Supreme Court agrees to hear Quebec government appeal on electoral map
Posted February 16, 2026 4:18 pm.
The debate over electoral redistricting in Quebec will continue before the Supreme Court of Canada. The country’s highest court announced on Monday that it had agreed to hear the François Legault government’s request for authorization.
It should be noted that the Quebec Electoral Representation Commission (CRE) presented a new electoral map in 2023 that eliminated one riding in the Gaspé Peninsula and one in Montreal’s east end.
In return, two other ridings were to be created: Marie-Lacoste-Gérin-Lajoie, in Centre-du-Québec, and Bellefeuille, in the Laurentians.
This new electoral map was criticized by all the political parties represented in the National Assembly, which passed a law in May 2024 to suspend the electoral redistricting.
However, on Dec. 1, 2025, the Court of Appeal ruled that this law was “unconstitutional” and “ineffective.”
The Legault government is challenging this decision and has requested permission to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. This request was granted on Monday.
In the meantime, the new electoral map was made official last month.
–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews
