Photo: Gaétan Veillette · CC BY-SA 4.0At 69%, 2021 turnout in Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères beat 90% of the country’s ridings
The mayor of Verchères is Katherine R. L'Heureux, who sits with 6 councillors. Verchères is in Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP), and the seat belongs to Xavier Barsalou-Duval of the Bloc Québécois. Verchères is in the riding of the same name for the National Assembly of Québec, whose current MNA (Member of the National Assembly, Québec’s legislature) no open source we can use records yet.
What stands out in how Verchères is governed
Many residents per seat
Across Quebec the median is one seat per 380 residents, well under the ratio on Verchères council. Council size ↓
Low spending per resident
In 2024, 67% of Québec’s local municipalities spent more per resident than Verchères council. Council money ↓
A safe federal seat
The 2021 winner in Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères finished 28.4 points ahead of the runner-up (Liberal Party of Canada), a wider lead than in 75% of Canada’s 338 ridings. How Verchères 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
Verchères, a municipality in Quebec, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
ville.vercheres.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.
The regional county municipality of Verchères is MRC Marguerite-D'Youville, inside the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Verchères, from the most recent elections.
- 1Verchères councilelected November 2025Katherine R. L'Heureux
- 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 Verchères council
Everyone elected in 2025, seat by seat, with their team and votes.
- Katherine R. L'Heureux
- Luc Fortin
- Dominic Lampron
- Annie Dubeau
- Claudine Martineau
- Philippe Tremblay
- Félix Lariviere
7 members and how they were elected
| Name | Seat | Team | Votes | Share | On the last council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katherine R. L'Heureux | Mayor | Independent | 1,144 | 50% | Yes, another seat |
| Luc Fortin | Simblin district | Independent | 185 | 41% | No |
| Dominic Lampron | Madeleine district | Independent | – | acclaimed | Yes |
| Annie Dubeau | De Villiers district | Independent | – | acclaimed | Yes |
| Claudine Martineau | Ludger-Duvernay district | Independent | 223 | 73% | No |
| Philippe Tremblay | Bellevue district | Independent | – | acclaimed | Yes |
| Félix Lariviere | Marie-Perrot district | Independent | 186 | 50% | No |
Councillors come from districts, one each, and the whole of Verchères elects the mayor. Every member of Verchères council ran without a team or party.
Every other candidate (5)
| Seat | Candidate | Team | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor | Alexandre Bélisle | Independent | 1,133 | 50% |
| Simblin district | Loïc Guillemot | Independent | 142 | 32% |
| Simblin district | Frédéric Le Cavalier | Independent | 120 | 27% |
| Ludger-Duvernay district | Nicolaime Lareau | Independent | 81 | 27% |
| Marie-Perrot district | Sarah Desautels | Independent | 186 | 50% |
Councils and results: Résultats des élections municipales générales de 2025, MAMH (CC BY 4.0)
The 2025 race for mayor of Verchères
Votes for each candidate for mayor in 2025.
Alexandre Bélisle, the sitting mayor, was beaten by Katherine R. L'Heureux. Katherine R. L'Heureux won the race for mayor with 50% of the votes, 11 ahead of Alexandre Bélisle. 51% of electors voted for mayor, above the 51% median of Québec’s contested mayoral races.
How Verchères voted: same source as Councillors, above.
When Verchères votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Verchères council | 2 November 2025 | 4 November 2029 |
| National Assembly of Québec | 5 October 2026 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
Under the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities, Verchères’s next municipal vote is on 4 November 2029, 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. 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
Verchères votes in the riding of the same name 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 ↗The riding is the riding of the same name: it sends one MNA to the National Assembly of Québec, and Verchères votes in it.
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.
The Bloc Québécois, Xavier Barsalou-Duval’s party, takes 22 of the 78 seats from Quebec; the Liberal Party of Canada takes 44.
The MP’s record
Xavier Barsalou-Duval was first elected in 2015; the current Parliament is Xavier Barsalou-Duval’s 4th. On today’s boundaries, the 2021 vote in Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères would have gone to the Bloc Québécois with 54%, and Xavier Barsalou-Duval kept it for 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
Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères returned Xavier Barsalou-Duval (Bloc Québécois) in 2021
Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères as it stood from 2013: the 2019 and 2021 counts, before the riding was redrawn for 2025.
Xavier Barsalou-Duval was the sitting MP, elected there in 2019 with 51%. Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères elected Xavier Barsalou-Duval (Bloc Québécois) in 2021: 54% of the vote, a lead of 15,696 over Louis-Gabriel Girard (Liberal Party of Canada).
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
Verchères council spends less 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.
Of every dollar spent, 37% went on pay and benefits. Spending by Verchères council came to $2,121 a resident in 2024, under the $2,394 median of Québec’s local municipalities. More goes to water, sewers and waste than to anything else: $555 a resident, 26% of all spending. Property taxes and payments in lieu brought in 78% of revenue, against 63% across the province’s returns. Debt Verchères council owes over the long term came to $10.3M, $1,781 a resident, under the median of $2,461.
Spending per resident nearby
Every service line, 2024
| Service | 2024 | Per resident | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water, sewers and waste | $3.2M | $555 | 26% |
| Police, fire and protection | $2.4M | $415 | 20% |
| Recreation and culture | $2.2M | $374 | 18% |
| Roads and transit | $1.9M | $330 | 16% |
| General government | $1.7M | $298 | 14% |
| Planning and development | $443K | $77 | 4% |
| Financing costs | $337K | $58 | 3% |
| Social services and child care | $81K | $14 | 1% |
Money: rapport financier and profil financier 2024, ministère des Affaires municipales et de l’Habitation (CC BY 4.0)
One seat for every 830 residents
Residents (2021 Census) per council seat, head of council included, beside nearby municipalities; the tick is the provincial median.
At 830 residents a seat, Verchères council is more thinly spread than 73% of Quebec municipalities.
Residents: 2021 Census; seats: the province’s council list
Having a say in how Verchères 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.vercheres.qc.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Council size. For residents per seat, the head of council is counted as a seat, and the population is the 2021 Census figure.
- Which riding. A place belongs to the riding where most of its 2021 Census residents live, plus any other with 5% or more.
- 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.
- Not on this page. The open files end at election night: no council votes since, and no band councils.
- Who holds each seat. The members named here are Wikidata’s, kept up by volunteers; a by-election or a floor crossing may take a few days to show.
Questions about how Verchères is run
Who is the MP for Verchères?
Verchères is in Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères, represented by Xavier Barsalou-Duval (Bloc Québécois).
Which party won Verchères in the 2021 federal election?
Xavier Barsalou-Duval (Bloc Québécois) took Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères in 2021 and is its MP today.
Who is the MNA for Verchères?
The riding of the same name is the riding; its sitting MNA is on the National Assembly of Québec’s own list of members for Verchères and its neighbours.
Who heads the council in Verchères?
Katherine R. L'Heureux chairs Verchères council as mayor.
How much does Verchères council spend?
The 2024 return of Verchères council shows $12.2M of spending for roughly 5,776 residents, $3.2M of it on water, sewers and waste.
Which regional body is Verchères part of?
Verchères’s mayor takes a seat on the council of MRC Marguerite-D'Youville, the regional county municipality.
How is Verchères council elected?
Verchères 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).