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Town hall & politics · Quebec

Each seat on Saint-Lambert’s council stands for 2,600 residents, more than in 92% of Quebec municipalities

Saint-Lambert sends one MNA (Member of the National Assembly, Québec’s legislature) to the National Assembly of Québec from Laporte, though no open record we can reuse gives the name. For federal votes, Saint-Lambert belongs to Brossard—Saint-Lambert, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP); Alexandra Mendès (Liberal Party of Canada) holds it. Saint-Lambert’s council has 8 councillors and is led by Loïc Blancquaert, the mayor.

MP
Alexandra Mendès
Liberal Party of Canada · Brossard—Saint-Lambert
Provincial riding
Laporte
National Assembly of Québec
Mayor
Loïc Blancquaert
elected 2 November 2025
Council seats
9
City
Next council election
4 November 2029
fixed by Québec law
Spending per resident, 2024
$2,979
from the council’s financial return
Turnout, 2021 federal
64%
Canada 63%
What stands out

What stands out in how Saint-Lambert is governed

Many residents per seat

Saint-Lambert council spreads its seats over a big population; the typical municipality in Quebec has one seat per 380 residents. Council size ↓

High spending per resident

Only a minority of Québec’s local municipalities spent more per resident in 2024 than Saint-Lambert council: it is ahead of 79%. Council money ↓

A safe federal seat

With 34.2 points between the winner and the runner-up (Bloc Québécois), Brossard—Saint-Lambert was safer in 2021 than 83% of the 338 ridings. How Saint-Lambert has voted ↓

Compared with the province’s municipalities of 1,000+ residents (2021 Census; MAMH, MMAH and Statistics Canada).

Who runs Saint-Lambert

Three governments, and who does what

Saint-Lambert, a city in Quebec, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.

Saint-Lambert

Local services, by-laws and property tax.

saint-lambert.ca ↗
National Assembly of Québec

Schools, health care, highways, municipal law.

assnat.qc.ca ↗
House of Commons

Passports, pensions, EI, defence, immigration.

ourcommons.ca ↗

Who to ask

Bins and recyclingSaint-Lambert
Planning applicationsSaint-Lambert
Potholes, roads and streetlightsSaint-Lambert
Water, sewers and leaksSaint-Lambert
Parks and leisure centresSaint-Lambert
LibrariesSaint-Lambert
Fire safety visitsSaint-Lambert
Property tax billsSaint-Lambert
Schools and school placesQuebec
Hospitals, family doctors and careQuebec
Highways and driver’s licencesQuebec
Passports, EI and pensionsGovernment of Canada

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

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

Who represents Saint-Lambert

From the council table to Ottawa

Every elected tier that speaks for Saint-Lambert, from the most recent elections.

  1. 1
    Saint-Lambert councilelected November 2025
    Loïc Blancquaert
  2. 2
    National Assembly of QuébecLaporte
  3. 3
    House of CommonsBrossard—Saint-Lambert

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

Councillors

Who sits on Saint-Lambert council

Everyone elected in 2025, seat by seat, with their team and votes.

Saint-Lambert council
elected 2 November 2025
  • Loïc Blancquaert
  • Luc Côté
  • Catherine Duprey
  • Patrick Vallerand
  • Francis Le Chatelier
  • Claude Ferguson
  • Christiane Richard
  • Thierry Harris
Councillors (continued)
  • Stéphanie Verreault
Re-elected
4
of 9 members
New to the council
5

9 members and how they were elected

NameSeatTeamVotesShareOn the last council
Loïc BlancquaertMayorIndependent4,77961%Yes, another seat
Luc CôtéCouncillorIndependent39452%No
Catherine DupreyCouncillorIndependent60961%No
Patrick VallerandCouncillorIndependent38747%No
Francis Le ChatelierCouncillorIndependent48254%Yes, another seat
Claude FergusonCouncillorIndependent34943%Yes, another seat
Christiane RichardCouncillorIndependent86072%No
Thierry HarrisCouncillorIndependent58744%No
Stéphanie VerreaultCouncillorIndependent76579%Yes

All the seats on Saint-Lambert council went to candidates with no team. Councillors come from districts, one each, and the whole of Saint-Lambert elects the mayor.

Every other candidate (14)
SeatCandidateTeamVotesShare
MayorPascale MongrainIndependent2,90037%
MayorPatrick LemireIndependent1812%
CouncillorDaniel ForguesIndependent36148%
CouncillorPhilippe GlorieuxIndependent39139%
CouncillorPierre DesmarteauIndependent29135%
CouncillorEstelle SabatierIndependent15118%
CouncillorYves PicardIndependent28131%
CouncillorMathieu St-GermainIndependent13415%
CouncillorPhilippe KouadioIndependent31639%
CouncillorMathieu Lavergne GagnéIndependent15219%
CouncillorPaul CôtéIndependent33028%
CouncillorManon GazanhesIndependent43833%
CouncillorAlain DépatieIndependent31023%
CouncillorAnthony LemkeIndependent20922%

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

How Saint-Lambert voted

The 2025 race for mayor of Saint-Lambert

Votes for each candidate for mayor in 2025.

Loïc Blancquaert4,779
Pascale Mongrain2,900
Patrick Lemire181

A lead of 1,879 votes over Pascale Mongrain gave Loïc Blancquaert the mayor’s seat, with 61% of the votes. Fewer electors voted for mayor than in most of Québec: 46%, where the median contested race drew 51%. The outgoing mayor, Pascale Mongrain, lost the seat to Loïc Blancquaert.

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

Elections

When Saint-Lambert votes

The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.

ElectionLastNext
Saint-Lambert council2 November 20254 November 2029
National Assembly of Québec5 October 2026–
House of Commons28 April 2025–

The latest vote shown is 2021: the 2025 counts carry Elections Canada’s non-commercial terms. Councils are elected on the first Sunday in November every four years, says the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities, so Saint-Lambert 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.

Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH

National Assembly of Québec

Saint-Lambert votes in Laporte for the National Assembly of Québec

Provinces and territories run schools, health care and municipal law; each riding elects one MNA.

Laporte

MNA: see the legislature’s list

assnat.qc.ca ↗

For the National Assembly of Québec, Saint-Lambert votes in Laporte, which has one MNA.

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

Member of Parliament

Alexandra Mendès represents Brossard—Saint-Lambert in Ottawa

Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.

Alexandra Mendès

Brossard—Saint-Lambert · Liberal Party of Canada · first elected 2008

en.wikipedia.org ↗
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  • Liberal Party of Canada44
  • Bloc Québécois22
  • Conservative Party of Canada11
  • New Democratic Party1

As Wikidata records them.

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

The MP’s record

Alexandra Mendès was first elected in 2008, spent time out of the House and returned in 2015. Mapped onto today’s Brossard—Saint-Lambert, the 2021 vote gives the Liberal Party of Canada 54%; in 2025 Alexandra Mendès kept the seat in the same hands.

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

How Saint-Lambert has voted

Brossard—Saint-Lambert returned Alexandra Mendès (Liberal Party of Canada) in 2021

Brossard—Saint-Lambert as it stood from 2013: the 2019 and 2021 counts, before the riding was redrawn for 2025.

Party20212019
Liberal Party of Canada54.1%53.9%
Bloc Québécois19.9%19.7%
Conservative Party of Canada12.0%10.8%
New Democratic Party10.4%9.6%
People's Party of Canada2.5%0.9%
Free Party Canada1.1%–

54% had elected Alexandra Mendès there in 2019. Alexandra Mendès won the 2021 race in Brossard—Saint-Lambert for the Liberal Party of Canada, polling 54% and beating Marie-Laurence Desgagné (Bloc Québécois) by 17,885 votes. At 64%, more of Brossard—Saint-Lambert voted in 2021 than Canada as a whole (63%).

All 6 candidates in Brossard—Saint-Lambert, 2021
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Alexandra MendèsLiberal Party of Canada28,32654.1%
Marie-Laurence DesgagnéBloc Québécois10,44119.9%
Marcos AlvesConservative Party of Canada6,27612.0%
Marc AudetNew Democratic Party5,44210.4%
Brenda RossPeople's Party of Canada1,2882.5%
Engineer-Ingénieur HuFree Party Canada5831.1%

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

Council money

Saint-Lambert 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, 2024
$69.3M
$2,979 per resident
Long-term debt
$92.7M
$3,982 per resident
Reserves and reserve funds
$10.5M
$451 per resident

Spending per resident by service, 2024

Roads and transit$738
Recreation and culture$562
Police, fire and protection$534
General government$476
Water, sewers and waste$461
Financing costs$121
Planning and development$75
Social services and child care$11

What pays for it

SourceSaint-LambertProvince
Property taxes and payments in lieu77%63%
Other revenue, fees included18%28%
Grants from governments5%9%

Shares of revenue, town and province.

Spending by Saint-Lambert council reached $2,979 a resident in 2024, well over the $2,394 median of Québec’s local municipalities. Pay and benefits made up 26% of spending. At 25% of spending ($738 a resident), roads and transit leads the budget. Local taxpayers carry a bigger share than elsewhere: 77% of revenue, where the province’s returns show 63%. Saint-Lambert council carried $92.7M of long-term debt, $3,982 per resident against a typical $2,461.

Spending per resident nearby
Saint-Lambert$2,979
Lemoyne$4,057
Every service line, 2024
Service2024Per residentShare
Roads and transit$17.2M$73825%
Recreation and culture$13.1M$56219%
Police, fire and protection$12.4M$53418%
General government$11.1M$47616%
Water, sewers and waste$10.7M$46115%
Financing costs$2.8M$1214%
Planning and development$1.7M$753%
Social services and child care$248K$110%

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

Council size

Saint-Lambert council beside its neighbours

Residents (2021 Census) per council seat, head of council included, beside nearby municipalities; the tick is the provincial median.

Saint-Lambert2,600
Lemoyne14,130

How Saint-Lambert council compares is at the top of the page; here it stands beside its neighbours.

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

Get involved

Having a say in how Saint-Lambert is run

Register to vote

Check or update the federal list.

elections.ca ↗
Contact your MP

Every MP lists an office.

ourcommons.ca ↗
Provincial elections

Ridings, registration and voting dates.

electionsquebec.qc.ca ↗
Your municipality

Council meetings, agendas and services.

saint-lambert.ca ↗
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Not on this page. Band councils, and what members did once elected: the open record stops at the vote.
  • Who holds each seat. Each MP’s name and party are Wikidata’s statements for the 45th Parliament, read in November 2026.
  • Which riding. The 2021 Census homes of a place’s residents fix its ridings, and one is shown once it holds 5% of them.
  • 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.
  • Council size. Every seat counts, the head of council’s too, against the population of the 2021 Census.
  • Council money. Per resident uses MAMH’s population; the 2024 financial report gives charges by service and the financial profile the revenue, debt and reserves.

Questions about how Saint-Lambert is run

Who is the MP for Saint-Lambert?

For Saint-Lambert, it’s Alexandra Mendès (Liberal Party of Canada), who holds Brossard—Saint-Lambert.

Which party won Saint-Lambert in the 2021 federal election?

The Liberal Party of Canada: Alexandra Mendès won Brossard—Saint-Lambert in 2021 and still holds it.

Who is the MNA for Saint-Lambert?

The riding for Saint-Lambert is Laporte, and the National Assembly of Québec lists the MNA who holds it.

Who heads the council in Saint-Lambert?

Saint-Lambert council is led by Loïc Blancquaert, its mayor.

How much does Saint-Lambert council spend?

In 2024, Saint-Lambert council spent $69.3M in all, for some 23,270 residents, of which $17.2M went on roads and transit, the biggest line.

How is Saint-Lambert council elected?

Saint-Lambert council: the mayor is chosen at large, each councillor by a district.

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).