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Thepolitics of Montreal begins with residents ofMontreal electing representatives to themunicipal,provincial, andfederal levels of government.
TheIsland of Montreal which consists of the City of Montreal and 16 independent municipalities, are represented by 18Members of Parliament (MPs) and 27 Members of theNational Assembly of Quebec (MNAs). Additionally, theUrban agglomeration of Montreal is composed of 16 mayors, 18 borough mayors, 144 city councillors and 38 borough councillors.
While people living inGreater Montreal are heavily divided on the issue ofQuebec sovereignty, the majority of both groups tend to lean to theleft of thepolitical spectrum and thuscentre-left parties dominate the city at all political levels.
The island of Montreal elects 18 Members of Parliament to the House of Commons in Ottawa. Following the2025 Canadian federal election theLiberal Party of Canada had 16 MPs, theNew Democratic Party with 1 MP and theBloc Québécois with 1 MP. The centre-rightConservative Party of Canada have not won a seat on the island since the1988 election.
The island of Montreal send 27 MNAs to the Quebec National Assembly. As of the most recentby-election held in Saint-Henri-Sainte-Anne, the island of Montreal was represented by 15Quebec Liberal Party MNAs, 9Québec Solidaire MNAs, twoCoalition Avenir Québec MNAs and oneParti Quebecois MNA.[1]
Montreal is unique among Canadian cities for its established municipal political parties. The major left-wing party isProjet Montréal, while the main center-right party isEnsemble Montréal. Additionally, several boroughs have their own borough-specific parties that run candidates exclusively within those areas.The City of Montreal is represented by 64 councillors and a mayor at the municipal level. As of April 2, 2023, 36 of these councillors and the mayor are members of Projet Montréal, 22 are from Ensemble Montréal, 3 are from Équipe LaSalle, 2 are from Équipe Anjou, and 2 is an Independents.
