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\u00a0Paul St-Pierre Plamondon<\/a>\u00a0is the MNA for the east-end riding of Camille-Laurin. The party holds seven seats in the National Assembly.<\/p>\n Lefebvre\u2019s return to provincial politics was reported Monday by TVA, the network where she 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 Lefebvre in August.<\/p>\n The high-profile analyst could help the PQ regain ground in Montreal, which is nearly all held by the Quebec Liberals.<\/p>\n In 2004,\u00a0Lefebvre was elected the PQ MNA\u00a0for the Montreal riding of Laurier-Dorion in a byelection. At 25, she became the youngest woman ever elected to the Quebec legislature.<\/p>\n She lost that distinction in 2016 when\u00a0Catherine 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 Liberals. She then made a\u00a0foray into municipal politics under the Vision Montr\u00e9al and Coalition Montr\u00e9al banners<\/a>.<\/p>\n She represented the\u00a0Villeray district from 2009 to 2017. She was defeated in 2017.<\/p>\n Now 47, Lefebvre has been a panellist on the popular TVA political show La Joute since 2020. She also writes columns for Le Journal de Montr\u00e9al. She was a panellist on RDI from 2018 to 2020.<\/p>\n She has worked as a strategic development director for\u00a0La Ruche<\/a>, a Quebec crowdfunding organization supporting local entrepreneurs and businesses, since 2018.<\/p>\n Lefebvre\u2019s reported return to the PQ comes as Quebec\u2019s five main political parties continue to put their candidates and plans in place for the campaign leading to the election.<\/p>\n For the last few weeks, party leaders have criss-crossed the province to present the candidates who will run in Quebec\u2019s 127 ridings.<\/p>\n Leading the pack in terms of announced\u00a0candidates\u00a0is Qu\u00e9bec solidaire, which has revealed 94 members of its team.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Coalition Avenir Qu\u00e9bec, which has rebranded itself \u00c9quipe Christine Fr\u00e9chette for the campaign, follows with 82 candidates ready to go.<\/p>\n Quebec\u2019s Liberals have a total of 77 announced candidates, followed by the Conservative Party of Quebec with 64 and the Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois with 59.<\/p>\n The election is expected to be called around Aug. 29. By law, election campaigns in Quebec last between 33 and 39 days.<\/p>\n