épanouissement de l'enfant" (CRÉE), a successor party to the RSC.In March 2003, she was appointed to the commission's executive.