Léa Cousineau was a Canadian politician and a

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lor in

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. Léa Cousineau, Le Prix du Gouverneur général en commémoration de l'affaire « personne », Lauréates de 2004, Status of Women Canada

RCM Activist

In the early seventies she became a founding member and the President of the progressive ''

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'', also known as ''Rassemblement des citoyens et citoyennes de Montréal (RCM)'' in French. She ran as an RCM candidate to Montreal's

in the district of Rosemont in 1974, but lost against

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Jean Trottier.

City Councillor

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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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cousineau, Lea Living people Montreal city councillors Women municipal councillors in Quebec Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Canadian municipal councillors 20th-century Canadian women politicians