Each seat on Montréal’s council stands for 29,470 residents, more than in 99% of Quebec municipalities

Who to ask

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

Outside any MRC, Montréal still belongs to the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal.

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   Montréal councilelected November 2025
   Soraya Martinez Ferrada
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   National Assembly of Québec–
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   House of CommonsLaurier—Sainte-Marie
   Steven Guilbeault

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

65 members and how they were elected

Councillors come from districts, one each, and the whole of Montréal elects the mayor. Only team candidates won, Ensemble Montréal - Équipe Soraya more than any other.

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

A lead of 34,383 votes over Luc Rabouin gave Soraya Martinez Ferrada the mayor’s seat, with 43% of the votes. Turnout for mayor was 37%, under the 51% typical of a contested race for mayor in Québec.

How Lorimier voted: same source as Councillors, above.

Parliament was last elected on 28 April 2025, and the National Assembly of Québec on 5 October 2026. The next council election in Montréal falls on 4 November 2029, the first Sunday in November every four years under the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities. The 2025 results are left out because elections.ca’s terms forbid commercial reproduction; the open catalogue’s latest is 2021.

Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH

Legislatures: their own member pages

Steven Guilbeault’s party, the Liberal Party of Canada, has 44 of the 78 seats from Quebec.

The MP’s record

In Ottawa, Steven Guilbeault has been Minister of Canadian Heritage (2025) and Minister of the Environment (2021–2025). The current Parliament is Steven Guilbeault’s 3rd, counting from a first win in 2019. Elections Canada’s transposition of the 2021 vote onto today’s Laurier—Sainte-Marie puts the Liberal Party of Canada first at 40%; Steven Guilbeault held it for the party in 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

Back in 2019, Steven Guilbeault took the riding on 42%. Laurier—Sainte-Marie elected Steven Guilbeault (Liberal Party of Canada) in 2021: 38% of the vote, a lead of 2,281 over Nimâ Machouf (New Democratic Party).

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

Property taxes and payments in lieu brought in 50% of revenue, against 63% across the province’s returns. Debt Montréal council owes over the long term came to $14.6 billion, $7,693 a resident, higher than the median of $2,461. Staff pay and benefits account for 46% of spending. Each resident’s share of Montréal council’s 2024 spending came to $4,598, where the middle of Québec’s local municipalities sat at $2,394. More goes to roads and transit than to anything else: $1,906 a resident, 41% of all spending.

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

Beside its neighbours, Montréal council is the bar in colour; the headline above has the comparison with the province.

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