Photo: Genvievegarneau2 · CC BY-SA 4.012,280 residents per council seat in Sherbrooke, a higher ratio than 99% of Quebec municipalities
Sherbrooke’s council has 14 councillors and is led by Marie-Claude Bibeau, the mayor. Federally, Sherbrooke is also the name of its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP), represented by Élisabeth Brière of the Liberal Party of Canada. Sherbrooke is split between 3 ridings of the National Assembly of Québec, Saint-François, Sherbrooke and Richmond. No open record names Sherbrooke’s MNA, so none is named here; the National Assembly of Québec lists its members.
What stands out in how Sherbrooke is governed
Many residents per seat
Sherbrooke council has more people behind each seat than most of Quebec, where the middle figure is 380 residents a seat. Council size ↓
Split between ridings
The riding line runs through Sherbrooke: the riding of the same name has 68% of its residents, Compton—Stanstead most of the other 32%. Member of Parliament ↓
Several Québec ridings
The Québec ridings of Saint-François, Sherbrooke and Richmond each take part of Sherbrooke. Provincial legislature ↓
High spending per resident
Sherbrooke council spent more per resident in 2024 than 92% of Québec’s local municipalities. 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
Sherbrooke, a city in Quebec, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
sherbrooke.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.
Sherbrooke belongs to no regional county municipality: the city holds an MRC’s powers itself.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Sherbrooke, from the most recent elections.
- 1Sherbrooke councilelected November 2025Marie-Claude Bibeau
- 2National Assembly of QuébecSaint-François · Sherbrooke · Richmond
- 3House of CommonsSherbrooke · 68%
- 4House of CommonsCompton—Stanstead · 32%
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 Sherbrooke council
Everyone elected in 2025, seat by seat, with their team and votes.
- Marie-Claude Bibeau
- Annie Faucher
- François-Olivier Desmarais
- Christelle Lefèvre
- Catherine Boileau
- Laure Letarte-Lavoie
- Danielle Berthold
- Joanie Bellerose
- Pascale Larocque
- Bertrand Bert Collins
- Paul Gingues
- Geneviève La Roche
- Karine Godbout
- Pierre Avard
- Fernanda Luz
15 members and how they were elected
| Name | Seat | Team | Votes | Share | On the last council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marie-Claude Bibeau | Mayor | Independent | 27,550 | 47% | No |
| Annie Faucher | Lac Magog district | Vision action Sherbrooke | 2,578 | 55% | No |
| François-Olivier Desmarais | Rock Forest district | Independent | 2,633 | 50% | No |
| Christelle Lefèvre | Saint-Élie district | Independent | 3,577 | 76% | Yes |
| Catherine Boileau | Brompton district | Sherbrooke citoyen | 1,073 | 40% | Yes |
| Laure Letarte-Lavoie | Hôtel-Dieu district | Sherbrooke citoyen | 1,746 | 48% | Yes |
| Danielle Berthold | Desranleau district | Independent | 3,349 | 70% | Yes |
| Joanie Bellerose | Quatre-Saisons district | Independent | 1,860 | 52% | Yes |
| Pascale Larocque | Pin-Solitaire district | Independent | 1,375 | 45% | No |
| Bertrand Bert Collins | Councillor | Independent | 591 | 31% | No |
| Paul Gingues | Université district | Independent | 1,935 | 41% | Yes |
| Geneviève La Roche | Ascot district | Independent | 2,510 | 65% | Yes |
| Karine Godbout | Lac-des-Nations district | Independent | 1,638 | 42% | No |
| Pierre Avard | Golf district | Independent | 2,432 | 41% | No |
| Fernanda Luz | Carrefour district | Sherbrooke citoyen | 1,834 | 35% | Yes |
Voters elect a councillor for their own district and a mayor for the whole of Sherbrooke. Several teams won seats, Sherbrooke citoyen the most; independents sit alongside them.
Every other candidate (40)
| Seat | Candidate | Team | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor | Vincent Boutin | Independent | 17,531 | 30% |
| Mayor | Guillaume Brien | Vision action Sherbrooke | 6,752 | 12% |
| Mayor | Raïs Kibonge | Sherbrooke citoyen | 6,607 | 11% |
| Lac Magog district | Germain Thibault | Independent | 893 | 19% |
| Lac Magog district | Anthony Charbonneau | Sherbrooke citoyen | 747 | 16% |
| Lac Magog district | Marie Page | Independent | 478 | 10% |
| Rock Forest district | Steve Bourassa | Independent | 1,157 | 22% |
| Rock Forest district | Marie-Claude Garneau | Vision action Sherbrooke | 1,013 | 19% |
| Rock Forest district | Léona Nkoghe | Sherbrooke citoyen | 276 | 5% |
| Rock Forest district | Tirad Badawi | Independent | 204 | 4% |
| Saint-Élie district | Nadie Côté | Vision action Sherbrooke | 679 | 15% |
| Saint-Élie district | Julien Moslener | Sherbrooke citoyen | 440 | 9% |
| Brompton district | Sébastien Houle | Independent | 1,004 | 37% |
| Brompton district | Claudia Guay | Vision action Sherbrooke | 630 | 23% |
| Hôtel-Dieu district | Linda Pagé | Vision action Sherbrooke | 1,403 | 39% |
| Hôtel-Dieu district | Hubert Richard | Independent | 464 | 13% |
| Desranleau district | Karim Talbot | Vision action Sherbrooke | 1,059 | 22% |
| Desranleau district | Amine Hamdache | Sherbrooke citoyen | 354 | 7% |
| Quatre-Saisons district | Pierre-Luc Dusseault | Sherbrooke citoyen | 1,250 | 35% |
| Quatre-Saisons district | Edwin Moreno | Vision action Sherbrooke | 482 | 13% |
| Pin-Solitaire district | Sarah Rahimaly | Sherbrooke citoyen | 803 | 26% |
| Pin-Solitaire district | Fabrice Thibault | Vision action Sherbrooke | 677 | 22% |
| Pin-Solitaire district | Yannick Théroux | Independent | 204 | 7% |
| Councillor | Jennifer Garfat | Independent | 486 | 26% |
| Councillor | Steven Steve Pankovitch | Independent | 351 | 19% |
| Councillor | Kerwins Saint-Jean | Sherbrooke citoyen | 232 | 12% |
| Councillor | André Duncan | Vision action Sherbrooke | 223 | 12% |
| Université district | Benoit Huberdeau | Independent | 1,163 | 24% |
| Université district | Judith Rodrigue | Sherbrooke citoyen | 968 | 20% |
| Université district | Guillaume Desmarais | Vision action Sherbrooke | 700 | 15% |
| Ascot district | Annabelle Lalumière-Ting | Sherbrooke citoyen | 898 | 23% |
| Ascot district | Christian Roy | Independent | 287 | 8% |
| Ascot district | Agar Grinberg | Independent | 143 | 4% |
| Lac-des-Nations district | Julien Fontaine-Binette | Sherbrooke citoyen | 1,580 | 41% |
| Lac-des-Nations district | Jessika Wilson | Vision action Sherbrooke | 684 | 18% |
| Golf district | Louis Delisle | Vision action Sherbrooke | 2,399 | 41% |
| Golf district | Josée-Ann Larone | Sherbrooke citoyen | 1,085 | 18% |
| Carrefour district | Louis-Philippe Bérard | Vision action Sherbrooke | 1,618 | 31% |
| Carrefour district | Diego Zol | Independent | 1,409 | 27% |
| Carrefour district | Behnan Balpazari | Independent | 347 | 7% |
Councils and results: Résultats des élections municipales générales de 2025, MAMH (CC BY 4.0)
The 2025 race for mayor of Sherbrooke
Votes for each candidate for mayor in 2025.
The race for mayor went to Marie-Claude Bibeau with 47%, a lead of 10,019 over Vincent Boutin. Turnout for mayor was 45%, under the 51% typical of a contested race for mayor in Québec.
How Sherbrooke voted: same source as Councillors, above.
When Sherbrooke votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Sherbrooke council | 2 November 2025 | 4 November 2029 |
| National Assembly of Québec | 5 October 2026 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
Sherbrooke votes next on 4 November 2029: the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities sets municipal elections on the first Sunday in November every four years. The National Assembly of Québec was last elected on 5 October 2026, and the House of Commons 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
Sherbrooke spans 3 ridings 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 ↗MNA: see the legislature’s list
assnat.qc.ca ↗MNA: see the legislature’s list
assnat.qc.ca ↗Which MNA in the National Assembly of Québec represents a home in Sherbrooke depends on the street. The Répertoire lists the ridings without populations, so the page can’t say how much of the town each one covers.
Québec ridings: Répertoire des municipalités, MAMH (CC BY 4.0)
Sherbrooke has 2 MPs
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Sherbrooke · Liberal Party of Canada · first elected 2019 · 68%
en.wikipedia.org ↗Compton—Stanstead · Liberal Party of Canada · 32%
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada44
- Bloc Québécois22
- Conservative Party of Canada11
- New Democratic Party1
As Wikidata records them.
Of the 78 MPs from Quebec, 44 are with the Liberal Party of Canada, Élisabeth Brière among them.
The MP’s record
The current Parliament is Élisabeth Brière’s 3rd, counting from a first win in 2019. Mapped onto today’s Sherbrooke, the 2021 vote gives the Liberal Party of Canada 38%; in 2025 Élisabeth Brière 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
Élisabeth Brière kept Sherbrooke for the Liberal Party of Canada in 2021
Counts for Sherbrooke within its 2013 boundaries, used in 2019 and 2021; the 2025 election ran on a new map. 69% of Sherbrooke lived in it.
In 2019, Élisabeth Brière had won the same riding with 29%. Élisabeth Brière (Liberal Party of Canada) took Sherbrooke in 2021 with 38% of the vote, 4,982 votes ahead of Ensaf Haidar (Bloc Québécois). Turnout in Sherbrooke reached 65% in 2021, against 63% nationally.
All 7 candidates in Sherbrooke, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Élisabeth Brière | Liberal Party of Canada | 21,830 | 37.5% |
| Ensaf Haidar | Bloc Québécois | 16,848 | 29.0% |
| Marika Lalime | New Democratic Party | 8,107 | 13.9% |
| Andrea Winters | Conservative Party of Canada | 7,490 | 12.9% |
| Marie-Clarisse Berger | Green Party of Canada | 1,670 | 2.9% |
| Marcela Niculescu | People's Party of Canada | 1,453 | 2.5% |
| Maxime Boivin | Free Party Canada | 787 | 1.4% |
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
Sherbrooke 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.
Pay and benefits made up 36% of spending. Sherbrooke council spent $3,839 per resident in 2024, against a median of $2,394 among Québec’s local municipalities. Electricity and gas takes the biggest share, 31%, or $1,184 per resident. Local taxpayers carry a smaller share than elsewhere: 45% of revenue, where the province’s returns show 63%. Sherbrooke council’s borrowing is on the heavy side: $631.4M long term, $3,482 a resident where the median is $2,461.
Spending per resident nearby
Every service line, 2024
| Service | 2024 | Per resident | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electricity and gas | $214.7M | $1,184 | 31% |
| Roads and transit | $131.3M | $724 | 19% |
| Police, fire and protection | $80.5M | $444 | 12% |
| Water, sewers and waste | $80M | $441 | 11% |
| General government | $67.3M | $371 | 10% |
| Recreation and culture | $61.9M | $341 | 9% |
| Planning and development | $31.2M | $172 | 4% |
| Financing costs | $21.1M | $116 | 3% |
| Social services and child care | $8.4M | $46 | 1% |
Money: rapport financier and profil financier 2024, ministère des Affaires municipales et de l’Habitation (CC BY 4.0)
Sherbrooke council beside its neighbours
Residents (2021 Census) per council seat, head of council included, beside nearby municipalities; the tick is the provincial median.
How Sherbrooke 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 Sherbrooke 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.
sherbrooke.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Council size. Every seat counts, the head of council’s too, against the population of the 2021 Census.
- Which riding. A riding is listed when 5% or more of the place’s 2021 Census residents live in it; the largest share comes first.
- Election results. Official counts for 2019 and 2021 are by the 2013 ridings; Elections Canada also re-counted the 2021 ballots onto the 2023 ridings by polling division, and that estimate is what “today’s boundaries” means here.
- Not on this page. Band councils, and what members did once elected: the open record stops at the vote.
- Who holds each seat. MPs come from Wikidata’s records of the 45th Parliament, which can lag a resignation or a by-election by some days.
Questions about how Sherbrooke is run
Who is the MP for Sherbrooke?
Mostly Élisabeth Brière (Liberal Party of Canada), MP for the riding of the same name; part of Sherbrooke is in Compton—Stanstead, held by Marianne Dandurand.
Which party won Sherbrooke in the 2021 federal election?
In 2021 it was Élisabeth Brière (Liberal Party of Canada), who represents Sherbrooke still.
Who is the MNA for Sherbrooke?
Each of Saint-François, Sherbrooke and Richmond elects its own MNA to the National Assembly of Québec, and Sherbrooke lies across them.
Who heads the council in Sherbrooke?
Sherbrooke council is led by Marie-Claude Bibeau, its mayor.
How much does Sherbrooke council spend?
The 2024 return of Sherbrooke council shows $696.3M of spending for roughly 181,360 residents, $214.7M of it on electricity and gas.
How is Sherbrooke council elected?
Sherbrooke 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).