Mayoral candidates make final pitches as Gatineau gets set to vote Sunday

OttawaVoters in the western Quebec city are headed to the polls to cast ballots in Sunday’s municipal election.3-way race for mayor, 19 other council seats on the lineCBC News · Posted: Nov 01, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesFrom left to right, Mario Aubé, Maude Marquis-Bissonnette and Rémi Bergeron are running to be Gatineau’s next mayor. Election day in the western Quebec city, and in communities across the province, is this Sunday. (Radio-Canada)Sunday is election day in Gatineau, Que.Voters in the western Quebec city — and in communities across the province — are headed to the polls to cast ballots in a municipal election. Gatineau’s election comes less than two years after a June 2024, mayoral byelection saw this year’s incumbent, Maude Marquis-Bissonnette, claim the leader’s seat. This time around, people will be choosing not only who will be mayor for the next term, but also electing 19 municipal councillors. Marquis-Bissonnette, who leads the Action Gatineau party, is running for re-election against Mario Aubé, leader of upstart party Team Mario Aubé, and Remi Bergeron, who is running as an independent candidate. (Unlike in Ontario, municipal politicians in Quebec sometimes represent political parties.)”I’m very proud of this campaign and quite proud of the last 17 months as well, ” Marquis-Bissonnette said in French during the election period’s final stretch. Aubé, who most recently represented the city’s Masson-Angers district on council as an Independent, has pledged to tighten the city’s finances. “It’s been a campaign that has progressed steadily,” he said. Marquis-Bissonnette has highlighted the need to keep developing public transit, among other priorities.As for Bergeron, it’s his fourth consecutive attempt at the mayoralty. He says Gatineau must address homelessness, especially with winter approaching. “It’s not just downtown. It’s a problem that exists elsewhere,” he said. Polling stations will be open in Quebec municipalities on Sunday from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m.With files from Radio-Canada’s Camille Cusset