Mathieu Traversy

Mathieu Traversy is a Canadian politician in the province of Quebec. Since 2021, he has been the mayor of Terrebonne. Previously, he represented the riding of Terrebonne in the National Assembly of Quebec from the 2008 provincial election until his defeat in the 2018 provincial election. He was a member of the Parti Québécois.

Traversy attended the Cégep régional de Lanaudière in Terrebonne and later the Université du Québec à Montréal in political science. He previously worked in the department of recreation for the city of Terrebonne.

Traversy defeated Jean-François Therrien of the ADQ in the 2008 elections.

Electoral record

vte2018 Quebec general election: Terrebonne
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Pierre Fitzgibbon	17,638	42.97	+8.60
	Parti Québécois	Mathieu Traversy	12,106	29.49	-6.73
	Québec solidaire	Anne B-Godbout	5,279	12.86	+6.48
	Liberal	Margaux Selam	4,976	12.12	-9.89
	Green	Carole Dubois	522	1.27
	Conservative	Jules Néron	287	0.70
	Citoyens au pouvoir	Mathieu Goyette	244	0.59
Total valid votes	41,052	98.23
Total rejected ballots	741	1.77	-0.26
Turnout	41,793	72.34	-1.86
Eligible voters	57,776
	Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Parti Québécois	Swing	+7.67
Source(s). Élections Québec.

2012 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Mathieu Traversy	19,077	44.53	-0.69
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Gaétan Barrette	15,429	36.02	+14.45*
	Liberal	Josée Gingras	5,646	13.18	-14.33
	Québec solidaire	Yan Smith	1,380	3.22	+0.61
	Green	Benoit Carignan	635	1.48	-1.61
	Option nationale	Marc-André Dénommée	510	1.19	–
	Coalition pour la constituante	Patrick Dubé	160	0.37	–
Total valid votes	42,837	98.72	–
Total rejected ballots	554	1.28	–
Turnout	43,391	80.21	+19.74
Electors on the lists	54,100	–	–

* Result compared to Action démocratique

. Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
(in French)