Photo: Tourisme Nouveau-Brunswick · CC BY 2.0Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault (Liberal Party of Canada) represents Atholville in Ottawa as MP for Madawaska—Restigouche
Across New Brunswick, 6 of the 10 MPs sit with the Liberal Party of Canada. Without an open map of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick’s ridings, this page can’t say which one Atholville is in. In the census’s list of municipalities, Atholville is a village. This page names no head of council for Atholville, as no open list of councils exists in New Brunswick.
Three governments, and who does what
Atholville, a village in New Brunswick, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
Schools, health care, highways, municipal law.
legnb.ca ↗Passports, pensions, EI, defence, immigration.
ourcommons.ca ↗Who to ask
Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.
Like every local government in New Brunswick, Atholville sits on one of the province’s 12 regional service commissions, which plan services such as waste and emergency measures.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Atholville, from the most recent elections.
- 1Atholville councilVillage
- 2Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick–
- 3House of CommonsMadawaska—Restigouche
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada
When Atholville votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Atholville council | 11 May 2026 | 13 May 2030 |
| Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick | 21 October 2024 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
Why not 2025? Elections Canada publishes those counts under non-commercial terms, and its open data stop at the 2021 election. The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick was last elected on 21 October 2024, and the House of Commons on 28 April 2025. After the 11 May 2026 election, Atholville council next goes to the polls on 13 May 2030. That date comes from the Municipal Elections Act, which sets the second Monday in May every four years.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick: riding not placed
Provinces and territories run schools, health care and municipal law; each riding elects one MLA.
Find your MLA on the legislature’s site
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Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault represents Madawaska—Restigouche in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Madawaska—Restigouche · Liberal Party of Canada
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada6
- Conservative Party of Canada4
As Wikidata records them.
The MP’s record
Mapped onto today’s Madawaska—Restigouche, the 2021 vote gives the Liberal Party of Canada 52%; in 2025 Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault kept the seat in the same hands. Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault is new to Parliament, first elected in the April 2025 vote.
MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026
In 2021, Madawaska—Restigouche re-elected René Arseneault of the Liberal Party of Canada
Madawaska—Restigouche as it stood from 2013: the 2019 and 2021 counts, before the riding was redrawn for 2025.
In 2021, 62% of electors cast a ballot in Madawaska—Restigouche, under the national 63%. 50% had elected René Arseneault there in 2019. 8,962 votes separated René Arseneault (Liberal Party of Canada) from Shawn Beaulieu (Conservative Party of Canada) in Madawaska—Restigouche in 2021, when the winner took 55%.
All 6 candidates in Madawaska—Restigouche, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| René Arseneault | Liberal Party of Canada | 16,854 | 55.2% |
| Shawn Beaulieu | Conservative Party of Canada | 7,892 | 25.8% |
| Nancy Mercier | People's Party of Canada | 1,889 | 6.2% |
| Elizabeth MacDonald | New Democratic Party | 1,848 | 6.1% |
| Louis Berube | Free Party Canada | 1,277 | 4.2% |
| Rebecca Blaevoet | Green Party of Canada | 786 | 2.6% |
Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
Having a say in how Atholville is run
Check or update the federal list.
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electionsnb.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Not on this page. Who controls the council by party (the open lists give none, and most Canadian councils sit without parties), budgets and band councils.
- Election results. Where the page says “today’s boundaries”, it means Elections Canada’s estimate of the 2021 vote on the 2023 ridings; every other count is official and on the 2013 map.
- Which riding. A place belongs to the riding where most of its 2021 Census residents live, plus any other with 5% or more.
- Who holds each seat. Who holds each seat is read from Wikidata, so a very recent change in the Commons may not appear yet.
Questions about how Atholville is run
Who is the MP for Atholville?
For Atholville, it’s Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault (Liberal Party of Canada), who holds Madawaska—Restigouche.
Which party won Atholville in the 2021 federal election?
The Liberal Party of Canada, with René Arseneault in Madawaska—Restigouche; since 2025 Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault represents Madawaska—Restigouche.
Who is the MLA for Atholville?
Find the riding for Atholville on the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick’s site, which names the MLA for each.
Who heads the council in Atholville?
Atholville is a village; its own website or the province’s municipal directory names the head of council.
Sources: MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · Next municipal election: the province’s municipal election act · Municipality types: Statistics Canada census subdivisions · Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).