Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainGuillaume Deschênes-Thériault (Liberal Party of Canada) represents Saint-Jacques in Ottawa as MP for Madawaska—Restigouche
From New Brunswick come 10 MPs, 6 of them 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 Saint-Jacques is in. For local government, Saint-Jacques is a parish. No open list of councils exists in New Brunswick, so no mayor of Saint-Jacques is named here.
Three governments, and who does what
Saint-Jacques, a parish 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.
Saint-Jacques also works through a regional service commission, one of 12 that cover New Brunswick.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Saint-Jacques, from the most recent elections.
- 1Saint-Jacques councilParish
- 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 Saint-Jacques votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jacques council | 11 May 2026 | 13 May 2030 |
| Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick | 21 October 2024 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
After the 11 May 2026 election, Saint-Jacques 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. The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick was last elected on 21 October 2024, and the House of Commons on 28 April 2025. Elections Canada’s open records end with the 2021 election; its 2025 results are under terms that rule out commercial use.
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
legnb.ca ↗Legislatures: their own member pages
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. April 2025 was Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault’s first election to the House of Commons.
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
These are the 2019 and 2021 results on the 2013 map of Madawaska—Restigouche; its boundaries changed for the 2025 election.
Madawaska—Restigouche elected René Arseneault (Liberal Party of Canada) in 2021: 55% of the vote, a lead of 8,962 over Shawn Beaulieu (Conservative Party of Canada). 50% had elected René Arseneault there in 2019. At 62%, fewer of Madawaska—Restigouche voted in 2021 than Canada as a whole (63%).
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 Saint-Jacques is run
Check or update the federal list.
elections.ca ↗Every MP lists an office.
ourcommons.ca ↗Ridings, registration and voting dates.
electionsnb.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Not on this page. Party control (Canadian councils are mostly elected without parties, and the open lists record none), council budgets, and band councils.
- Election results. Elections Canada redrew the ridings in 2023 and re-tallied the 2021 ballots onto the new map from polling divisions; that estimate, and the official 2019 and 2021 counts on the old map, are what you see.
- 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 Saint-Jacques is run
Who is the MP for Saint-Jacques?
Saint-Jacques is in Madawaska—Restigouche, represented by Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault (Liberal Party of Canada).
Which party won Saint-Jacques in the 2021 federal election?
René Arseneault won Madawaska—Restigouche for the Liberal Party of Canada in 2021; the riding is now Madawaska—Restigouche, held by Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault.
Who is the MLA for Saint-Jacques?
Every MLA of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick is on its members page, which is where to find the one for Saint-Jacques.
Who heads the council in Saint-Jacques?
Ask the municipality itself: Saint-Jacques, a parish, isn’t on an open list of councils we can use.
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).