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QUEBEC — Arthabaska MNA and government whip Éric Lefebvre is leaving the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) to run with Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party in the next federal election.
He will sit as an independent in the meantime.
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“I have submitted my resignation to the premier, since I will be running for the Conservative Party of Canada in the next federal election. I will now sit as an independent MNA, and will continue my work with the citizens of Arthabaska. Thank you to my colleagues and collaborators for all these wonderful years,” he wrote in a message on the social network X on Tuesday evening.
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“Éric Lefebvre informed me this evening of his decision to join the Conservative Party of Canada. In this context, I asked him to withdraw from the CAQ caucus. Thank you Éric for your years of public service and good luck in your new challenges,” Legault said.
Lefebvre’s departure leaves the CAQ with 88 seats in the legislature, versus 19 for the Liberals, 12 for Québec solidaire, four for the Parti Québécois and one other independent, Vaudreuil MNA Marie-Claude Nichols.
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