2021 Quebec City municipal election explained
| Election Name: | 2021 Quebec City municipal election |
| Country: | Quebec City |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | no |
| Party Name: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2017 Quebec City municipal election |
| Previous Year: | 2017 |
| Next Election: | 2025 Quebec City municipal election |
| Next Year: | 2025 |
| Seats For Election: | 22 seats in the Quebec City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 12 |
| Election Date: | November 7, 2021 |
| Image1: | File:Bruno_Marchand.png |
| Party1: | Québec forte et fière |
| Leaders Seat1: | Montcalm-Saint-Sacrement |
| Last Election1: | New party |
| Seats1: | 7 |
| Seat Change1: | 7 |
| Popular Vote1: | 59,580 |
| Percentage1: | 32.22% |
| Leader2: | Marie-Josée Savard |
| Leaders Seat2: | Mayor (lost) |
| Last Election2: | 18 seats (as Équipe Labeaume) |
| Seats2: | 10 |
| Seat Change2: | 8 |
| Popular Vote2: | 58,746 |
| Percentage2: | 31.86% |
| Image4: | Q21 |
| Leader4: | Jean-François Gosselin |
| Party4: | Québec 21 - Équipe JF Gosselin |
| Leaders Seat4: | Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux |
| Last Election4: | 2 seats |
| Seats4: | 4 |
| Seat Change4: | 2 |
| Popular Vote4: | 45,477 |
| Percentage4: | 24.67% |
| Image5: | TQ |
| Leader5: | Jackie Smith |
| Party5: | Transition Québec |
| Leaders Seat5: | Limoilou |
| Last Election5: | New party |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 12,306 |
| Percentage5: | 6.67% |
| Mayor |
| Before Election: | Régis Labeaume |
| After Election: | Bruno Marchand |
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.[1]
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.
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.[2]
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.[3]
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".[4]
Results
City Council Districts
La Cité-Limoilou
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Les Rivières
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La Haute-Saint-Charles
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See also
Notes and References
- Web site: ICI.Radio-Canada.ca. Zone Politique-. Le maire de Québec quitte la vie politique. August 9, 2021. Radio-Canada.ca. fr-ca.
- News: Boisvert . Louise . Jean Rousseau deviendra chef de Démocratie Québec . August 9, 2021 . Radio-Canada.ca . October 1, 2020 . fr-ca.
- Web site: Québec . Équipe Transition . Le parti municipal Option Capitale-Nationale présente sa nouvelle cheffe, Jackie Smith . Transition Québec . August 9, 2021 . fr-FR . November 8, 2019.
- News: Moalla . Taïeb . Bruno Marchand officialise sa candidature à la mairie de Québec . August 9, 2021 . . April 15, 2021.
