Montarville

Montarville is a federal electoral district on Montreal's South Shore in the Montérégie region of Quebec. Created during the 2012 redistribution from parts of Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, Verchères—Les Patriotes, and Chambly—Borduas, the riding first came into effect for the 2015 general election. It encompasses the municipalities of Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Saint-Basile-le-Grand, and Sainte-Julie, as well as a portion of the city of Saint-Hubert within the Longueuil agglomeration. Mont Saint-Bruno—one of the Monteregian Hills—dominates the local landscape, and the surrounding national park offers year-round recreation. The riding is predominantly francophone, suburban, and well-connected to downtown Montreal by highway and commuter rail, making it a sought-after residential area for families and professionals.

Candidates

Stéphane Bergeron (Bloc Québécois) — A founding member of the Bloc Québécois in 1991, Bergeron holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from UQAM and a master’s from Université Laval. He represented the riding of Verchères federally from 1993 to 2005, serving as Bloc whip and critic in multiple portfolios, before moving to provincial politics with the Parti Québécois, where he served as Minister of Public Safety from 2012 to 2014. He returned to federal politics in 2019, winning Montarville for the Bloc.

Marie-Ève Pelchat (Liberal) — A young real estate broker from the South Shore, Pelchat was 24 years old at the time of the election and campaigned on bringing a fresh generational perspective to federal politics. She finished as the runner-up in the riding.

Julie Sauvageau (Conservative) — Born in Montreal in 1967, Sauvageau earned a bachelor’s degree in education from the Université de Montréal in 1989 and established herself as a teacher on the South Shore. She also contested the riding in 2019.

Djaouida Sellah (NDP) — A physician originally from Algiers, Algeria, Sellah volunteered as a doctor during the First Gulf War in Baghdad. After emigrating to Canada, she co-founded the Association québécoise des médecins diplômés hors Canada–États-Unis and served as its president from 1998 to 2011. She previously represented Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert as an NDP MP from 2011 to 2015.

Natasha Hynes (People’s Party)

About the Riding

Montarville sits squarely in Montreal’s commuter belt, where residential suburbs blend with protected green space. Mont Saint-Bruno National Park—centred on the 218-metre Monteregian hill that gives the riding its name—provides hiking, cross-country skiing, and nature interpretation to hundreds of thousands of visitors annually. The Ski Mont Saint-Bruno resort on the hill’s slopes adds a tourism dimension to the local economy.

Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, with a population of roughly 26,000, is an affluent francophone municipality whose median household income exceeds $116,000 annually. Sainte-Julie, with about 30,000 residents, and Saint-Basile-le-Grand complement the riding’s family-oriented suburban character. Much of the local workforce commutes to Montreal via the Trans-Canada Highway or the exo commuter rail network, filling jobs in professional services, finance, and administration.

The riding was created to reflect the rapid population growth on Montreal’s South Shore during the early 2000s. Its communities share concerns typical of fast-growing suburban areas—transportation infrastructure, access to health services, and balancing residential development with the preservation of agricultural land and natural habitats. The presence of a significant industrial park in the broader Longueuil agglomeration provides some local employment, but the riding’s economic identity remains closely tied to Montreal’s metropolitan labour market.