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\u201cWe\u2019ve been fortunate in having ridings and constituencies that vote for us. But we definitely have to extend that appeal,\u201d says Elisabeth Prass, who won in the D\u2019Arcy-McGee riding. Quebec Liberal Party<\/p>\nTo absolutely no one\u2019s surprise, the Quebec Liberals dominated in the west end of Montreal in Monday\u2019s election, winning all seven ridings.<\/p>\n
Michelle Setlakwe won handily in Mont-Royal\u2014Outremont with 15,615 votes, more than 9,000 ahead of her closest rival, Qu\u00e9bec solidaire\u2019s Marianne Locas-Ouimet. <\/p>\n
It was also a landslide for D\u00e9sir\u00e9e McGraw in Notre-Dame-de-Gr\u00e2ce, with the Liberal incumbent nabbing 16,355 votes compared with 4,761 for the runner-up, \u00c9lise Davignon from Qu\u00e9bec solidaire.<\/p>\n
Jennifer Maccarone sailed to an easy victory in Westmount\u2014Saint-Louis with 14,532 votes. Coming a distant second was Qu\u00e9bec solidaire\u2019s Olivier Sylvestre, with only 3,729 votes.<\/p>\n
Michel Leblanc, the former president of the Chamber of Commerce of Greater Montreal, also had a big win in Marguerite-Bourgeoys, garnering 14,605 votes. The closest contender in the riding was Luc C\u00f4t\u00e9 from the Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois with 4,233 votes.<\/p>\n
Elisabeth Prass won big in the D\u2019Arcy-McGee riding, with 15,906 votes. The runner-up was Adrien Pouliot from the Conservatives, with 5,188 votes.<\/p>\n
The much tougher races were in Verdun and Saint-Henri\u2014Sainte-Anne. <\/p>\n
In Verdun, the Liberals\u2019 Antoine Dionne-Charest, son of former Liberal premier Jean Charest, prevailed by 710 votes. Dionne-Charest had 12,373 to 11,663 for Qu\u00e9bec solidaire\u2019s Alejandra Zaga Mendez.<\/p>\n
In Saint-Henri\u2014Sainte-Anne, it was even closer, with Liberal candidate Benoit Clermont nabbing 13,340 votes, just 39 ahead of Qu\u00e9bec solidaire\u2019s Guillaume Cliche-Rivard, who had 13,301 votes.<\/p>\n
The Liberals were happy to win big in the west end of Montreal, but they all agree the party has to expand its reach farther across the province.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve been fortunate in having ridings and constituencies that vote for us. But we definitely have to extend that appeal,\u201d says Elisabeth Prass, who won in the D\u2019Arcy-McGee riding. Quebec Liberal Party<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve been fortunate in having ridings and constituencies that vote for us. But we definitely have to extend that appeal, and the last poll I saw we were at 17 per cent with the francophone community, so we clearly have to do better in that regard,\u201d Prass said. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not about appealing to one linguistic community or another. It\u2019s about being the best option for Quebecers \u2026 after the last eight years of the CAQ and the new few years of the PQ. We have to position ourselves as the responsible party and the party that represents all Quebecers rather than just a portion of them. And that\u2019s the work we have ahead of us for the next few years.\u201d<\/p>\n
Setlakwe said the good news on Monday was that the Liberals were making gains outside of Montreal. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve started to break out outside Montreal, but \u2026 we have to start connecting with Quebecers outside Montreal and these traditional Liberal strongholds,\u201d Setlakwe said. <\/p>\n
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Quebec Liberal MNA Michelle Setlakwe (Mont-Royal\u2014Outremont) watches election results at a gathering of Liberal supporters in Montreal on Monday, October 5, 2026. John Kenney \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n
\u201cOur vision for Quebec clearly appeals to a number of Quebecers, mostly in Montreal, but there\u2019s no reason it shouldn\u2019t appeal to Quebecers around the province. A vision of Canadian unity, of being stronger together, having more than one identity, being proud Quebecers and proud Canadians all at once, in the current context of everything going on in the world. I would think the majority of Quebecers would think that it\u2019s best that we work as a team with the federal government and the other provinces. Working on the economy. The Liberal party has always been the party of the economy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Leblanc said he believes it is time for the English and French communities to work together and not be in opposition to each other.<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe in the Liberal values, which for me are tolerance, acceptance of differences, working all together,\u201d Leblanc said. \u201cAnd I\u2019ve been very critical of the CAQ as a government. I thought they were very divisive; they were pitting the cities against the regions, francophones against anglophones. And I think the Liberal party on the island of Montreal is the embodiment of those values \u2014 that we can live together.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI believe in the Liberal values, which for me are tolerance, acceptance of differences, working all together,\u201d says Michel Leblanc, who won in the Marguerite-Bourgeoys riding. Quebec Liberal Party<\/p>\n
\u201cI strongly believe and I keep saying that I believe we have to be a francophone city in North America. But we can work together. We can learn English if we want to work internationally and anglophones can work in Montreal and learn French. We can find the middle ground all together.\u201d<\/p>\n
Maccarone said the economy, health care, education and housing would remain her priorities. But she said constituents are also worried about the economic uncertainty that could accompany another sovereignty referendum under a PQ government.<\/p>\n
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Jennifer Maccarone says constituents are worried about the economic uncertainty that could accompany another sovereignty referendum under a PQ government. Maccarone won the Westmount\u2014Saint-Louis riding. Quebec Liberal Party<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat I\u2019m hearing is people are extremely concerned, not for the vote in the third or the fourth year \u2014 they\u2019re concerned with the three or four years that will lead up to the vote,\u201d Maccarone said. <\/p>\n
She argued that uncertainty could affect foreign and Canadian investment in Quebec and cause Quebec businesses to reconsider investment and expansion decisions.<\/p>\n
McGraw said returning to represent the riding of Notre-Dame-de-Gr\u00e2ce is particularly meaningful because it\u2019s where she was born and raised and where she later raised her own family.<\/p>\n
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D\u00e9sir\u00e9e McGraw, re-elected in Notre-Dame-de-Gr\u00e2ce, said returning to represent the riding is particularly meaningful because it is where she was born and raised and where she later raised her own family. Quebec Liberal Party<\/p>\n
She described N.D.G. and Montreal West as communities whose \u201cdiversity and inclusiveness are central to their identity,\u201d saying representing the area is one of the greatest privileges of her work.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am proud to have again earned the confidence of voters in the place I call home,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Abby McLaughlin of The Gazette contributed to this report.<\/p>\n