As the towns and municipalities of Vaudreuil-Soulanges present their budgets for 2024 in the coming weeks, Néomédia asked about the salaries of the territory's elected officials.

Although this data is public, it is often difficult to find. While technically they should be on your municipality's website, this may not be the case.

It is important to understand how the salaries of elected municipal officials are determined. First of all, there is no pre-established salary scale for elected municipal officials.

According to the Act respecting the remuneration of elected municipal officials, “the council of a municipality shall, by by-law, fix the remuneration of its mayor or warden and of its other members. The by-law may provide for the remuneration to be indexed upwards, where applicable, for each fiscal year beginning after the year in which the by-law comes into force.”

In addition, in order for the salary to be approved, at least four of the six councillors and the mayor must vote in favour of the proposed amount.

Total remuneration depends on a number of factors. It includes a base salary for the duties for which the person is elected. In addition, there is an expense allowance.

Additional remunerations may be added if the elected official is part of an executive committee, or sits on a mandated body, a concertation table, the MRC or the CMM.

How much did your elected officials earn in 2023?

As mentioned above, it's not easy to compile the data. 

The salaries listed in our research are for 2023. Why is this? Because these are the most recent data available from the Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.

They are taken from the 2023 financial reports submitted by each of the municipalities, whose fiscal year ended on December 31 of the same year. Salary includes base pay, expense allowances and any additional remuneration.

The highest-paid elected official in 2023 was Patrick Bousez, mayor of Rivière-Beaudette and prefect of the Vaudreuil-Soulanges MRC, with a total of $184,208.

Figures for the municipalities of Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac, Saint-Clet and Sainte-Justine-de-Newton had not yet been released at the time of writing.

As for the Municipality of L'Île-Cadieux, the remuneration of elected officials has been set at $0, since they are volunteers. The mayor, Daniel Martel, however, receives remuneration from the MRC. MRC salary data were not available.

Population data for the municipalities are taken from the Ministère de l'Habitation et des Affaires municipales.

Rivière-Beaudette

Mayor: Patrick Bousez

Population: 2,651

Total remuneration in 2023: $184,208 

City salary: $29,412

Remuneration from other organizations (MRC, CMM, Tables de concertation, etc.): $154,796

*Mr. Bousez is also Prefect of the Vaudreuil-Soulanges MRC.

Vaudreuil-Dorion

Mayor: Guy Pilon

Population: 45,442

Total remuneration in 2023: $166,778 

City salary: $145,599

Remuneration from other organizations (MRC, CMM, Tables de concertation, etc.) $21,179

Town of L'Île-Perrot

Mayor: Pierre Séguin

Population: 11,678

Total remuneration in 2023: $147,967

City salary: $84,181

Remuneration from other organizations (MRC, CMM, Tables de concertation, etc.): $63,786

* Mr. Séguin is also acting prefect. 

Saint-Lazare

Mayor: Geneviève Lachance

Population: 22,761

Total remuneration in 2023: $102,308

Town salary: $88,461

Remuneration from other organizations (MRC, CMM, Tables de concertation, etc.): $13,484

Pincourt

Mayor: Claude Comeau

Population: 15,095

Total remuneration in 2023: $97,522

Town salary: $86,449

Remuneration from other organizations (MRC, CMM, Tables de concertation, etc.): $11,073

Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot

Mayor: Danie Deschênes

Population: 11,699

Total remuneration in 2023: $94,027

Remuneration from other organizations (MRC, CMM, Tables de concertation, etc.) $13,910

Saint-Zotique

Mayor: Yvon Chiasson

Population: 10,245

Total remuneration in 2023: $94,845

City salary: $78,608

Remuneration from other organizations (MRC, CMM, Tables de concertation, etc.): $16,237

Rigaud

Mayor: Marie-Claude Frigault

Population: 7,951

Total remuneration in 2023: $65,836

City salary: $53,917

Remuneration from other organizations (MRC, CMM, Tables de concertation, etc.): $11,919

Les Coteaux

Mayor: Sylvain Brazeau

Population: 5,938

Total remuneration in 2023: $63,645

City salary: $52,643

Remuneration from other organizations (MRC, CMM, Tables de concertation, etc.): $11,002

Hudson

Mayor: Chloé Hutchison

Population: 5,542

Total remuneration in 2023: $62,197

Town salary: $43,468

Remuneration from other organizations (MRC, CMM, Tables de concertation, etc.): $18,729

Les Cèdres

Mayor: Bernard Daoust

Population: 7,226

Total remuneration in 2023: $56,064

City salary: $45,756

Remuneration from other organizations (MRC, CMM, Tables de concertation, etc.): $10,309

Sainte-Marthe

Mayor: François Pleau

Population: 1,023

Total remuneration in 2023: $49,718

City salary: $37,853

Remuneration from other organizations (MRC, CMM, Tables de concertation, etc.): $11,865

Coteau-du-Lac

Mayor: Andrée Brosseau

Population: 7,681

Total remuneration in 2023: $48,139

City salary: $38,764

Saint-Polycarpe

Mayor: Jean-Yves Poirier

Population: 2,509

Total remuneration in 2023: $42,443

Town salary: $30,900

Remuneration from other organizations (MRC, CMM, Tables de concertation, etc.): $11,543

Terrasse-Vaudreuil

Mayor: Michel Bourdeau

Population: 1,929

Total remuneration in 2023: $47,138

City salary: $36,511

Remuneration from other organizations (MRC, CMM, Tables de concertation, etc.): $10,627

Pointe-des-Cascades

Mayor: Peter Zytynsky

Population: 1,834

Total remuneration in 2023: $33,052

City salary: $22,194

Remuneration from other organizations (MRC, CMM, Tables de concertation, etc.): $10,858

Très-Saint-Rédempteur

Mayor: Julie Lemieux

Population: 1,080

Total remuneration in 2023: $22,330

Town salary: $9,283

Remuneration from other organizations (MRC, CMM, Tables de concertation, etc.): $13,047

Pointe-Fortune

Mayor: François Bélanger

Population: 593

Total remuneration in 2023: $24,661

City salary: $14,352

Remuneration from other organizations (MRC, CMM, Tables de concertation, etc.): $10,309

Saint-Télesphore

Mayor: David Watson McKay

Population: 771

Total remuneration in 2023: $21,180

City salary: $12,975

Remuneration from other organizations (MRC, CMM, Tables de concertation, etc.): $8,205

Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac

Mayor: Mario Tremblay

Population: 1,363

Total remuneration in 2023: Data for 2023 are not available from MAMH.

City salary: 2023 data not available from MAMH

Remuneration from other organizations (MRC, CMM, Tables de concertation, etc.): 2023 data not available from MAMH

Saint-Clet

Mayor: Mylene Labre

Population: 1,734

Total remuneration in 2023: 2023 data not available from MAMH

City salary: 2023 data not available from MAMH

Remuneration from other organizations (MRC, CMM, Tables de concertation, etc.): 2023 data not available from MAMH

Sainte-Justine-de-Newton

Mayor: Shawn Campbell

Population: 978

Total compensation in 2023: Data for 2023 are not available from MAMH.

City salary: 2023 data not available from MAMH

Remuneration from other organizations (MRC, CMM, Tables de concertation, etc.): 2023 data not available from MAMH