Photo: Veillg1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Each 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.
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).
Three governments, and who does what
Saint-Lambert, a city in Quebec, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
saint-lambert.ca ↗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.
Outside any MRC, Saint-Lambert still belongs to the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Saint-Lambert, from the most recent elections.
- 1Saint-Lambert councilelected November 2025Loïc Blancquaert
- 2National Assembly of QuébecLaporte
- 3House 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
Who sits on Saint-Lambert council
Everyone elected in 2025, seat by seat, with their team and votes.
- Loïc Blancquaert
- Luc Côté
- Catherine Duprey
- Patrick Vallerand
- Francis Le Chatelier
- Claude Ferguson
- Christiane Richard
- Thierry Harris
- Stéphanie Verreault
9 members and how they were elected
| Name | Seat | Team | Votes | Share | On the last council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loïc Blancquaert | Mayor | Independent | 4,779 | 61% | Yes, another seat |
| Luc Côté | Councillor | Independent | 394 | 52% | No |
| Catherine Duprey | Councillor | Independent | 609 | 61% | No |
| Patrick Vallerand | Councillor | Independent | 387 | 47% | No |
| Francis Le Chatelier | Councillor | Independent | 482 | 54% | Yes, another seat |
| Claude Ferguson | Councillor | Independent | 349 | 43% | Yes, another seat |
| Christiane Richard | Councillor | Independent | 860 | 72% | No |
| Thierry Harris | Councillor | Independent | 587 | 44% | No |
| Stéphanie Verreault | Councillor | Independent | 765 | 79% | 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)
| Seat | Candidate | Team | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor | Pascale Mongrain | Independent | 2,900 | 37% |
| Mayor | Patrick Lemire | Independent | 181 | 2% |
| Councillor | Daniel Forgues | Independent | 361 | 48% |
| Councillor | Philippe Glorieux | Independent | 391 | 39% |
| Councillor | Pierre Desmarteau | Independent | 291 | 35% |
| Councillor | Estelle Sabatier | Independent | 151 | 18% |
| Councillor | Yves Picard | Independent | 281 | 31% |
| Councillor | Mathieu St-Germain | Independent | 134 | 15% |
| Councillor | Philippe Kouadio | Independent | 316 | 39% |
| Councillor | Mathieu Lavergne Gagné | Independent | 152 | 19% |
| Councillor | Paul Côté | Independent | 330 | 28% |
| Councillor | Manon Gazanhes | Independent | 438 | 33% |
| Councillor | Alain Dépatie | Independent | 310 | 23% |
| Councillor | Anthony Lemke | Independent | 209 | 22% |
Councils and results: Résultats des élections municipales générales de 2025, MAMH (CC BY 4.0)
The 2025 race for mayor of Saint-Lambert
Votes for each candidate for mayor in 2025.
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.
When Saint-Lambert votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Saint-Lambert council | 2 November 2025 | 4 November 2029 |
| National Assembly of Québec | 5 October 2026 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 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
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.
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)
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.
Brossard—Saint-Lambert · Liberal Party of Canada · first elected 2008
en.wikipedia.org ↗- 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
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.
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
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Mendès | Liberal Party of Canada | 28,326 | 54.1% |
| Marie-Laurence Desgagné | Bloc Québécois | 10,441 | 19.9% |
| Marcos Alves | Conservative Party of Canada | 6,276 | 12.0% |
| Marc Audet | New Democratic Party | 5,442 | 10.4% |
| Brenda Ross | People's Party of Canada | 1,288 | 2.5% |
| Engineer-Ingénieur Hu | Free Party Canada | 583 | 1.1% |
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
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 per resident by service, 2024
What pays for it
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
Every service line, 2024
| Service | 2024 | Per resident | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roads and transit | $17.2M | $738 | 25% |
| Recreation and culture | $13.1M | $562 | 19% |
| Police, fire and protection | $12.4M | $534 | 18% |
| General government | $11.1M | $476 | 16% |
| Water, sewers and waste | $10.7M | $461 | 15% |
| Financing costs | $2.8M | $121 | 4% |
| Planning and development | $1.7M | $75 | 3% |
| Social services and child care | $248K | $11 | 0% |
Money: rapport financier and profil financier 2024, ministère des Affaires municipales et de l’Habitation (CC BY 4.0)
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.
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
Having a say in how Saint-Lambert 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.
saint-lambert.ca ↗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).