Pointe-Claire spends more per resident than 97% of Québec’s local municipalities do

Who to ask

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

No MRC sits above Pointe-Claire; the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal takes in the city.

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   Pointe-Claire councilelected November 2025
   John Belvedere
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   National Assembly of QuébecJacques-Cartier
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   House of CommonsLac-Saint-Louis
   Francis Scarpaleggia

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

9 members and how they were elected

All the seats on Pointe-Claire council went to candidates with no team. Pointe-Claire is split into districts for council seats, while the mayor faces every voter.

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

Tim Thomas, the sitting mayor, was beaten by John Belvedere. Fewer electors voted for mayor than in most of Québec: 43%, where the median contested race drew 51%. John Belvedere came first for mayor on 41% of the votes, 961 more than Tim Thomas.

How Pointe-Claire 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. Provincially the last general election was on 5 October 2026, for the National Assembly of Québec; federally, on 28 April 2025. 4 November 2029 is the next council election in Pointe-Claire, fixed by the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities for the first Sunday in November every four years.

Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH

The riding is Jacques-Cartier: it sends one MNA to the National Assembly of Québec, and Pointe-Claire votes in it.

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

Francis Scarpaleggia sits with the Liberal Party of Canada, which holds 44 of the 78 seats from Quebec.

The MP’s record

On today’s boundaries, the 2021 vote in Lac-Saint-Louis would have gone to the Liberal Party of Canada with 56%, and Francis Scarpaleggia kept it for them in 2025. Francis Scarpaleggia has sat in the Commons since 2004, now for the 8th Parliament. Roles held by Francis Scarpaleggia include Speaker of the House of Commons (since 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

The 2019 result had favoured Francis Scarpaleggia as well, at 58%. The 2021 count in Lac-Saint-Louis put Francis Scarpaleggia (Liberal Party of Canada) first at 56%, with Ann Francis (Conservative Party of Canada) 21,566 votes back.

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

Of every dollar spent, 29% went on pay and benefits. Each resident’s share of Pointe-Claire council’s 2024 spending came to $5,234, where the middle of Québec’s local municipalities sat at $2,394. No service costs more than roads and transit, at $1,309 per resident and 25% of the total. At 85%, property taxes count for more of the revenue than the 63% seen across the province. Pointe-Claire council’s borrowing is light: $66.9M long term, $1,889 a resident where the median is $2,461.

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

4,160 residents share each seat on Pointe-Claire council, more than in 95% of Quebec municipalities.

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