Municipal elections were held in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on November 2, 2025, as part of the 2025 Quebec municipal elections.
The incumbent Projet MontréalâÂÂled council sought re-election to a third consecutive term under new leader Luc Rabouin; the party was defeated by Ensemble Montréal, led by former federal Liberal MP Soraya Martinez Ferrada. They won a majority on city council, and Martinez Ferrada defeated Luc Rabouin in the mayoral election.
Background
Voters elect 103 representatives in a first-past-the-post electoral system. The general election decides the composition of the city council and each of the 19 borough councils. The newly elected mayor appoints 2 city councillors for the Ville-Marie borough. In total, 18 borough mayors, 46 city councillors and 38 borough councillors are elected.
Incumbent mayor Valérie Plante decided not to run for reelection to a third term.
Political parties
Incumbents not running for re-election
Timeline
2022
- February 10 â Serge Sasseville, city councillor for the district of Peter-McGill, leaves Ensemble Montréal and sits as an independent.
2023
- August 24 â Stéphane Côté, borough mayor of L'ÃÂle-BizardâÂÂSainte-Geneviève, resigns.
- November 13 â Dominic Ollivier, city councillor for the district of Vieux-Rosemont, resigns as Executive Committee chair.
- December 17 â Doug Hurley of Ensemble Montréal is elected in a by-election to serve as borough mayor of L'ÃÂle-BizardâÂÂSainte-Geneviève, succeeding Stéphane Côté.
2024
2025
- February 28 â Federal member of parliament Soraya Martinez Ferrada is acclaimed leader of Ensemble Montréal.
- March 15 â Luc Rabouin, borough mayor of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal, is elected leader of Projet Montréal with 59.2% of the vote.
- April 28 â Abdelhaq Sari, city councillor for the district of Marie-Clarac, leaves the city council upon being elected to the House of Commons of Canada.
- July 3 â Danielle Myrand, borough councillor for the district of Pierre-Foretier, leaves Ensemble Montréal to join Projet Montréal.
- July 8 â Enrique Machado, borough councillor for the district of ChamplainâÂÂL'ÃÂle-des-SÃ
Âurs, leaves Projet Montréal and sits as an independent.
- July 17 â Craig Sauvé, city councillor for the district of Saint-Henri-EstâÂÂPetite-BourgogneâÂÂPointe-Saint-CharlesâÂÂGriffintown, sitting as an independent, joins Transition Montréal, and will run for mayor under the party banner.
- August 27 â Alain Wilson, borough councillor for the district of Denis-Benjamin-Viger, leaves Ensemble Montréal to join Projet Montréal.
- August 30 â Suzanne De Larochellière, borough councillor for the district of Saint-Léonard-Ouest, leaves Ensemble Montréal and will run for borough mayor under the new party ÃÂquipe St-Léonard.
- August 30 â Soraya Martinez Ferrada announces that Ensemble Montréal would not run candidates in LaSalle.
- September 19 â Official beginning of the electoral campaign.
- September 25 â ÃÂquipe Anjou allies with Ensemble Montréal.
- September 26 â Michel Bissonnet, Ensemble Montréal borough mayor of Saint-Léonard, announces his support to the candidates of ÃÂquipe St-Léonard.
- October 2 â Jean-François Kacou announces that Futur Montréal is withdrawing their support for Dani Muzungu's candidacy for city councillor in Snowdon under their banner after he has been arrested. He is replaced by Julian D'Alesio, who was candidate for borough councillor in Jacques-Bizard.
- October 3 â Parti Outremont allies with Ensemble Montréal, except in the district of Joseph-Beaubien, where its leader Céline Forget is candidate.
- October 3 â Last day of the nomination period: 424 candidates are confirmed by ÃÂlections Montréal.
- October 6 â Soraya Martinez Ferrada announces that Ensemble Montréal is withdrawing their support for Alexandre Giasson's candidacy for city councillor in Hochelaga under their banner and requesting he end his campaign.
- October 14 â Le Plateau-Mont-Royal Action Montréal borough councillor candidate Gabriel Houle withdraws his candidacy.
- October 24 â Micheline Rouleau, Projet Montréal borough councillor for the district of Du Canal, announces her support to the candidates of Ensemble Montréal in Lachine.
- October 26 â Advance voting concludes with a turnout of 9.3% of the registered voters.
- November 1 â Michèle Flannery, Projet Montréal borough councillor for the district of Fort-Rolland, announces her support to Craig Sauvé and Christian Rouleau from Transition Montréal, as well as to the 3 Ensemble Montréal borough councillor candidates in Lachine.
Mayoral election
Opinion polling
Results
City and borough council elections
Map
Recounts
There were ten requests for judicial recounts.
Seat totals
The parties won the following seats:
Composition of city and borough councils
Depending on their borough, Montrealers voted for:
- Mayor of Montreal
- Borough mayor, who is also a city councillor and borough councillor
- Ville-Marie: No borough mayor election; the mayor of Montreal is ex officio borough mayor
- One city councillor per district, who is also a borough councillor. Exceptions:
- Anjou and Lachine: one city councillor for the entire borough
- Outremont and L'ÃÂle-BizardâÂÂSainte-Geneviève: no city councillors other than the borough mayor
- Zero, one, or two additional borough councillors per district
References
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