In the early seventies she became a founding member and the President of the progressive Montreal Citizens' Movement, also known as Rassemblement des citoyens et citoyennes de Montréal (RCM) in French.
She ran as an RCM candidate to Montreal's City Council in the district of Rosemont in 1974, but lost against Civicincumbent Jean Trottier.
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Cousineau ran again in 1986 in the district of Étienne-Desmarteau and won. She was re-elected in 1990, but was defeated in 1994.
From 1986 to 1990, she was the Chairperson of Montreal's Executive Committee.
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^Léa Cousineau, Le Prix du Gouverneur général en commémoration de l'affaire « personne », Lauréates de 2004, Status of Women Canada 2007-03-07 at the Wayback Machine
léa, cousineau, canadian, politician, city, councillor, montreal, quebec, 2013rcm, activist, editin, early, seventies, became, founding, member, president, progressive, montreal, citizens, movement, also, known, rassemblement, citoyens, citoyennes, montréal, f. Lea Cousineau was a Canadian politician and a City Councillor in Montreal Quebec 1 Lea Cousineau in 2013RCM Activist editIn the early seventies she became a founding member and the President of the progressive Montreal Citizens Movement also known as Rassemblement des citoyens et citoyennes de Montreal RCM in French She ran as an RCM candidate to Montreal s City Council in the district of Rosemont in 1974 but lost against Civic incumbent Jean Trottier City Councillor editCousineau ran again in 1986 in the district of Etienne Desmarteau and won She was re elected in 1990 but was defeated in 1994 From 1986 to 1990 she was the Chairperson of Montreal s Executive Committee Footnotes edit Lea Cousineau Le Prix du Gouverneur general en commemoration de l affaire personne Laureates de 2004 Status of Women Canada Archived 2007 03 07 at the Wayback Machine Political offices Preceded byJean Malouf Civic Party City Councillor District of Etienne Desmarteau1986 1994 Succeeded byMichelle Daines Vision Montreal Preceded byMichael Fainstat RCM Chairperson of the Executive Committee1990 1994 Succeeded byNoushig Eloyan Vision Montreal Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lea Cousineau amp oldid 820959274, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
