List of Gatineau municipal elections

This is a list of municipal elections held in Gatineau, Quebec.

Mayoral election results since 1950

2025

2025 Gatineau municipal election: Mayor
Party Candidate Popular vote Expenditures
Votes % ±%
Action Gatineau Maude Marquis-Bissonnette 41,569 51.14 +13.49
Équipe Mario Aubé Mario Aubé 38,203 47.00 –
Independent Rémi Bergeron 1,518 1.87 +0.82
Total valid votes 82,257 98.12
Total rejected, unmarked and declined votes 1,576 1.88 +1.13
Turnout 83,833
Eligible voters
Note: Candidate campaign colours, unless a member of a party, are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items
(signs, literature, etc.) or colours used in polling graphs and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates.
Sources: Ville de Gatineau[1]

2024 (by-election)

2024 Gatineau mayoral by-election
Resignation of France Bélisle
Party Candidate Popular vote Expenditures
Votes % ±%
Action Gatineau Maude Marquis-Bissonnette 27,833 41.70 +4.02 $85,881.58
Independent Yves Ducharme 20,600 30.87 – $77,670.15
Independent Olive Kamanyana 7,253 10.87 – $71,819.69
Independent Daniel Feeny 6,539 9.80 – $26,187.70
Independent Stéphane Bisson 3,580 5.36 – $27,090.54
Independent Rémi Bergeron 499 0.75 -0.26 $0.00
Independent Mathieu Saint-Jean 435 0.65 – $463.31
Total valid votes 66,739 99.44
Total rejected, unmarked and declined votes 379 0.56 -0.19
Turnout 67,118 33.06 -2.05
Eligible voters 203,032
Note: Candidate campaign colours, unless a member of a party, are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items
(signs, literature, etc.) or colours used in polling graphs and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates.
Sources: Office of the City Clerk of Gatineau[2][3]

2021

2021 Gatineau municipal election: Mayor
Party Candidate Popular vote Expenditures
Votes % ±%
Independent France Bélisle 29,768 42.86 – $81,079.89
Action Gatineau Maude Marquis-Bissonnette 26,151 37.65 -7.46 none listed
Independent Jean-François Leblanc 11,326 16.31 – $71,309.44
Independent Jacques Lemay 1,077 1.55 – $8,206.19
Independent Rémi Bergeron 727 1.05 – $0.00
Independent Abdelhak Lekbabi 411 0.59 – none listed
Total valid votes 69,460 99.25
Total rejected, unmarked and declined votes 524 0.75 -0.98
Turnout 69,984 35.11 -3.41
Eligible voters 199,302
Note: Candidate campaign colours, unless a member of a party, are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items
(signs, literature, etc.) or colours used in polling graphs and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates.
Sources: Office of the City Clerk of Gatineau[4] and Élections Québec[5]

2017

Party Mayoral candidate Vote %
  Équipe Pedneaud-Jobin - Action Gatineau Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin (X) 33,537 45.14
  Independent Denis Tassé 22,295 30.01
  Independent Sylvie Goneau 12,964 17.45
  Independent Clément Bélanger 3,739 5.03
  Independent Rémi Bergeron 1,761 2.37

2013

Party Candidate Vote %
  Action Gatineau Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin 40,991 52.62
  Independent Marc Bureau (X) 28,146 36.13
  Independent Jacques Lemay 7,492 9.62
  Independent François P. D'Aoust 1,266 1.63

2009

Candidate [6] Votes %
Marc Bureau 30929 44.11
Aurèle Desjardins 18551 26.46
Tony Cannavino 17119 24.42
Luc Desjardins 1266 1.81
Roger J. Fleury 1198 1.71
Richard Gravel 1052 1.50

2005

Candidate [7] Votes %
Marc Bureau 55650 68.3
Yves Ducharme 25834 31.7

2001

2001 Gatineau municipal election: Mayor
Party Candidate Popular vote Expenditures
Votes % ±%
Independent Yves Ducharme 47,975 54.39 – none listed
Independent Robert Labine 40,227 45.61 -2.71[a] none listed
Total valid votes 88,202 98.65
Total rejected, unmarked and declined votes 1,203 1.35 -0.07[a]
Turnout 89,405 53.76 +7.11[a]
Eligible voters 166,292
Note: Candidate campaign colours, unless a member of a party, are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items
(signs, literature, etc.) or colours used in polling graphs and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates.
Sources: Office of the City Clerk of Gatineau[8]

1999

1999 Gatineau municipal election: Mayor
Party Candidate Popular vote Expenditures
Votes % ±%
Independent Robert Labine 15,557 48.32 – none listed
Independent Berthe Miron 13,824 42.94 – none listed
Independent Rosaire Cauchon 2,816 8.75 – none listed
Total valid votes 32,197 98.58
Total rejected, unmarked and declined votes 464 1.42 +0.18
Turnout 32,611 45.35 +0.28
Eligible voters 72,020
Note: Candidate campaign colours, unless a member of a party, are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items
(signs, literature, etc.) or colours used in polling graphs and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates.
Sources: Ville de Gatineau Archives[9] and Ottawa Citizen[10]

1995

Candidate [11] Votes %
Guy Lacroix 16,149
Jean-Guy Binet 14,070

1994 (by-election)

1994 Gatineau mayoral by-election
Resignation of Robert Labine
Party Candidate Popular vote Expenditures
Votes % ±%
Independent Guy Lacroix 8,755 47.45 – none listed
Independent Serge Forget 6,160 33.39 – none listed
Independent Yvon Labrecque 2,429 13.17 – none listed
Independent Bruno Maranda 1,106 5.99 – none listed
Total valid votes 18,450 98.36
Total rejected, unmarked and declined votes 307 1.64 –
Turnout 18,757 28.50 –
Eligible voters 65,808
Note: Candidate campaign colours, unless a member of a party, are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items
(signs, literature, etc.) or colours used in polling graphs and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates.
Sources: Ville de Gatineau Archives[12]

1991

Candidate [13] Votes %
Robert Labine 22077
Rosaire Cochon 4691

1988 (by-election)

1988 Gatineau mayoral by-election
Resignation of Gaétan Cousineau
Party Candidate Popular vote Expenditures
Votes % ±%
Independent Robert Labine 9,150 37.98 – none listed
Independent Sylvain Simard 8,976 37.26 – none listed
Independent Jean Deschênes 4,947 20.53 – none listed
Independent Hubert Leroux 1,018 4.23 – none listed
Total valid votes 24,091 99.10
Total rejected, unmarked and declined votes 219 0.90 –
Turnout 24,310 44.63 –
Eligible voters 54,470
Note: Candidate campaign colours, unless a member of a party, are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items
(signs, literature, etc.) or colours used in polling graphs and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates.
Sources: Ville de Gatineau Archives[14] and Ottawa Citizen[15]

1987

Candidate [16] Votes %
Gaétan Cousineau 13569
John-R. Luck 13390

1983

Candidate [17] Votes %
Gaétan Cousineau 15766
John-R. Luck 8785

1979

Candidate [18] Votes %
John-R. Luck 12680
Jean Deschênes 8410
Sylvio Huneault 3003

1975

Candidate [19] Votes %
John-R. Luck 7556
Robert Labine 5433
Donald Poirier 4272
Jean-Guy Savoie 2164
Jacques A. Bélisle 1437

1971

Candidate[20] Votes %
John Luck 4,498 61.61
Fernand Philips 2,803 38.39

1968

Candidate[21] Votes %
Jacques Poulin 1,271 53.49
Fernand Philips 1,105 46.51

1965

Candidate[22] Votes %
Jacques Poulin 1,493 70.76
Zenon Paquette 617 29.24

1962

Candidate[23] Votes %
Roland Théorêt 1,333 75.40
Alexandre Primeau 435 24.60

1959

Candidate[24] Votes %
Aurèle Graveline 852 52.95
Roland Théorêt 757 47.05

1958

Candidate[25] Votes %
Roland Théorêt 786 61.70
Sylvio Blais 488 38.30

1957 (by-election)

Candidate[26] Votes %
Roland Théorêt Elected checkY

1956

Candidate[27] Votes %
Eloi Baribeau 501 50.81
Sylvio Blais 254 25.76
J. Léo Smith 231 23.43

1954

Candidate[28] Votes %
J. Léo Smith 459 52.88
Armand Dubois 409 47.12

1952

Candidate[29] Votes %
J. Léo Smith Acclaimed

1950

Candidate[30] Votes %
J. Léo Smith Acclaimed

Notes

  1. ^ a b c The difference is taken from the result of the 1999 Gatineau mayoral election, which was before amalgamation.

References

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