Chertsey spends more per resident than 90% of Québec’s local municipalities

Who to ask

Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.

MRC Matawinie is Chertsey’s regional county municipality, which sets the land-use plan the municipalities follow.

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   Chertsey councilelected November 2025
   Michelle Joly
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   National Assembly of QuébecBertrand
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   House of CommonsLes Pays-d'en-Haut
   Tim Watchorn

Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada

7 members and how they were elected

Voters elect a councillor for their own district and a mayor for the whole of Chertsey. Only team candidates won, Parti des citoyens de Chertsey more than any other.

Councils and results: Résultats des élections municipales générales de 2025, MAMH (CC BY 4.0)

Michelle Joly held on to the mayor’s seat. With 53% of electors taking part, the vote for mayor beat the Québec median of 51% for contested mayoral races. Michelle Joly came first for mayor on 55% of the votes, 833 more than François Quenneville.

How Chertsey voted: same source as Councillors, above.

No open copy of the 2025 counts exists, and Elections Canada’s own terms rule out commercial reuse, so 2021 is the last vote shown. 4 November 2029 is the next council election in Chertsey, fixed by the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities for the first Sunday in November every four years. The National Assembly of Québec was last elected on 5 October 2026, and the House of Commons on 28 April 2025.

Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH

Bertrand takes in Chertsey and elects its MNA to the National Assembly of Québec.

Québec ridings: Répertoire des municipalités, MAMH (CC BY 4.0)

In Quebec, 44 of 78 ridings are held by the Liberal Party of Canada, the party Tim Watchorn sits with.

The MP’s record

Mapped onto today’s Les Pays-d'en-Haut, the 2021 vote favoured the Bloc Québécois with 48%, which makes Tim Watchorn’s 2025 win a gain. Tim Watchorn was elected to the Commons for the first time in April 2025.

MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026

In 2021, 62% of electors cast a ballot in Joliette, under the national 63%. Gabriel Ste-Marie won the 2021 race in Joliette for the Bloc Québécois, polling 55% and beating Michel Bourgeois (Liberal Party of Canada) by 18,182 votes. Gabriel Ste-Marie already held it after the 2019 election, won with 58%.

Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada

Chertsey council’s borrowing is on the heavy side: $21M long term, $3,836 a resident where the median is $2,461. At 76%, property taxes count for more of the revenue than the 63% seen across the province. At 36% of spending ($1,332 a resident), roads and transit leads the budget. In 2024 the median among Québec’s local municipalities was $2,394 a resident; Chertsey council spent $3,715. Salaries and benefits took 29% of the total.

Money: rapport financier and profil financier 2024, ministère des Affaires municipales et de l’Habitation (CC BY 4.0)

A seat on Chertsey council covers 810 residents; 73% of Quebec municipalities have fewer per seat.

Residents: 2021 Census; seats: the province’s council list