West Island-area ridings field six to eight candidates in Québec election
Élections Québec lists six to eight candidates in five West Island-area ridings as voters head to the polls on October 5.
West Island and nearby voters will see between six and eight names on their ballots in five western Montréal-area ridings in Québec’s October 5 general election.
Élections Québec’s candidate statistics list seven candidates in Jacques-Cartier, seven in Marquette, seven in Nelligan, eight in Robert-Baldwin and six in Vaudreuil. The provincial average is seven candidates per electoral division.
Across Québec’s 127 ridings, 908 people are running: 387 women and 521 men. The average candidate age is 47. Five parties have a candidate in every riding: Coalition avenir Québec, the Conservative Party of Québec, the Quebec Liberal Party, Parti Québécois and Québec solidaire.
Polls are open from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday. Voters can confirm their assigned polling place on the Élections Québec voting page. West Island Blog’s election-day guide also summarizes identification, employer leave and accessibility rules.
Élections Québec published the candidate statistics for the October 5 election; figures were checked October 5, 2026.
Illustrative photo: Akshay Chauhan / Unsplash License. The image shows an unoccupied microphone and was not taken at a Québec campaign event. Cropped and resized.
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