# 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.

## 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.
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 | Party | Candidates | Candidates | Total |
| Party | Party | Mayor | Municipal councillors | Total |
| | Équipe Marie-Josée Savard | 1 | - | - |
| | Québec 21 | 1 | – | - |
| | Démocratie Québec | 1 | – | - |
| | Transition Québec | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| | Québec forte et fière | 1 | - | - |
| | Independent | – | – | - |
| Total | Total | - | - | - |

## 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

2021 Quebec City municipal election :
| 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

| | Équipe Marie-Josée Savard | 21 | 57 857 | 31,53 | 15,71 | 10 | 7 |
| | Québec forte et fière | 21 | 55 501 | 30,24 | Nv. | 6 | 6 |
| | Québec 21 | 21 | 45 761 | 24,94 | 5,32 | 4 | 2 |
| | Transition Québec | 21 | 14 342 | 7,81 | 5,71 | 1 | 1 |
| | Démocratie Québec | 20 | 8 060 | 4,39 | 11,74 | 0 | 1 |
| | Alliance citoyenne de Québec | 4 | 257 | 0,14 | 0,51 | 0 | |
| | Indépendants | 6 | 1 743 | 0,95 | - | 0 | 1 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 183 521 | 98,76 | | | |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 2 312 | 1,24 | | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 185 833 | 100 | - | 21 | |
| Abstention | Abstention | Abstention | 225 416 | 54,81 | | | |
| Inscrits / participation | Inscrits / participation | Inscrits / participation | 411 249 | 45,19 | | | |

### City Council Districts
#### La Cité-Limoilou

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

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

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

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

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

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 |