Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault (Liberal Party of Canada) holds Madawaska—Restigouche, the riding that includes Saint-Léonard
Of the 10 Commons seats from New Brunswick, the Liberal Party of Canada holds 6. Locally, Saint-Léonard is run as a town. This page names no head of council for Saint-Léonard, as no open list of councils exists in New Brunswick. Without an open map of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick’s ridings, this page can’t say which one Saint-Léonard is in.
Three governments, and who does what
Saint-Léonard, a town 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, Saint-Léonard 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 Saint-Léonard, from the most recent elections.
- 1Saint-Léonard councilTown
- 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-Léonard votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Saint-Léonard council | 11 May 2026 | 13 May 2030 |
| Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick | 21 October 2024 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
This page stops at the 2021 vote: elections.ca keeps the 2025 counts under non-commercial terms. Saint-Léonard council was elected on 11 May 2026, and the next vote is on 13 May 2030. That date comes from the Municipal Elections Act, which sets the second Monday in May every four years. Parliament was last elected on 28 April 2025, and the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick on 21 October 2024.
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
The 2025 general election sent Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault to the Commons for the first time. On today’s boundaries, the 2021 vote in Madawaska—Restigouche would have gone to the Liberal Party of Canada with 52%, and Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault kept it for them in 2025.
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
Madawaska—Restigouche returned René Arseneault (Liberal Party of Canada) in 2021
Madawaska—Restigouche as it stood from 2013: the 2019 and 2021 counts, before the riding was redrawn for 2025.
In 2021, Madawaska—Restigouche went to René Arseneault (Liberal Party of Canada) on 55%; Shawn Beaulieu (Conservative Party of Canada) finished 8,962 votes behind. René Arseneault already held it after the 2019 election, won with 50%. 62% of electors in Madawaska—Restigouche voted in 2021, below the 63% turnout across Canada.
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-Léonard 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
- Election results. Official counts for 2019 and 2021 are by the 2013 ridings; Elections Canada also re-counted the 2021 ballots onto the 2023 ridings by polling division, and that estimate is what “today’s boundaries” means here.
- Not on this page. Council budgets, band councils, and which party runs the council: the open lists carry no party, and most councils have none.
- Who holds each seat. The members named here are Wikidata’s, kept up by volunteers; a by-election or a floor crossing may take a few days to show.
- Which riding. A place belongs to the riding where most of its 2021 Census residents live, plus any other with 5% or more.
Questions about how Saint-Léonard is run
Who is the MP for Saint-Léonard?
Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault (Liberal Party of Canada) sits for Madawaska—Restigouche, the riding Saint-Léonard is in.
Which party won Saint-Léonard 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-Léonard?
Use the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick’s own list: every MLA is there by riding, though Saint-Léonard isn’t placed in one here.
Who heads the council in Saint-Léonard?
The head of Saint-Léonard’s council isn’t named here; as a town, it publishes its council itself.
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).