Photo: Gaétan Veillette · CC BY-SA 4.0Each seat on Bécancour’s council stands for 2,130 residents, more than in 88% of Quebec municipalities
The mayor of Bécancour is Pascal Blondin, who sits with 6 councillors. Bécancour is in Nicolet-Bécancour for the National Assembly of Québec, whose current MNA (Member of the National Assembly, Québec’s legislature) no open source we can use records yet. The riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP) covering Bécancour is Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel—Alnôbak, and Louis Plamondon (Bloc Québécois) represents it in the House of Commons.
What stands out in how Bécancour is governed
Many residents per seat
The middle municipality in Quebec has a seat for every 380 residents; Bécancour council has far more people behind each. Council size ↓
High spending per resident
Bécancour council spent more per resident in 2024 than 76% of Québec’s local municipalities. Council money ↓
Compared with the province’s municipalities of 1,000+ residents (2021 Census; MAMH, MMAH and Statistics Canada).
Three governments, and who does what
Bécancour, a city in Quebec, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
becancour.net ↗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.
MRC Bécancour is Bécancour’s regional county municipality, which sets the land-use plan the municipalities follow.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Bécancour, from the most recent elections.
- 1Bécancour councilelected November 2025Pascal Blondin
- 2National Assembly of QuébecNicolet-Bécancour
- 3House of CommonsBécancour—Nicolet—Saurel—Alnôbak
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 Bécancour council
Everyone elected in 2025, seat by seat, with their team and votes.
- Pascal Blondin
- Jasmine Hébert
- Marie-Eve Boisclair
- Marjolaine Arsenault
- Annie Gauthier
- Marion Lamothe
- Pascal Doucet
7 members and how they were elected
| Name | Seat | Team | Votes | Share | On the last council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pascal Blondin | Mayor | Independent | 3,366 | 58% | No |
| Jasmine Hébert | Councillor | Independent | – | acclaimed | Yes |
| Marie-Eve Boisclair | Councillor | Independent | 4,188 | 76% | No |
| Marjolaine Arsenault | Councillor | Independent | 3,412 | 63% | No |
| Annie Gauthier | Councillor | Independent | – | acclaimed | Yes |
| Marion Lamothe | Councillor | Independent | – | acclaimed | Yes |
| Pascal Doucet | Councillor | Independent | – | acclaimed | Yes |
Every member of Bécancour council ran without a team or party. There are no wards on Bécancour council: the whole electorate votes for every seat, the mayor too.
Every other candidate (3)
| Seat | Candidate | Team | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor | Lucie Allard | Independent | 2,406 | 42% |
| Councillor | Éric St-Louis | Independent | 1,307 | 24% |
| Councillor | Roger Gervais | Independent | 2,035 | 37% |
Councils and results: Résultats des élections municipales générales de 2025, MAMH (CC BY 4.0)
The 2025 race for mayor of Bécancour
Votes for each candidate for mayor in 2025.
Lucie Allard, the sitting mayor, was beaten by Pascal Blondin. Turnout for mayor was 49%, under the 51% typical of a contested race for mayor in Québec. Pascal Blondin won the race for mayor with 58% of the votes, 960 ahead of Lucie Allard.
How Bécancour voted: same source as Councillors, above.
When Bécancour votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Bécancour council | 2 November 2025 | 4 November 2029 |
| National Assembly of Québec | 5 October 2026 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
Voters last chose the National Assembly of Québec on 5 October 2026 and the House of Commons on 28 April 2025. 4 November 2029 is the next council election in Bécancour, fixed by the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities for the first Sunday in November every four years. The 2025 results are left out because elections.ca’s terms forbid commercial reproduction; the open catalogue’s latest is 2021.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
Bécancour votes in Nicolet-Bécancour 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 ↗Nicolet-Bécancour takes in Bécancour and elects its MNA to the National Assembly of Québec.
Québec ridings: Répertoire des municipalités, MAMH (CC BY 4.0)
Louis Plamondon represents Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel—Alnôbak in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel—Alnôbak · Bloc Québécois · first elected 1984
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada44
- Bloc Québécois22
- Conservative Party of Canada11
- New Democratic Party1
As Wikidata records them.
The Bloc Québécois, Louis Plamondon’s party, takes 22 of the 78 seats from Quebec; the Liberal Party of Canada takes 44.
The MP’s record
Had the 2021 ballots been cast in today’s Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel—Alnôbak, the Bloc Québécois would have led with 55%; Louis Plamondon held it for them in 2025. First elected in 1984, Louis Plamondon is serving the 13th term of a Commons career. Louis Plamondon has been a member of the Bloc Québécois and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. Louis Plamondon has served as Speaker of the House of Commons (2023).
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
Louis Plamondon kept Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel for the Bloc Québécois in 2021
Results in Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel, the riding Bécancour belonged to on the 2013 map used in 2019 and 2021; since 2025 it votes in Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel—Alnôbak.
57% had elected Louis Plamondon there in 2019. Louis Plamondon won the 2021 race in Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel for the Bloc Québécois, polling 55% and beating Nathalie Rochefort (Liberal Party of Canada) by 18,952 votes.
All 7 candidates in Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Plamondon | Bloc Québécois | 27,403 | 54.8% |
| Nathalie Rochefort | Liberal Party of Canada | 8,451 | 16.9% |
| Yanick Caisse | Conservative Party of Canada | 8,404 | 16.8% |
| Catherine Gauvin | New Democratic Party | 2,550 | 5.1% |
| André Blanchette | Free Party Canada | 1,215 | 2.4% |
| Eric Pettersen | People's Party of Canada | 1,214 | 2.4% |
| David Turcotte | Green Party of Canada | 770 | 1.5% |
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
Bécancour 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.
At 85%, property taxes count for more of the revenue than the 63% seen across the province. At $4,593 per resident, Bécancour council’s $66.3M of long-term debt is more than the $2,461 median. Salaries and benefits took 33% of the total. Spending by Bécancour council reached $2,884 a resident in 2024, well over the $2,394 median of Québec’s local municipalities. Water, sewers and waste takes the biggest share, 24%, or $705 per resident.
Spending per resident nearby
Every service line, 2024
| Service | 2024 | Per resident | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water, sewers and waste | $10.2M | $705 | 24% |
| Roads and transit | $9M | $624 | 22% |
| General government | $6.8M | $473 | 16% |
| Recreation and culture | $5.4M | $376 | 13% |
| Police, fire and protection | $5M | $347 | 12% |
| Planning and development | $3M | $205 | 7% |
| Financing costs | $2.2M | $149 | 5% |
| Social services and child care | $55K | $4 | 0% |
Money: rapport financier and profil financier 2024, ministère des Affaires municipales et de l’Habitation (CC BY 4.0)
Bécancour council beside its neighbours
Residents (2021 Census) per council seat, head of council included, beside nearby municipalities; the tick is the provincial median.
The bars put the headline’s figure for Bécancour council next to nearby councils, the tick marking the provincial median.
Residents: 2021 Census; seats: the province’s council list
Having a say in how Bécancour 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.
becancour.net ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Council size. Seats count the head of council and the councillors, and residents are the 2021 Census count; a neighbourhood shows its city’s.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about how Bécancour is run
Who is the MP for Bécancour?
Louis Plamondon (Bloc Québécois) sits for Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel—Alnôbak, the riding Bécancour is in.
Which party won Bécancour in the 2021 federal election?
Louis Plamondon (Bloc Québécois) took Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel in 2021, and still holds the seat, now Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel—Alnôbak.
Who is the MNA for Bécancour?
Nicolet-Bécancour is the riding; its sitting MNA is on the National Assembly of Québec’s own list of members for Bécancour and its neighbours.
Who heads the council in Bécancour?
Pascal Blondin is mayor, at the head of Bécancour council.
How much does Bécancour council spend?
The 2024 return of Bécancour council shows $41.6M of spending for roughly 14,438 residents, $10.2M of it on water, sewers and waste.
Which regional body is Bécancour part of?
Its regional county municipality: MRC Bécancour, where Bécancour’s mayor sits with the other mayors.
How is Bécancour council elected?
At large: every voter helps fill all of Bécancour council, the mayor too.
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).