Québec has one council seat for every 26,940 residents, more than 99% of municipalities in Quebec

Who to ask

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

No MRC sits above Québec; the Communauté métropolitaine de Québec takes in the city.

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   Québec councilelected November 2025
   Bruno Marchand
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   National Assembly of Québec–
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   House of CommonsLouis-Hébert
   Joël Lightbound

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

22 members and how they were elected

Québec is split into districts for council seats, while the mayor faces every voter. No independent won a seat: the teams split the council, Québec forte et fière taking the most.

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

More electors voted for mayor than in most of Québec: 51%, against a median of 51% where the race was contested. Bruno Marchand came first for mayor on 49% of the votes, 56,040 more than Stéphane Lachance. Bruno Marchand was already mayor and kept the seat.

How Cité-Universitaire voted: same source as Councillors, above.

Counts from April 2025 can’t appear here, since Elections Canada allows only non-commercial reuse of them. Voters last chose the National Assembly of Québec on 5 October 2026 and the House of Commons on 28 April 2025. Under the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities, Québec’s next municipal vote is on 4 November 2029, the first Sunday in November every four years.

Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH

Legislatures: their own member pages

The Liberal Party of Canada holds 44 of 78 seats from Quebec, including Joël Lightbound’s.

The MP’s record

Had the 2021 ballots been cast in today’s Louis-Hébert, the Liberal Party of Canada would have led with 38%; Joël Lightbound held it for them in 2025. Joël Lightbound has sat in the Commons since 2015, now for the 4th Parliament.

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

Joël Lightbound (Liberal Party of Canada) took Louis-Hébert in 2021 with 38% of the vote, 6,686 votes ahead of Marc Dean (Bloc Québécois). Joël Lightbound was the sitting MP, elected there in 2019 with 41%.

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

At $4,190 per resident, Québec council’s $2.4 billion of long-term debt is more than the $2,461 median. Property taxes and payments in lieu brought in 65% of revenue, against 63% across the province’s returns. At 31% of spending ($1,141 a resident), roads and transit leads the budget. In 2024 the median among Québec’s local municipalities was $2,394 a resident; Québec council spent $3,668. Salaries and benefits took 40% of the total.

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

The bars put the headline’s figure for Québec council next to nearby councils, the tick marking the provincial median.

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