Sainte-Martine, Quebec

Sainte-Martine is a municipality in Beauharnois-Salaberry Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 5,664. The municipality is made up of a large northern section and a small unattached southern area that was known as the municipality of Saint-Paul-de-Châteauguay until its merger with Sainte-Martine on September 9, 1999.

History
Sainte-Martine is named in honor of Martina of Rome, martyred in 226. Being already settled and recognize as Sainte-Martine for many years, the status of the municipality was officialized on July 1, 1855, as the parish municipality of Sainte-Martine.

The municipality lost a section of its territory in 1885 for the creation of the parish of Très-Saint-Sacrement. It also lost a sizeable part in 1937 when Saint-Paul-de-Châteauguay split from Saint-Martine to become its own municipality, but it was eventually reattached to Sainte-Martine in 1999.

Communities
In addition to the namesake main population centre, the following locations reside within the municipality's boundaries:
 * Laberge ( 45.28528°N, -73.80694°W ) – a hamlet located along Quebec Route 205 in the north part of the municipality.
 * La Ferme ( 45.32083°N, -73.83889°W ) – a residential area located along Quebec Route 138.
 * Le Domaine-de-la-Pêche-au-Saumon ( 45.25417°N, -73.79861°W ) – a residential area located along Quebec Route 138.
 * Le Méandre ( 45.24861°N, -73.79861°W ) – a residential area located along Quebec Route 138.

Local government
List of former mayors:


 * James Perrigo (1845–1847)
 * Marc Antoine Primo (1855–1856)
 * François Gagné (1856–1860)
 * Joseph Taillefer (1860–1862)
 * James Wight (1862–1864)
 * Charles Mentor Lebrun (1864–1866)
 * James McGowan (1866–1875)
 * Jean Baptiste Eustache Bergevin dit Langevin (1875–1877, 1880–1883)
 * Antonin Hébert (1877–1878)
 * Philémon Laberge (1878–1880)
 * Jesephat Hébert (1883–1885)
 * Médard Cardinal (1885–1887)
 * Joseph Hébert (1887–1889)
 * Jean-Baptiste Roy (1889–1893)
 * Edouard McGowan (1893–1906)
 * Joseph Théodore Breault (1906–1907)
 * Hospice Desrosiers (1907–1909, 1910–1912)
 * Hilaire Bonnier (1909–1910)
 * Barnabé Laberge (1912–1914, 1933–1937)
 * François Xavier Morand (1914–1915)
 * Narcisse Vinette (1915–1916)
 * Charles Ulric Bergevin (1916–1917)
 * Arthur Laberge (1917–1919)
 * Albert Desrosiers (1919–1921)
 * Ulric Archambault (1921)
 * Louis-Philippe Chaput (1921–1931)
 * Nolasque April (1931–1933)
 * Joseph-Albert Poupart (1937–1941)
 * Wilfrid Morand (1941–1943)
 * Arthur Mallette (1943–1944)
 * Léo Chèvrefils (1944–1951)
 * Léo Desparois (1951–1954)
 * Aldéo Huot (1954–1960)
 * Edouard Lefort (1960–1965)
 * Ronaldo Bélanger (1965–1971)
 * Jean-Claude Desgroseilliers (1971–1978)
 * Paul-Émile Dionne (1978–1985)
 * Joseph-Léo-Gilles-Roméo Myre (1985–1993)
 * François Candau (1993–2013)
 * Éric Brault (2013–2014)
 * Jean-Denis Barbeau (interim 2014)
 * Maude Laberge (2014–2021)
 * Mélanie Lefort (2021–present)

Transportation
The Exo du Haut-Saint-Laurent sector provides commuter and local bus services.