QUEBEC \u2014 Political analyst and former city councillor Elsie Lefebvre will attempt a comeback with the Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois in the Oct. 5 general election, reports say.<\/p>\n
And there are suggestions she might choose to run in a Montreal riding. The PQ currently holds one seat on the island: Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon<\/a> is the MNA for the riding of Camille-Laurin. The party holds seven seats in the National Assemnbly<\/p>\n The news of Lefebvre\u2019s return to provincial politics was reported Monday by TVA, the network where Lefebvre works as a political analyst.<\/p>\n Neither the party nor Lefebvre would confirm the report, but TVA said the PQ will announce the return of Lefevbre in August.<\/p>\n The high-profile Lefebvre could help the PQ regain ground in Montreal, which are nearly all held by the Liberals.<\/p>\n In 2004, Lefebvre was elected the PQ MNA<\/a> for the Montreal riding of Laurier-Dorion in a by-election. At 25, she became the youngest woman ever elected to the Quebec legislature.<\/p>\n She lost that title 10 years later when Catherine Fournier<\/a>, now the mayor of Longueuil, was elected under the PQ banner at age 24.<\/p>\n Lefebvre lost her bid for re-election in 2007 to the Liberal candidate. She then made a foray into the municipal scene under the Vision Montreal and Coalition Montreal banner<\/a>.<\/p>\n She represented Villeray district from 2009 to 2017<\/a>. She was defeated in 2017.<\/p>\n Now 47, Lefebvre has been a panelist on the popular TVA political show La Joute since 2020. She also produces columns for the Journal de Montr\u00e9al. She was a panelist on RDI from 2018 to 2020.<\/p>\n She has worked as a strategic development director for La Ruche<\/a>, a Quebec crowdfunding organization supporting local economic entrepreneurs and businesses, since 2018.<\/p>\n