Photo: Johny-le-cowboy · CC BY-SA 3.0Council seats in Alma are spread thin, 3,410 residents each, more than in 94% of Quebec municipalities
Alma is in Lac-Saint-Jean, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP), and the seat belongs to Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe of the Bloc Québécois. For the National Assembly of Québec, Alma votes in Lac-Saint-Jean; open data doesn’t yet say who its MNA (Member of the National Assembly, Québec’s legislature) is. Alma has 8 councillors and a mayor, Sylvie Beaumont.
What stands out in how Alma is governed
Many residents per seat
The middle municipality in Quebec has a seat for every 380 residents; Alma council has far more people behind each. Council size ↓
High spending per resident
Alma council spent more per resident in 2024 than 77% of Québec’s local municipalities. Council money ↓
A safe federal seat
In 2021, 25 points separated first and second (Conservative Party of Canada) in Lac-Saint-Jean, more than in 67% of the 338 ridings. How Alma has voted ↓
Low federal turnout
More electors stayed home in Lac-Saint-Jean than in 69% of Canada’s ridings at the 2021 election. The 2021 turnout ↓
Compared with the province’s municipalities of 1,000+ residents (2021 Census; MAMH, MMAH and Statistics Canada).
Three governments, and who does what
Alma, a city in Quebec, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
ville.alma.qc.ca ↗Land-use, waste and fire-cover plans.
Schools, health care, highways, municipal law.
assnat.qc.ca ↗Passports, pensions, EI, defence, immigration.
ourcommons.ca ↗Who to ask
Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.
Alma belongs to MRC Lac-Saint-Jean-Est, the regional county municipality whose council of mayors adopts the land-use plan for its municipalities.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Alma, from the most recent elections.
- 1Alma councilelected November 2025Sylvie Beaumont
- 2National Assembly of QuébecLac-Saint-Jean
- 3House of CommonsLac-Saint-Jean
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
Who sits on Alma council
Everyone elected in 2025, seat by seat, with their team and votes.
- Sylvie Beaumont
- Olivier Larouche
- Louis Leclerc
- Vicky Potvin
- Élise Cloutier
- Pier-Oliver Cloutier-Boily
- Bianka Villeneuve
- Audrée Villeneuve
- Jonathan Bellemarre
9 members and how they were elected
| Name | Seat | Team | Votes | Share | On the last council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvie Beaumont | Mayor | Independent | 8,061 | 69% | Yes |
| Olivier Larouche | Saint-Coeur-de-Marie-Delisle district | Independent | 917 | 58% | No |
| Louis Leclerc | Isle-Maligne - Albert-Naud district | Independent | – | acclaimed | Yes, another seat |
| Vicky Potvin | Melançon district | Independent | 842 | 61% | No |
| Élise Cloutier | Damase-Boulanger district | Independent | 567 | 53% | No |
| Pier-Oliver Cloutier-Boily | Saint-Pierre district | Independent | 1,261 | 69% | No |
| Bianka Villeneuve | Champagnat district | Independent | – | acclaimed | Yes |
| Audrée Villeneuve | Scott district | Independent | 896 | 56% | Yes |
| Jonathan Bellemarre | Signay-Labarre district | Independent | 955 | 56% | No |
Councillors come from districts, one each, and the whole of Alma elects the mayor. No team or party won a seat on Alma council: every member ran on their own.
Every other candidate (9)
| Seat | Candidate | Team | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor | Sébastien Ouellet | Independent | 3,436 | 29% |
| Mayor | Christian Collard | Independent | 234 | 2% |
| Saint-Coeur-de-Marie-Delisle district | Yves Gilbert | Independent | 661 | 42% |
| Melançon district | Annie Coulombe | Independent | 537 | 39% |
| Damase-Boulanger district | Daniel-Guillaume Simard | Independent | 506 | 47% |
| Saint-Pierre district | David Boily | Independent | 569 | 31% |
| Scott district | Sebastien Turcotte | Independent | 379 | 24% |
| Scott district | Robin Harvey | Independent | 337 | 21% |
| Signay-Labarre district | Alain Fortin | Independent | 766 | 45% |
Councils and results: Résultats des élections municipales générales de 2025, MAMH (CC BY 4.0)
The 2025 race for mayor of Alma
Votes for each candidate for mayor in 2025.
The outgoing mayor, Sylvie Beaumont, was re-elected. Sylvie Beaumont won the race for mayor with 69% of the votes, 4,625 ahead of Sébastien Ouellet. 48% of electors voted for mayor, below the 51% median of Québec’s contested mayoral races.
How Alma voted: same source as Councillors, above.
When Alma votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Alma council | 2 November 2025 | 4 November 2029 |
| National Assembly of Québec | 5 October 2026 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
There are no 2025 counts here: Elections Canada’s terms bar their commercial reuse, so 2021 is the latest open result. Provincially the last general election was on 5 October 2026, for the National Assembly of Québec; federally, on 28 April 2025. Councils are elected on the first Sunday in November every four years, says the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities, so Alma votes next on 4 November 2029.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
Alma votes in Lac-Saint-Jean for the National Assembly of Québec
Provinces and territories run schools, health care and municipal law; each riding elects one MNA.
MNA: see the legislature’s list
assnat.qc.ca ↗For the National Assembly of Québec, Alma votes in Lac-Saint-Jean, which has one MNA.
Québec ridings: Répertoire des municipalités, MAMH (CC BY 4.0)
Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe represents Lac-Saint-Jean in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Lac-Saint-Jean · Bloc Québécois · first elected 2019
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada44
- Bloc Québécois22
- Conservative Party of Canada11
- New Democratic Party1
As Wikidata records them.
Of the 78 seats from Quebec, the Liberal Party of Canada holds 44, and Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe’s Bloc Québécois has 22.
The MP’s record
First elected in 2019, Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe is serving the 3rd term of a Commons career. Mapped onto today’s Lac-Saint-Jean, the 2021 vote gives the Bloc Québécois 51%; in 2025 Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe kept the seat in the same hands.
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, Lac-Saint-Jean re-elected Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe of the Bloc Québécois
Lac-Saint-Jean as it stood from 2013: the 2019 and 2021 counts, before the riding was redrawn for 2025.
Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe already held it after the 2019 election, won with 44%. In 2021, Lac-Saint-Jean went to Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Bloc Québécois) on 51%; Serge Bergeron (Conservative Party of Canada) finished 12,567 votes behind.
All 5 candidates in Lac-Saint-Jean, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe | Bloc Québécois | 25,466 | 50.7% |
| Serge Bergeron | Conservative Party of Canada | 12,899 | 25.7% |
| Marjolaine Étienne | Liberal Party of Canada | 9,371 | 18.7% |
| Mathieu Chambers | New Democratic Party | 1,637 | 3.3% |
| Annie Thibault | Green Party of Canada | 824 | 1.6% |
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
Alma council spends more per resident than most
The 2024 financial return: spending by service and revenue by source, per resident, compared only with Québec’s local municipalities.
Spending per resident by service, 2024
What pays for it
Shares of revenue, town and province.
The council runs its own power or gas utility, which accounts for 15% of spending. In 2024 the median among Québec’s local municipalities was $2,394 a resident; Alma council spent $2,916. Roads and transit takes the biggest share, 19%, or $551 per resident. Pay and benefits made up 35% of spending. Local taxpayers carry a bigger share than elsewhere: 64% of revenue, where the province’s returns show 63%. Debt Alma council owes over the long term came to $34.4M, $1,122 a resident, under the median of $2,461.
Spending per resident nearby
Every service line, 2024
| Service | 2024 | Per resident | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roads and transit | $16.9M | $551 | 19% |
| Water, sewers and waste | $15.7M | $511 | 18% |
| Recreation and culture | $15.6M | $510 | 17% |
| Electricity and gas | $13.5M | $441 | 15% |
| Police, fire and protection | $10.8M | $352 | 12% |
| General government | $8M | $262 | 9% |
| Planning and development | $7.6M | $249 | 9% |
| Financing costs | $1.1M | $35 | 1% |
| Social services and child care | $150K | $5 | 0% |
Money: rapport financier and profil financier 2024, ministère des Affaires municipales et de l’Habitation (CC BY 4.0)
Alma council beside its neighbours
Residents (2021 Census) per council seat, head of council included, beside nearby municipalities; the tick is the provincial median.
Beside its neighbours, Alma council is the bar in colour; the headline above has the comparison with the province.
Residents: 2021 Census; seats: the province’s council list
Having a say in how Alma is run
Check or update the federal list.
elections.ca ↗Every MP lists an office.
ourcommons.ca ↗Ridings, registration and voting dates.
electionsquebec.qc.ca ↗Council meetings, agendas and services.
ville.alma.qc.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Election results. The 2019 and 2021 figures are Elections Canada’s official counts on the ridings drawn in 2013; the “today’s boundaries” figures are its transposition of the 2021 vote onto the 2023 ridings, an estimate built from polling divisions.
- Which riding. Each place is put in its ridings by where its 2021 Census residents live; a riding holding 5% or more of them is listed.
- Who holds each seat. A member who resigned or switched parties last week may still show here: the names are Wikidata’s.
- Not on this page. The open files end at election night: no council votes since, and no band councils.
- Council money. Per resident uses MAMH’s population; the 2024 financial report gives charges by service and the financial profile the revenue, debt and reserves.
- Council size. For residents per seat, the head of council is counted as a seat, and the population is the 2021 Census figure.
Questions about how Alma is run
Who is the MP for Alma?
For Alma, it’s Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Bloc Québécois), who holds Lac-Saint-Jean.
Which party won Alma in the 2021 federal election?
The Bloc Québécois: Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe won Lac-Saint-Jean in 2021 and still holds it.
Who is the MNA for Alma?
Look up Lac-Saint-Jean on the National Assembly of Québec’s site: that riding, which takes in Alma, has one MNA.
Who heads the council in Alma?
Alma council is led by Sylvie Beaumont, its mayor.
How much does Alma council spend?
In 2024, Alma council spent $89.4M in all, for some 30,649 residents, of which $16.9M went on roads and transit, the biggest line.
Which regional body is Alma part of?
Alma belongs to MRC Lac-Saint-Jean-Est, a regional county municipality whose council is made up of its municipalities’ mayors.
How is Alma council elected?
Alma council: the mayor is chosen at large, each councillor by a district.
Sources: MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · Québec ridings: Répertoire des municipalités, MAMH (CC BY 4.0) · Councils: Répertoire des municipalités du Québec, MAMH (CC BY 4.0) · Money: rapport financier and profil financier 2024, ministère des Affaires municipales et de l’Habitation (CC BY 4.0) · Councils and results: Résultats des élections municipales générales de 2025, MAMH (CC BY 4.0) · 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).