Réjean Lefebvre

Réjean Lefebvre, a Bloc Québécois MP, left the party caucus in January 1999 following personal disputes with the party leadership. Lefebvre had been elected in the 1993 BQ sweep of Quebec. His departure was part of a pattern of BQ backbenchers becoming disenchanted with their party after the defeat of the 1995 sovereignty referendum, as some members questioned the party's continued relevance in a post-referendum political landscape where the sovereignty project appeared stalled.

Lefebvre sat as an Independent for the remainder of the 36th Parliament. He did not seek re-election in the 2000 election. His departure was one of several from the BQ caucus during the late 1990s (along with St-Laurent and Nic Leblanc's second departure) that suggested some internal erosion, though the party maintained its dominance of Quebec's federal seats through the 2000s.