Municipal elections were held in

Quebec City Quebec City is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Census Metropolitan Area (including surrounding communities) had a populati ...

on November 7, 2021, the same day as elections in

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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 The COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec was part of the global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Until 2021, Quebec had reported the hi ...

. Outgoing mayor

Régis Labeaume Régis Labeaume (; born May 2, 1956) is a Canadian businessman, writer and politician. He served as mayor of Quebec City from 2007 to 2021. He was first elected on December 2, 2007 after the death of former mayor Andrée Boucher. He was reelected ...

, 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 Jean-François Gosselin (born April 17, 1975 in Quebec City, Quebec) is a politician from Quebec, Canada. He was an Action démocratique du Québec Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Jean-Lesage from 2007 to 2008. He ...

former

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MNA and leader of Québec 21, Jean Rousseau, leader of Démocratie Québec and

Bruno Marchand Bruno Marchand (; born May 22, 1972) is a Canadian politician who currently serves as mayor of Quebec City, succeeding Régis Labeaume in the 2021 Quebec City municipal election. Biography Marchand was born in Quebec City and grew up in the ...

, former director of the

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in the

Capitale-Nationale Capitale-Nationale (; ) is one of the 17 administrative regions of Quebec. It is anchored by the provincial capital, Quebec City, and is largely coextensive with that city's metropolitan area. It has a land area of 18,684.78 km2. It reported ...

Chaudière-Appalaches Chaudière-Appalaches (, ) is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. It comprises most of what is historically known as the " Beauce" (; compare with the electoral district of Beauce). It is named for the Chaudière River and the Appalachia ...

and

Bas-Saint-Laurent The Bas-Saint-Laurent (, 'Lower Saint-Lawrence) is an administrative region of Quebec located along the south shore of the lower Saint Lawrence River in Quebec. The river widens at this place, later becoming a bay that discharges into the Atlan ...

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

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, was named the party's leader by

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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 Option Nationale (), registered as Option nationale – Pour l'indépendance du Québec (National Option – For the Independence of Quebec), was a centre-left Quebec nationalism, nationalist List of political parties in Quebec, political party in ...

, a progressive

sovereigntist Sovereigntism, sovereignism or souverainism (from , , meaning "the ideology of sovereignty") is the notion of having control over one's conditions of existence, whether at the level of the self, social group, region, nation or globe. Typically ...

party. Following Option Nationale's merger with

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, Option Capitale-Nationale changed its name to "Transition Québec" in May 2020. Like its provincial counterparts, Transition Québec focuses on issues of

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, Left-wing solidarity, and

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. 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.

, former

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of the

in the

and

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 Lévis () is a city in eastern Quebec, Canada, located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, opposite Quebec City. A ferry links Old Quebec with Old Lévis, and two bridges, the Quebec Bridge and the Pierre-Laporte Bridge, connect we ...

until it was officially announced by the government. Portraying themselves as centrist, the party hopes to establish "positive and benevolent leadership".

Background

Candidates

Political parties

Québec 21

Démocratie Québec

Transition Québec

Québec Forte et Fière

Results

Mayor

City Council

City Council Districts

La Cité-Limoilou

Les Rivières

Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge

Charlesbourg

Beauport

La Haute-Saint-Charles

Polls

See also

References