Municipal elections were held in Quebec City on November 7, 2021, the same day as elections in Montreal and other municipalities in the province.
Background 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.
Candidates 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.
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Political parties
Québec 21
Slogan : Pour un vote historique / Pour participer au changement (English: For a historical vote / To participate in change)
Démocratie Québec
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.
Transition Québec
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.
Québec Forte et Fière
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".
Results
Mayor
City Council +PartyCandidatesVotes%+/-Seats+/-Équipe Marie-Josée Savard2157 85731,53 15,7110 7Québec forte et fière2155 50130,24Nv.6 6Québec 212145 76124,94 5,324 2Transition Québec2114 3427,81 5,711 1Démocratie Québec208 0604,39 11,740 1Alliance citoyenne de Québec42570,14 0,510Indépendants61 7430,95 -0 1Valid votes183 52198,76Invalid Votes 2 3121,24Total185 833100-21Abstention225 41654,81Inscrits / participation411 24945,19
City Council Districts
La Cité-Limoilou +District 1 – Cap-aux-Diamants Party Candidate Vote %
+District 2 – Montcalm–Saint-Sacrement Party Candidate Vote %
+District 3 – Saint-Roch–Saint-Sauveur Party Candidate Vote %
+District 4 – Limoilou Party Candidate Vote %
+District 5 – Maizerets-Lairet Party Candidate Vote %
Les Rivières +District 6 – Vanier-Duberger Party Candidate Vote %
+District 7 – Neufchâtel-Lebourgneuf Party Candidate Vote %
+District 8 – Saules–Les Méandres Party Candidate Vote %
Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge +District 9 – Saint-Louis–Sillery Party Candidate Vote %
+District 10 – Plateau Party Candidate Vote %
+District 11 – Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy Party Candidate Vote %
+District 12 – Cap-Rouge–Laurentien Party Candidate Vote %
Charlesbourg +District 13 – Saint-Rodrigue Party Candidate Vote %
+District 14 – Louis-XIV Party Candidate Vote %
+District 15 – Monts Party Candidate Vote %
Beauport +District 16 – Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux Party Candidate Vote %
+District 17 – Chute-Montmorency–Seigneurial Party Candidate Vote %
+District 18 – Robert-Giffard Party Candidate Vote %
La Haute-Saint-Charles +District 19 – Lac-Saint-Charles–Saint-Émile Party Candidate Vote %
+District 20 – Loretteville–Les Châtels Party Candidate Vote %
+District 21 – Val-Bélair Party Candidate Vote %
Polls
See also Quebec City Council
References