2025 Quebec City municipal election

2025 Quebec City municipal election

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21 seats in the Quebec City Council 11 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Bruno Marchand Stéphane Lachance Party Québec forte et fière Respect citoyens Leader's seat Vanier-Duberger Val-Bélair Last election 7 New Party Seats before 11 1 Seats won 18 3 Seat change 7 2 Popular vote 104,646 48,844 Percentage 49.40% 23.06%   Third party Fourth party   QDA Leader Sam Hamad Claude Villeneuve Party Leadership Québec Québec d'abord Leader's seat Mayor Maizerets-Lairet Last election New Party 10 Seats before 3 5 Seats won 0 0 Seat change 3 5 Popular vote 29,125 15,842 Percentage 13.75% 7.48%
Council results
Mayor before election Bruno Marchand Elected mayor Bruno Marchand

Municipal elections were held in Quebec City on November 2, 2025, the same day as elections in Montreal and other municipalities in the province.

Background

Political changes in the city council seats between the beginning (above) and end (below) of the current council term

In the 2021 elections, mayoral candidates Bruno Marchand and Marie-Josée Savard were neck-and-neck, separated by only 739 votes. ^[1] Although Marchand was elected mayor, his party Québec forte et fière only had a minority of seats on the city council. Four of the ten members of Marchand's first executive committee came from other parties. ^[2]

During the 2021-2025 city council term, several changes took place with the city council seats. Nine members of the 21 seat council changed parties during the term. More specifically, Marchand's Québec forte et fière went from 6 to 11 councillors and became the majority party in the council following the additions of David Weiser, ^[3] Steve Verret, ^[4] and Claude Lavoie ^[5] in 2022, with Bianca Dussault and Jean-François Gosselin joining the next year. ^{[6] [7]} These seat gains were at the expense of Québec d'abord (formerly Équipe Marie-Josée Savard ^[8] ), who went from 10 to 5 councillors, and Équipe Priorité Québec (formerly Québec 21) who went from 4 to 2 councillors, ^[9] before completely disappearing in August 2025. ^[10]

A new party, Leadership Québec was founded in April 2025. ^[11] It entered the council only a few months before the elections thanks to the addition of two councillors originally elected under Québec d'abord. ^[12] Leadership Québec absorbed what remained of Équipe Priorité Québec on August 13. ^[10]

Councillors who changed parties

Between the 2021 and 2025 elections, several councillors changed parties:

 Québec d'abord→ Québec forte et fière

• Claude Lavoie (Saint-Rodrigue)
• Steeve Verret (Lac-Saint-Charles–Saint-Émile)
• David Weiser (Le Plateau)

 Québec d'abord→ Leadership Québec

• Louis Martin (Cap-Rouge–Laurentien)
• Isabelle Roy (Robert-Giffard)

 Québec 21→ Indépendant→ Québec forte et fière

• Bianca Dussault (Val-Bélair)
• Jean-François Gosselin (Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux)

 Québec 21 → Indépendant → Équipe priorité Québec→ Leadership Québec

• Stevens Mélançon (Chute-Montmorency–Seigneurial)

 Québec 21 → Équipe priorité Québec→ Indépendant

• Éric Ralph Mercier (Les Monts) ^[13]

Mayoral candidates

On January 12, 2024, incumbent mayor Bruno Marchand (Québec forte et fière) announced he would seek a second term in office. ^[14] Council opposition leader Claude Villeneuve (Québec d'abord) announced his candidacy for mayor on January 22, 2025. ^[15] On March 10, Stéphane Lachance, former provincial candidate for the Parti conservateur du Québec, became leader of Respect Citoyens, a party founded in 2023. ^[16] After several months of speculation, Sam Hamad, former Member of the National Assembly for Louis-Hébert from 2003 to 2017, officially announced his candidacy on April 6 under the banner of Leadership Québec. ^[11] Incumbent councillor for Limoilou and leader of Transition Québec Jackie Smith followed with her own announcement on May 10. ^[17] Finally on June 11, former councillor Anne Guérette announced she would also be running for mayor. ^[18] Two independent candidates with low media visibility also announced their candidacy: Claudine Martineau and Yves Laberge, the latter a sociologist opposed to the tramway project and the third link between Quebec and Levis. ^[19]

Campaign

In June 2025, a poll revealed that 78% of the population was either very or somewhat interested in the election campaign. ^[20] Six political parties would be participating in this election, half of which were new. ^[21] All the parties presented candidates in all council districts, with the exception of Parti du monde which was only running in the mayoral seat. ^[22] In addition to the independent candidates, the election campaign began with 8 candidates for mayor and 115 candidates for city council. Of that, 50 were women and 73 were men. ^[23] One candidate in Montcalm—Saint-Sacrement withdrew from the race on October 7, denouncing a "toxic climate" on the campaign trail. ^[24]

The first debate came on October 2 between Bruno Marchand and Sam Hamad on BLVD 102.1. ^[25] This formula of "duels" between candidates was repeated by different media in the following days. ^{[26] [27]} A debate between the six party-affiliated candidadteas was organized by the Quebec City Chamber of Commerce at La salle Jean-Paul-Tardif on 7 October. ^{[28] [29]} A debate between five candidates was broadcast on Noovo on October 14. ^[30]

Mayoral election

2025 Quebec City municipal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Québec forte et fière	Bruno Marchand	104,646	49.40
	Respect citoyens	Stéphane Lachance	48,844	23.06
	Leadership Québec	Sam Hamad	29,125	13.75
	Québec d'abord	Claude Villeneuve	15,842	7.48
	Transition Québec	Jackie Smith	8,728	4.12
	Parti du monde	Anne Guérette	3,617	1.71
	Independent	Claudine Martineau	542	0.26
	Independent	Yves Laberge	509	0.24

City council elections

La Cité-Limoilou

District	Candidates												Incumbent
	Québec forte et fière		Québec d'abord		Leadership Québec		Transition Québec		Respect citoyens		Independent
Cap-aux-Diamants		Mélissa Coulombe-Leduc 4,561 (57.91%)		Guy Boivin 381 (4.84%)		Vicky Lépine 626 (7.95%)		Micha Horswill 1,744 (22.14%)		Arnaud Larue 564 (7.16%)				Mélissa Coulombe-Leduc
Montcalm–Saint-Sacrement		Catherine Vallières-Roland 7,005 (71.93%)		Félix Bouffard 707 (7.26%)				Sandrine Hélie 911 (9.36%)		Gabriel Richard-Brunet 899 (9.23%)		Jean-François Arcand 216 (2.22%)		Catherine Vallières-Roland
Saint-Roch–Saint-Sauveur		Elainie Lepage 3,625 (43.91%)		Quentin Maridat 522 (6.32%)		Pascale Houle 561 (6.80%)		Marjorie Champagne 2,106 (25.51%)		Mélanie Leroux 1,086 (13.16%)		Patrick Kerr 104 (1.26%)		Pierre-Luc Lachance
												Napoleon Woo 251 (3.04%)
Limoilou		Raymond Poirier 3,107 (43.15%)		Sébastien Morier 409 (5.68%)		Véronique Thiboutot 506 (7.03%)		Esperance Mfisimana Co-candidate for Jackie Smith 2,068 (28.72%)		Hippolyte Doua 755 (10.48%)		Julien Cardinal 356 (4.94%)		Jackie Smith
Maizerets–Lairet		Marylou Boulianne 2,472 (40.06%)		Hélène Guillemette Co-candidate for Claude Villeneuve 1,062 (17.21%)		Eric Duguay 584 (9.47%)		Martial Van Neste 925 (14.99%)		Kevin Caron 1,044 (16.92%)		Simon Tardif 83 (1.35%)		Claude Villeneuve

Les Rivières

District	Candidates										Incumbent
	Québec forte et fière		Québec d'abord		Leadership Québec		Transition Québec		Respect citoyens
Vanier–Duberger		Clément Bourdeau Co-candidate for Bruno Marchand 3,996 (41.77%)		Rosie-Anne Roussel Vallières 1,047 (10.95%)		Hugo Langlois 2,096 (21.91%)		Francis Fontaine 345 (3.61%)		Eric Thiboutot 2,082 (21.75%)		Alicia Despins
Neufchâtel–Lebourgneuf		Maxime Elmaleh 5,105 (44.94%)		Alexandre Laforge 1,326 (11.67%)		Emilie Robitaille 1,962 (17.27%)		Lény Painchaud 217 (1.91%)		Anik Lalancette 2,749 (24.20%)		Patricia Boudreault-Bruyère
Les Saules–Les Méandres		Catherine Deschamps 4,371 (43.51%)		Véronique Dallaire 1,445 (14.38%)		Patrick Paquet 1,570 (15.63%)		Pierre-Luc Faucher 285 (2.84%)		Isabelle Dufour 2,375 (23.64%)		Véronique Dallaire

Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge

District	Candidates												Incumbent
	Québec forte et fière		Québec d'abord		Leadership Québec		Transition Québec		Respect citoyens		Parti du monde
Saint-Louis–Sillery		Marianne White 8,208 (68.12%)		André-Pier Bérubé 723 (6.00%)		Jean-Stéphane Bernard 1,539 (12.77%)		Raffaël Gilbert 514 (4.27%)		François Labrecque 1,066 (8.85%)				Maude Mercier Larouche
Le Plateau		Gabriel Dusablon 4,990 (61.17%)		Moustapha Faye 470 (5.76%)		Catherine Gagné 1,208 (14.81%)		Félix L'Heureux-Bilodeau 549 (6.73%)		Eugénie Tossea Epse Labonté 940 (11.52%)				David Weiser
La Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy		Jean-Luc Lavoie 6,767 (66.61%)		Fabio Tétu 433 (4.26%)		Robert Fournier 1,114 (10.97%)		Marie-Ève Martel 524 (5.16%)		Éric Guay 1,321 (13.00%)				Anne Corriveau
Cap-Rouge–Laurentien		Yannick Fauteux 6,635 (52.82%)		Ana-Rose Paradis 635 (5.05%)		Louis Martin 2,417 (19.24%)		Andrée-Anne Tremblay 372 (2.96%)		Philippe Moussette 2,100 (16.72%)		Frédéric Imbeault Co-candidate for Anne Guérette 403 (3.21%)		Louis Martin

Charlesbourg

District	Candidates										Incumbent
	Québec forte et fière		Québec d'abord		Leadership Québec		Transition Québec		Respect citoyens
Saint-Rodrigue		Claude Lavoie 3,862 (43.18%)		David Audet 1,009 (11.28%)		François Beaulé 1,474 (16.48%)		Olivia Lavoie 456 (5.10%)		Manès Webster 2,143 (23.96%)		Claude Lavoie
Louis-XIV		Marie-Pierre Boucher 5,965 (47.58%)		Pier-Luc St-Pierre Fortin 1,116 (8.90%)		Donald Gagnon 1,837 (14.65%)		Charles Lamont 374 (2.98%)		Marie-Jo Bégin-Létourneau 3,245 (25.88%)		Marie-Pierre Boucher
Les Monts		Raphaël Lebailly 4,270 (35.46%)		Vincent Tremblay 1,192 (9.90%)		Valérie Savard 1,992 (16.54%)		Samuel Moisan-Domm 488 (4.05%)		Éric Ralph Mercier 4,104 (34.05%)		Éric Ralph Mercier

Beauport

District	Candidates												Incumbent
	Québec forte et fière		Québec d'abord		Leadership Québec		Transition Québec		Respect citoyens		Independent
Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux		Manouchka Blanchet 3,441 (32.70%)		Doni Berberi 781 (7.42%)		Justine Savard 1,827 (17.36%)		Pier-Yves Champagne 287 (2.73%)		Mélanie Sauvé 4,079 (38.76%)		Patrice Fortin 108 (1.03%)		Jean-François Gosselin
La Chute-Montmorency–Seigneurial		Elisa Verreault 3,665 (33.37%)		Marie-Eve Leblond 991 (9.02%)		Stevens Mélançon 3,488 (31.76%)		Pedro-Natanaël Bordon-Richard 262 (2.39%)		Joey Aubé 2,427 (22.10%)		Mario Desjardins Pelchat 83 (0.76%)		Stevens Mélançon
												Dominic Tremblay 67 (0.61%)
Robert-Giffard		Éric Courtemanche Baril 3,975 (39.30%)		Sébastien Bouchard-Théberge 899 (8.89%)		Isabelle Roy 2,210 (21.85%)		Camille Lambert-Deubelbeiss 501 (4.95%)		Benoit Bourdeau 2,530 (25.01%)				Isabelle Roy

La Haute-Saint-Charles

District	Candidates												Incumbent
	Québec forte et fière		Québec d'abord		Leadership Québec		Transition Québec		Respect citoyens		Independent
Lac-Saint-Charles–Saint-Émile		Konan Emma Amehoum 2,595 (39.18%)		Sophie Gosselin 1,512 (13.60%)		Jean Gagnon 1,979 (17.80%)		Carl Gignac 254 (2.28%)		Marc Roussin 4,356 (39.18%)		Sophie Verret 422 (3.80%)		Steeve Verret
Loretteville–Les Châtels		Marie-Josée Asselin 5,280 (47.61%)		Sylvie Lefrançois 729 (6.57%)		Jean Côté 1,768 (15.94%)		Catherine Proulx 332 (2.99%)		Anne-Laurence Harvey 2,982 (26.89%)				Marie-Josée Asselin
Val-Bélair		Bianca Dussault 3,024 (30.95%)		Kim Boyd 573 (5.86%)		Mégy Gagné 1,552 (15.88%)		Sarah Lesage 215 (2.20%)		Pascal Morneau Co-candidate for Stéphane Lachance 4,408 (45.11%)				Bianca Dussault

See also

• Quebec City Council

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