Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 4.0Turnout in Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères reached 69% in 2021, above 90% of ridings
Varennes has 8 councillors and a mayor, Martin Damphousse. For the National Assembly of Québec, Varennes votes in Verchères; open data doesn’t yet say who its MNA (Member of the National Assembly, Québec’s legislature) is. Varennes sends one MP to Ottawa from Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP): Xavier Barsalou-Duval (Bloc Québécois).
What stands out in how Varennes is governed
Many residents per seat
The middle municipality in Quebec has a seat for every 380 residents; Varennes council has far more people behind each. Council size ↓
High spending per resident
In 2024, 81% of Québec’s local municipalities spent less per resident than Varennes council. Council money ↓
A safe federal seat
In 2021, 28.4 points separated first and second (Liberal Party of Canada) in Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères, more than in 75% of the 338 ridings. How Varennes has voted ↓
High federal turnout
In 2021, Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères voted in greater numbers than 90% of the ridings. The 2021 turnout ↓
Compared with the province’s municipalities of 1,000+ residents (2021 Census; MAMH, MMAH and Statistics Canada).
Three governments, and who does what
Varennes, a city in Quebec, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
ville.varennes.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.
Two regional bodies take in Varennes: MRC Marguerite-D'Youville, its regional county municipality, and the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Varennes, from the most recent elections.
- 1Varennes councilelected November 2025Martin Damphousse
- 2National Assembly of QuébecVerchères
- 3House of CommonsPierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères
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 Varennes council
Everyone elected in 2025, seat by seat, with their team and votes.
- Martin Damphousse
- Frederick Groulx
- Marc-André Savaria
- Geneviève Labrecque
- Carine Durocher
- Caroline Charland
- Natalie Parent
- Gaétan Marcil
- Brigitte Collin
9 members and how they were elected
| Name | Seat | Team | Votes | Share | On the last council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Damphousse | Mayor | Parti durable - Équipe Damphousse | 6,668 | 78% | Yes |
| Frederick Groulx | La Guillaudière district | Parti durable - Équipe Damphousse | 628 | 56% | No |
| Marc-André Savaria | La Sitière district | Parti durable - Équipe Damphousse | 724 | 66% | Yes |
| Geneviève Labrecque | Langloiserie district | Parti durable - Équipe Damphousse | 837 | 75% | Yes |
| Carine Durocher | Notre-Dame district | Independent | 559 | 62% | Yes |
| Caroline Charland | Petite-Prairie district | Parti durable - Équipe Damphousse | 524 | 53% | No |
| Natalie Parent | Les Seigneuries district | Parti durable - Équipe Damphousse | 640 | 58% | Yes |
| Gaétan Marcil | Saint-Charles district | Independent | 677 | 54% | Yes |
| Brigitte Collin | De Martigny district | Parti durable - Équipe Damphousse | 745 | 79% | Yes |
Varennes is split into districts for council seats, while the mayor faces every voter. Parti durable - Équipe Damphousse is the only team on council; the other members sit as independents.
Every other candidate (9)
| Seat | Candidate | Team | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor | Bruno Lavoie | Independent | 1,858 | 22% |
| La Guillaudière district | Jean Latraverse | Independent | 489 | 44% |
| La Sitière district | Mélanie Caron | Independent | 368 | 34% |
| Langloiserie district | Aryanne Gagné | Independent | 280 | 25% |
| Notre-Dame district | Caroline Piché | Parti durable - Équipe Damphousse | 346 | 38% |
| Petite-Prairie district | Benoit Duval | Independent | 457 | 47% |
| Les Seigneuries district | Dexter Poulin | Independent | 473 | 43% |
| Saint-Charles district | Caroline Harpin | Parti durable - Équipe Damphousse | 571 | 46% |
| De Martigny district | Ronald Lacroix | Independent | 199 | 21% |
Councils and results: Résultats des élections municipales générales de 2025, MAMH (CC BY 4.0)
The 2025 race for mayor of Varennes
Votes for each candidate for mayor in 2025.
More electors voted for mayor than in most of Québec: 52%, against a median of 51% where the race was contested. Martin Damphousse won the race for mayor with 78% of the votes, 4,810 ahead of Bruno Lavoie. The outgoing mayor, Martin Damphousse, was re-elected.
How Varennes voted: same source as Councillors, above.
When Varennes votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Varennes council | 2 November 2025 | 4 November 2029 |
| National Assembly of Québec | 5 October 2026 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
Varennes 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. Voters last chose the National Assembly of Québec on 5 October 2026 and the House of Commons on 28 April 2025. Elections Canada’s open records end with the 2021 election; its 2025 results are under terms that rule out commercial use.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
Varennes votes in Verchères 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 ↗Varennes is in Verchères, one of the ridings that each elect a MNA to the National Assembly of Québec.
Québec ridings: Répertoire des municipalités, MAMH (CC BY 4.0)
Xavier Barsalou-Duval represents Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères · Bloc Québécois · first elected 2015
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada44
- Bloc Québécois22
- Conservative Party of Canada11
- New Democratic Party1
As Wikidata records them.
Xavier Barsalou-Duval sits with the Bloc Québécois, which has 22 of the 78 seats from Quebec, against 44 for the Liberal Party of Canada.
The MP’s record
Elections Canada’s transposition of the 2021 vote onto today’s Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères puts the Bloc Québécois first at 54%; Xavier Barsalou-Duval held it for the party in 2025. Xavier Barsalou-Duval was first elected in 2015; the current Parliament is Xavier Barsalou-Duval’s 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
In 2021, Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères re-elected Xavier Barsalou-Duval of the Bloc Québécois
Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères as it stood from 2013: the 2019 and 2021 counts, before the riding was redrawn for 2025.
15,696 votes separated Xavier Barsalou-Duval (Bloc Québécois) from Louis-Gabriel Girard (Liberal Party of Canada) in Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères in 2021, when the winner took 54%. 51% had elected Xavier Barsalou-Duval there in 2019.
All 6 candidates in Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xavier Barsalou-Duval | Bloc Québécois | 29,978 | 54.3% |
| Louis-Gabriel Girard | Liberal Party of Canada | 14,282 | 25.9% |
| Jérôme Painchaud | Conservative Party of Canada | 4,870 | 8.8% |
| Martin Leprohon | New Democratic Party | 4,261 | 7.7% |
| Alexandre Blais | People's Party of Canada | 1,078 | 2.0% |
| Carole Boisvert | Free Party Canada | 777 | 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
Varennes 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.
More goes to recreation and culture than to anything else: $774 a resident, 25% of all spending. Staff pay and benefits account for 38% of spending. Spending by Varennes council reached $3,079 a resident in 2024, well over the $2,394 median of Québec’s local municipalities. Varennes council carried $77.9M of long-term debt, $3,635 per resident against a typical $2,461. Taxes on property make up 70% of what comes in, more than the province-wide 63%.
Spending per resident nearby
Every service line, 2024
| Service | 2024 | Per resident | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recreation and culture | $16.6M | $774 | 25% |
| Roads and transit | $11.1M | $517 | 17% |
| Police, fire and protection | $10.8M | $502 | 16% |
| Water, sewers and waste | $10.6M | $493 | 16% |
| General government | $10.1M | $470 | 15% |
| Planning and development | $4.3M | $203 | 7% |
| Financing costs | $2.3M | $108 | 4% |
| Social services and child care | $277K | $13 | 0% |
Money: rapport financier and profil financier 2024, ministère des Affaires municipales et de l’Habitation (CC BY 4.0)
One seat for every 2,390 residents
Residents (2021 Census) per council seat, head of council included, beside nearby municipalities; the tick is the provincial median.
With 2,390 residents behind each seat, Varennes council sits above 90% of Quebec municipalities.
Residents: 2021 Census; seats: the province’s council list
Having a say in how Varennes 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.varennes.qc.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Council size. Seats count the head of council and the councillors, and residents are the 2021 Census count; a neighbourhood shows its city’s.
- Council money. Spending by service comes from MAMH’s consolidated 2024 financial report, revenue, debt and reserves from its financial profile, all per resident on MAMH’s population.
- Not on this page. Band councils, and what members did once elected: the open record stops at the vote.
- Who holds each seat. Who holds each seat is read from Wikidata, so a very recent change in the Commons may not appear yet.
- Which riding. Each place is put in its ridings by where its 2021 Census residents live; a riding holding 5% or more of them is listed.
- Election results. Two maps are in play: the 2013 ridings, on which 2019 and 2021 were counted, and the 2023 ridings, onto which Elections Canada transposed the 2021 vote poll by poll.
Questions about how Varennes is run
Who is the MP for Varennes?
Varennes is in Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères, represented by Xavier Barsalou-Duval (Bloc Québécois).
Which party won Varennes in the 2021 federal election?
In 2021 it was Xavier Barsalou-Duval (Bloc Québécois), who represents Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères still.
Who is the MNA for Varennes?
Varennes votes in Verchères; the National Assembly of Québec’s members page gives its current MNA.
Who heads the council in Varennes?
The mayor is Martin Damphousse, who chairs Varennes council.
How much does Varennes council spend?
In 2024, Varennes council spent $66M in all, for some 21,433 residents, of which $16.6M went on recreation and culture, the biggest line.
Which regional body is Varennes part of?
Varennes’s mayor takes a seat on the council of MRC Marguerite-D'Youville, the regional county municipality.
How is Varennes council elected?
Varennes 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).