2021 Quebec City municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Quebec City on November 7, 2021, the same day as elections in Montreal and other municipalities in the province.

2021 Quebec City municipal election

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22 seats in the Quebec City Council
12 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
EMJS
Leader Bruno Marchand Marie-Josée Savard
Party Québec forte et fière Équipe Marie-Josée Savard
Leader's seat Montcalm-Saint-Sacrement Mayor (lost)
Last election New party 18 seats (as Équipe Labeaume)
Seats won 7 10
Seat change Increase7 Decrease8
Popular vote 59,580 58,746
Percentage 32.22% 31.86%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Q21
TQ
Leader Jean-François Gosselin Jackie Smith
Party Québec 21 - Équipe JF Gosselin Transition Québec
Leader's seat Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux Limoilou
Last election 2 seats New party
Seats won 4 1
Seat change Increase2 Increase1
Popular vote 45,477 12,306
Percentage 24.67% 6.67%

Mayor before election

Régis Labeaume

Elected mayor

Bruno Marchand

Background

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The election took place as Quebec, Canada and the world continued to manage the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec. Outgoing mayor Régis Labeaume, announced he was not running for another term, making it the first time since 2007 that a new mayor was to be elected in the city.[1]

Candidates

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The primary candidates included Jackie Smith (leader of Transition Québec), Marie-Josée Savard (who had the support of Labeaume), Jean-François Gosselin former Action démocratique du Québec MNA and leader of Québec 21, Jean Rousseau, leader of Démocratie Québec and Bruno Marchand, former director of the United Way of Canada in the Capitale-Nationale, Chaudière-Appalaches and Bas-Saint-Laurent regions.

Mayoral Candidates
Candidate Profession Party Running mate
Marie-Josée Savard Businesswoman EMJS
Jean-François Gosselin Businessman Q21
Jean Rousseau Chemist DQ David Johnson
Jackie Smith Business analyst TQ Madeleine Cloutier
Bruno Marchand Social worker QFF
Candidates by party
Party Candidates Total
Mayor Municipal councillors
Équipe Marie-Josée Savard 1 - -
Québec 21 1 -
Démocratie Québec 1 -
Transition Québec 1 7 7
Québec forte et fière 1 - -
Independent -
Total - - -

Political parties

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Québec 21

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Slogan : Pour un vote historique / Pour participer au changement (English: For a historical vote / To participate in change)

Démocratie Québec

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Slogan : Ensemble, c'est mieux (English: Better together)

A year before the election, on October 3, 2020, Jean Rousseau, the party's only member on the City Council, was named the party's leader by acclamation.[2]

Transition Québec

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Slogan : Changeons de cap (English: Let's change course)

The party Option Capitale-Nationale appeared in previous municipal elections as the municipal wing of Option nationale, a progressive sovereigntist party. Following Option Nationale's merger with Québec Solidaire, Option Capitale-Nationale changed its name to "Transition Québec" in May 2020. Like its provincial counterparts, Transition Québec focuses on issues of environmental sustainability, Left-wing solidarity, and feminism. Since June 19, 2019, the party has been led by Jacquelyn Smith, who ran in the previous election in the Limoilou district as a member of Démocratie Québec.[3]

Québec Forte et Fière

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Slogan : Pour une ville forte et fière (English: For a city strong and proud)

On February 15, 2021, a new political party joined the election. Bruno Marchand, former director of the United Way of Canada in the Capitale-Nationale, Chaudière-Appalaches and Bas-Saint-Laurent regions, was named as party leader. The party supported Quebec City Tramway project of Mayor Labeaume's administration, but withheld judgement on a possible third line between Québec City and Lévis until it was officially announced by the government. Portraying themselves as centrist, the party hopes to establish "positive and benevolent leadership".[4]

Results

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Mayor

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2021 Quebec City municipal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Québec forte et fière Bruno Marchand 59,580 32.32
Équipe Marie-Josée Savard Marie-Josée Savard 58,746 31.86
Québec 21 Jean-François Gosselin 45,477 24.67
Transition Québec Jackie Smith 12,306 6.67
Démocratie Québec Jean Rousseau 7,204 3.91
Alliance citoyenne Alain Giasson 398 0.22
Independent Lucie Perreault 374 0.20
Independent Patrice Fortin 277 0.15

City Council Districts

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La Cité-Limoilou

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District 1 – Cap-aux-Diamants
Party Candidate Vote %
Québec forte et fière Mélissa Coulombe-Leduc 2,272 30.20
Transition Québec Alexia Oman 1,507 20.03
Démocratie Québec Jean Rousseau (X) 1,503 19.98
Équipe Marie-Josée Savard Boufeldja Benabdallah 1,425 18.94
Québec 21 Cynthia Laflamme 816 10.85
District 2 – Montcalm–Saint-Sacrement
Party Candidate Vote %
Québec forte et fière Catherine Vallières-Roland 3,736 43.06
Équipe Marie-Josée Savard Maxime Gravel-Renaud 2,362 27.22
Transition Québec Michel Houle 1,041 12.00
Québec 21 Jean-Pierre Du Sault 919 10.59
Démocratie Québec Katia Garon 619 7.13
District 3 – Saint-Roch–Saint-Sauveur
Party Candidate Vote %
Québec forte et fière Pierre-Luc Lachance (X) 2,536 34.62
Équipe Marie-Josée Savard Paul-Christian Nolin 1,630 22.25
Transition Québec Élisabeth Germain 1,430 19.52
Québec 21 Marie-Josée Proteau 918 12.53
Démocratie Québec Mbaï-Hadji Mbaïrewaye 525 7.17
Independent Alexandra Tremblay 245 3.34
Alliance citoyenne Nicolas Bouffard-Savoie 41 0.56
District 4 – Limoilou
Party Candidate Vote %
Transition Québec Jackie Smith 2,665 38.49
Équipe Marie-Josée Savard Suzanne Verreault (X) 1,746 22.22
Québec forte et fière Florent Tanlet 1,361 19.66
Québec 21 Stéphane Gignac 954 13.78
Démocratie Québec Simon Levasseur 197 2.85
District 5 – Maizerets-Lairet
Party Candidate Vote %
Équipe Marie-Josée Savard Claude Villeneuve 1,870 32.00
Transition Québec Hamed Sandra Adam 1,338 22.90
Québec forte et fière Charlotte Vachon 1,228 21.01
Québec 21 Marie-Claude Lavoie 1,076 18.41
Démocratie Québec Omar Berri 199 3.41
Alliance citoyenne Daniel Lachance 78 1.33
Independent Dalila Elhak 55 0.94

Les Rivières

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District 6 – Vanier-Duberger
Party Candidate Vote %
Équipe Marie-Josée Savard Alicia Despins (X) 3,158 41.27
Québec 21 Shirley Burns 2,103 27.48
Québec forte et fière Jessica Flautre-Aubry 1,852 24.20
Transition Québec Salem Billard 309 4.04
Démocratie Québec Jason Noble 230 3.01
District 7 – Neufchâtel-Lebourgneuf
Party Candidate Vote %
Équipe Marie-Josée Savard Patricia Boudreault-Bruyère 3,490 34.57
Québec 21 Patrick Paquet (X) 3,126 30.97
Québec forte et fière Sophie Gingras 2,900 28.73
Démocratie Québec Mario Albert 301 2.98
Transition Québec Laurance Marquis-Gendron 278 2.75
District 8 – Saules–Les Méandres
Party Candidate Vote %
Équipe Marie-Josée Savard Véronique Dallaire 31,97 40.52
Québec forte et fière Christine Marinelli 2,141 27.14
Québec 21 Gabriel Hardy 2,041 25.87
Transition Québec Alexandra Larouche 260 3.30
Démocratie Québec Simon Domingue 250 3.17

Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge

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District 9 – Saint-Louis–Sillery
Party Candidate Vote %
Québec forte et fière Maude Mercier Larouche 4,216 39.05
Équipe Marie-Josée Savard Émilie Villeneuve (X) 3,376 31.27
Québec 21 Claude Duplessis 1,350 12.50
Transition Québec Louis-Charles Beaudoin-Lacroix 965 8.94
Démocratie Québec Huguette Lépine 820 7.59
Alliance citoyenne Serge Laberge 70 0.65
District 10 – Plateau
Party Candidate Vote %
Équipe Marie-Josée Savard David Weiser 2,839 38.25
Québec forte et fière Sophia Laababsi 2,146 28.91
Québec 21 Serge Simard 1,416 19.08
Transition Québec Anne-Marie Thivierge 887 11.95
Independent Ali Dahan 134 1.81
District 11 – Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy
Party Candidate Vote %
Équipe Marie-Josée Savard Anne Corrieveau (X) 3,854 39.83
Québec forte et fière Jean-Luc Lavoie 3,477 35.93
Québec 21 Jean Arsenault 1,531 15.82
Transition Québec Charles Lamont 401 4.14
Démocratie Québec Pierre Martin 329 3.40
Independent Moussa Sangaré 85 0.88
District 12 – Cap-Rouge–Laurentien
Party Candidate Vote %
Équipe Marie-Josée Savard Louis Martin 3,875 34.18
Québec forte et fière Jérôme Couture 3,774 33.29
Québec 21 Éric Lessard 2,336 20.60
Transition Québec Andrée-Anne Côté-Jinchereau 599 5.28
Démocratie Québec Jean Éric Fiorito 413 3.64
Independent Philippe Moussette 341 3.01

Charlesbourg

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District 13 – Saint-Rodrigue
Party Candidate Vote %
Équipe Marie-Josée Savard Claude Lavoie 2,564 33.74
Québec forte et fière Charles Pagé 2,343 30.83
Québec 21 Brigitte Bois 1,867 24.57
Démocratie Québec Anabelle Beaudoin 460 6.05
Transition Québec Geneviève Le Houx 366 4.82
District 14 – Louis-XIV
Party Candidate Vote %
Québec forte et fière Marie-Pierre Boucher 3,728 34.28
Équipe Marie-Josée Savard Archy-Donald Beaudry 3,435 31.59
Québec 21 Vincent Bégin 2,891 26.58
Transition Québec Sébastien Tremblay 434 3.99
Démocratie Québec Pierre Nadeau 387 3.56
District 15 – Monts
Party Candidate Vote %
Québec 21 Eric Ralph Mercier 3,288 34.63
Équipe Marie-Josée Savard Marie-Pier Dorion 2,838 29.89
Québec forte et fière Catherine Morissette 2,764 29.11
Transition Québec Samuel Moisan-Domm 326 3.43
Démocratie Québec Bernard Martineau 278 2.93

Beauport

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District 16 – Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux
Party Candidate Vote %
Québec 21 Jean-François Gosselin 3,521 38.62
Québec forte et fière Marie France Trudel 2,954 32.40
Équipe Marie-Josée Savard Luc Ferland 2,258 24.76
Démocratie Québec Guy Boivin 203 2.23
Transition Québec Pier-Yves Champagne 182 2.00
District 17 – Chute-Montmorency–Seigneurial
Party Candidate Vote %
Québec 21 Stevens Mélançon (X) 4,624 46.02
Équipe Marie-Josée Savard Benoit Jobin 2,621 26.08
Québec forte et fière Éric Courtemanche Baril 2,271 22.60
Transition Québec Pedro-Natanaël Bordón-Richard 282 2.81
Démocratie Québec Nancy Legault 250 2.49
District 18 – Robert-Giffard
Party Candidate Vote %
Équipe Marie-Josée Savard Isabelle Roy 3,410 37.79
Québec 21 Marie Moreau 2,489 27.58
Québec forte et fière Maxime Dion 2,227 24.68
Démocratie Québec Lyne Girard 473 5.24
Transition Québec Camille Lambert-Deubelbeiss 425 4.71

La Haute-Saint-Charles

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District 19 – Lac-Saint-Charles–Saint-Émile
Party Candidate Vote %
Équipe Marie-Josée Savard Steeve Verret (X) 3,218 36.35
Québec 21 Marc Roussin 3,058 34.54
Québec forte et fière Ludovic Lorrin 2,182 24.64
Démocratie Québec Alexandre Ménard 227 2.56
Transition Québec Carl Gignac 169 1.91
District 20 – Loretteville–Les Châtels
Party Candidate Vote %
Québec forte et fière Marie-Josée Asselin 3,231 34.56
Équipe Marie-Josée Savard Émilie Robitaille 2,532 27.08
Québec 21 Roxanne Lavallée 2,227 23.82
Independent Robert Martel 883 9.44
Transition Québec Claudiane Laroche 252 2.70
Démocratie Québec Eric Lapointe 224 2.40
District 21 – Val-Bélair
Party Candidate Vote %
Québec 21 Bianca Dussault 3,209 40.37
Équipe Marie-Josée Savard Richard Harvey 2,196 27.63
Québec forte et fière Manon Robitaille 2,084 26.22
Transition Québec Sarah Lesage 212 2.67
Démocratie Québec Luc Paquin 178 2.24
Alliance citoyenne René Hudon 69 0.87

Polls

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Politique-. "Le maire de Québec quitte la vie politique". Radio-Canada.ca (in Canadian French). Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  2. ^ Boisvert, Louise (October 1, 2020). "Jean Rousseau deviendra chef de Démocratie Québec". Radio-Canada.ca (in Canadian French). Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  3. ^ Québec, Équipe Transition (November 8, 2019). "Le parti municipal Option Capitale-Nationale présente sa nouvelle cheffe, Jackie Smith". Transition Québec (in French). Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  4. ^ Moalla, Taïeb (April 15, 2021). "Bruno Marchand officialise sa candidature à la mairie de Québec". Journal de Québec. Retrieved August 9, 2021.