Council seats in Québec are spread thin, 26,940 residents each, more than in 99% of Quebec municipalities

Who to ask

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

Québec belongs to no regional county municipality, but it is part of the Communauté métropolitaine de Québec.

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   Québec councilelected November 2025
   Bruno Marchand
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   National Assembly of Québec–
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   House of CommonsCharlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles
   Pierre Paul-Hus

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

Councillors come from districts, one each, and the whole of Québec elects the mayor. Every seat went to a team; Québec forte et fière won the most.

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

51% of electors voted for mayor, above the 51% median of Québec’s contested mayoral races. Bruno Marchand won the race for mayor with 49% of the votes, 56,040 ahead of Stéphane Lachance. Bruno Marchand held on to the mayor’s seat.

How Saint-Rodrigue voted: same source as Councillors, above.

Councils are elected on the first Sunday in November every four years, says the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities, so Québec votes next on 4 November 2029. Provincially the last general election was on 5 October 2026, for the National Assembly of Québec; federally, on 28 April 2025. The open federal catalogue ends at 2021; the 2025 results sit on elections.ca under terms that bar commercial use.

Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH

Legislatures: their own member pages

Of the 78 seats from Quebec, the Liberal Party of Canada holds 44, and Pierre Paul-Hus’s Conservative Party of Canada has 11.

The MP’s record

On today’s boundaries, the 2021 vote in Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles would have gone to the Conservative Party of Canada with 45%, and Pierre Paul-Hus kept it for them in 2025. Pierre Paul-Hus was first elected in 2015; the current Parliament is Pierre Paul-Hus’ 4th.

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 2021 count in Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles put Pierre Paul-Hus (Conservative Party of Canada) first at 45%, with Marie-Christine Lamontagne (Bloc Québécois) 11,386 votes back. The 2019 result had favoured Pierre Paul-Hus as well, at 38%.

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 31% of spending ($1,141 a resident), roads and transit leads the budget. At $3,668 for every resident in 2024, Québec council sits above the $2,394 median of Québec’s local municipalities. Of every dollar spent, 40% went on pay and benefits. Long-term debt at Québec council stood at $2.4 billion, or $4,190 a resident, above the $2,461 median. Taxes on property make up 65% of what comes in, more than the province-wide 63%.

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