Photo: Bull-Doser at English Wikipedia · Public domainCouncil seats in Rosemère are spread thin, 2,030 residents each, more than in 87% of Quebec municipalities
Marie-Elaine Pitre leads Rosemère as mayor, alongside 6 councillors. In the National Assembly of Québec, Rosemère belongs to Groulx; who holds it as MNA (Member of the National Assembly, Québec’s legislature) isn’t on an open record, so no one is named. For federal votes, Rosemère belongs to Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP); Linda Lapointe (Liberal Party of Canada) holds it.
What stands out in how Rosemère is governed
Many residents per seat
Rosemère council has more people behind each seat than most of Quebec, where the middle figure is 380 residents a seat. Council size ↓
High spending per resident
Only a minority of Québec’s local municipalities spent more per resident in 2024 than Rosemère council: it is ahead of 78%. Council money ↓
Compared with the province’s municipalities of 1,000+ residents (2021 Census; MAMH, MMAH and Statistics Canada).
Three governments, and who does what
Rosemère, a city in Quebec, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
ville.rosemere.qc.ca ↗Land-use, waste and fire-cover plans.
Schools, health care, highways, municipal law.
assnat.qc.ca ↗Passports, pensions, EI, defence, immigration.
ourcommons.ca ↗Who to ask
Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.
Rosemère belongs to MRC Thérèse-De Blainville, a regional county municipality, and to the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Rosemère, from the most recent elections.
- 1Rosemère councilelected November 2025Marie-Elaine Pitre
- 2National Assembly of QuébecGroulx
- 3House of CommonsRivière-des-Mille-Îles
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
Who sits on Rosemère council
Everyone elected in 2025, seat by seat, with their team and votes.
- Marie-Elaine Pitre
- Marie-Hélène Fortin
- Jean-François Gagnière
- Stéphanie Nantel
- Annick Lemelin-Lagacé
- Sébastien Jacquet
- Elmer Van Der Vlugt
7 members and how they were elected
| Name | Seat | Team | Votes | Share | On the last council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marie-Elaine Pitre | Mayor | Vision Rosemère - Équipe Marie-Elaine Pitre | 3,292 | 58% | Yes, another seat |
| Marie-Hélène Fortin | Councillor | Vision Rosemère - Équipe Marie-Elaine Pitre | 3,426 | 61% | No |
| Jean-François Gagnière | Councillor | Vision Rosemère - Équipe Marie-Elaine Pitre | 3,363 | 60% | No |
| Stéphanie Nantel | Councillor | Vision Rosemère - Équipe Marie-Elaine Pitre | 3,410 | 61% | Yes |
| Annick Lemelin-Lagacé | Councillor | Vision Rosemère - Équipe Marie-Elaine Pitre | 3,263 | 58% | No |
| Sébastien Jacquet | Councillor | Vision Rosemère - Équipe Marie-Elaine Pitre | 3,335 | 60% | No |
| Elmer Van Der Vlugt | Councillor | Vision Rosemère - Équipe Marie-Elaine Pitre | 3,302 | 59% | No |
Every member of the council ran for Vision Rosemère - Équipe Marie-Elaine Pitre. All of Rosemère council is elected at large, with each voter helping fill every seat, the mayor’s as well.
Every other candidate (15)
| Seat | Candidate | Team | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor | Sophie M. Cardinal | Ensemble Rosemère Together | 1,315 | 23% |
| Mayor | Eric Westram | Westram collectif / Collective | 929 | 16% |
| Mayor | Jonathan Rheault | Independent | 127 | 2% |
| Councillor | Pascal Beaudoin-Dinh | Ensemble Rosemère Together | 1,310 | 23% |
| Councillor | Manuel Charbonneau | Westram collectif / Collective | 888 | 16% |
| Councillor | Damelie Boucher | Ensemble Rosemère Together | 1,326 | 24% |
| Councillor | Patrick Antonacci | Westram collectif / Collective | 922 | 16% |
| Councillor | Stefania Chianetta | Ensemble Rosemère Together | 1,292 | 23% |
| Councillor | Veronica Pascarella | Westram collectif / Collective | 907 | 16% |
| Councillor | René Villeneuve | Ensemble Rosemère Together | 1,423 | 25% |
| Councillor | Julie Vézina | Westram collectif / Collective | 924 | 17% |
| Councillor | Sylvain Savard | Ensemble Rosemère Together | 1,300 | 23% |
| Councillor | RoseAnna Cirino | Westram collectif / Collective | 970 | 17% |
| Councillor | Shelley Townsend | Ensemble Rosemère Together | 1,343 | 24% |
| Councillor | Nancy Lalancette | Westram collectif / Collective | 961 | 17% |
Councils and results: Résultats des élections municipales générales de 2025, MAMH (CC BY 4.0)
The 2025 race for mayor of Rosemère
Votes for each candidate for mayor in 2025.
Marie-Elaine Pitre unseated the outgoing mayor, Eric Westram. Marie-Elaine Pitre came first for mayor on 58% of the votes, 1,977 more than Sophie M. Cardinal. 51% of electors voted for mayor, below the 51% median of Québec’s contested mayoral races.
How Rosemère voted: same source as Councillors, above.
When Rosemère votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Rosemère council | 2 November 2025 | 4 November 2029 |
| National Assembly of Québec | 5 October 2026 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
Councils are elected on the first Sunday in November every four years, says the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities, so Rosemère votes next on 4 November 2029. The National Assembly of Québec was last elected on 5 October 2026, and the House of Commons on 28 April 2025. 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
Rosemère votes in Groulx for the National Assembly of Québec
Provinces and territories run schools, health care and municipal law; each riding elects one MNA.
MNA: see the legislature’s list
assnat.qc.ca ↗For the National Assembly of Québec, Rosemère votes in Groulx, which has one MNA.
Québec ridings: Répertoire des municipalités, MAMH (CC BY 4.0)
Linda Lapointe represents Rivière-des-Mille-Îles in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Rivière-des-Mille-Îles · Liberal Party of Canada · first elected 2015
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada44
- Bloc Québécois22
- Conservative Party of Canada11
- New Democratic Party1
As Wikidata records them.
Linda Lapointe’s party, the Liberal Party of Canada, has 44 of the 78 seats from Quebec.
The MP’s record
Linda Lapointe first won a seat in 2015 and, after a spell away, came back to the Commons in 2025. Elections Canada’s transposition of the 2021 vote onto today’s Rivière-des-Mille-Îles puts the Bloc Québécois first at 41%: Linda Lapointe won it away from them 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
In 2021, Rivière-des-Mille-Îles re-elected Luc Desilets of the Bloc Québécois
Results in Rivière-des-Mille-Îles as drawn in 2013, the boundaries of the 2019 and 2021 elections; the riding was redrawn for 2025.
Rivière-des-Mille-Îles turned out at 65% in 2021; the country managed 63%. Luc Desilets (Bloc Québécois) took Rivière-des-Mille-Îles in 2021 with 41% of the vote, 2,810 votes ahead of Linda Lapointe (Liberal Party of Canada). In 2019, Luc Desilets had won the same riding with 41%.
All 9 candidates in Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luc Desilets | Bloc Québécois | 21,645 | 40.6% |
| Linda Lapointe | Liberal Party of Canada | 18,835 | 35.3% |
| Marc Duffy-Vincelette | Conservative Party of Canada | 5,479 | 10.3% |
| Joseph Hakizimana | New Democratic Party | 3,852 | 7.2% |
| Hans Roker Jr | People's Party of Canada | 1,468 | 2.8% |
| Alec Ware | Green Party of Canada | 972 | 1.8% |
| Valérie Beauséjour | Free Party Canada | 847 | 1.6% |
| Michael Dionne | Parti Patriote | 149 | 0.3% |
| Julius Bute | Parti pour l'Indépendance du Québec | 119 | 0.2% |
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
Rosemère council spends more per resident than most
The 2024 financial return: spending by service and revenue by source, per resident, compared only with Québec’s local municipalities.
Spending per resident by service, 2024
What pays for it
Shares of revenue, town and province.
Rosemère council’s borrowing is on the heavy side: $42.8M long term, $3,028 a resident where the median is $2,461. Taxes on property make up 76% of what comes in, more than the province-wide 63%. No service costs more than water, sewers and waste, at $738 per resident and 25% of the total. Pay and benefits made up 41% of spending. Spending by Rosemère council reached $2,950 a resident in 2024, well over the $2,394 median of Québec’s local municipalities.
Spending per resident nearby
Every service line, 2024
| Service | 2024 | Per resident | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water, sewers and waste | $10.4M | $738 | 25% |
| Police, fire and protection | $8.8M | $623 | 21% |
| Roads and transit | $7.9M | $561 | 19% |
| General government | $5.8M | $414 | 14% |
| Recreation and culture | $5.4M | $383 | 13% |
| Financing costs | $1.6M | $111 | 4% |
| Planning and development | $1.5M | $105 | 4% |
| Social services and child care | $214K | $15 | 1% |
Money: rapport financier and profil financier 2024, ministère des Affaires municipales et de l’Habitation (CC BY 4.0)
Rosemère council beside its neighbours
Residents (2021 Census) per council seat, head of council included, beside nearby municipalities; the tick is the provincial median.
Beside its neighbours, Rosemère council is the bar in colour; the headline above has the comparison with the province.
Residents: 2021 Census; seats: the province’s council list
Having a say in how Rosemère is run
Check or update the federal list.
elections.ca ↗Every MP lists an office.
ourcommons.ca ↗Ridings, registration and voting dates.
electionsquebec.qc.ca ↗Council meetings, agendas and services.
ville.rosemere.qc.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Council size. Residents per seat divide the 2021 Census population by every council seat, the head of council’s included.
- Council money. MAMH’s 2024 financial report, consolidated: charges by service, with revenue, debt and reserves from the financial profile, per resident with MAMH’s own population.
- Who holds each seat. Each MP’s name and party are Wikidata’s statements for the 45th Parliament, read in November 2026.
- Not on this page. The open files end at election night: no council votes since, and no band councils.
- Election results. Where the page says “today’s boundaries”, it means Elections Canada’s estimate of the 2021 vote on the 2023 ridings; every other count is official and on the 2013 map.
- Which riding. A place belongs to the riding where most of its 2021 Census residents live, plus any other with 5% or more.
Questions about how Rosemère is run
Who is the MP for Rosemère?
Rosemère is in Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, represented by Linda Lapointe (Liberal Party of Canada).
Which party won Rosemère in the 2021 federal election?
Rivière-des-Mille-Îles went to Luc Desilets (Bloc Québécois) in 2021. Since 2025, Linda Lapointe has been the MP for Rivière-des-Mille-Îles.
Who is the MNA for Rosemère?
Look up Groulx on the National Assembly of Québec’s site: that riding, which takes in Rosemère, has one MNA.
Who heads the council in Rosemère?
Rosemère council is led by Marie-Elaine Pitre, its mayor.
How much does Rosemère council spend?
The 2024 return of Rosemère council shows $41.7M of spending for roughly 14,138 residents, $10.4M of it on water, sewers and waste.
Which regional body is Rosemère part of?
Rosemère belongs to MRC Thérèse-De Blainville, a regional county municipality whose council is made up of its municipalities’ mayors.
How is Rosemère council elected?
At large: every voter helps fill all of Rosemère council, the mayor too.
Sources: MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · Québec ridings: Répertoire des municipalités, MAMH (CC BY 4.0) · Councils: Répertoire des municipalités du Québec, MAMH (CC BY 4.0) · Money: rapport financier and profil financier 2024, ministère des Affaires municipales et de l’Habitation (CC BY 4.0) · Councils and results: Résultats des élections municipales générales de 2025, MAMH (CC BY 4.0) · Next municipal election: the province’s municipal election act · Municipality types: Statistics Canada census subdivisions · 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 · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).