Photo: Johny-le-cowboy · CC BY-SA 3.0Each seat on Dolbeau-Mistassini’s council stands for 1,940 residents, more than in 87% of Quebec municipalities
Dolbeau-Mistassini has 6 councillors and a mayor, Rémi Rousseau. For federal votes, Dolbeau-Mistassini belongs to Lac-Saint-Jean, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP); Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Bloc Québécois) holds it. Dolbeau-Mistassini is in Roberval 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.
What stands out in how Dolbeau-Mistassini is governed
Many residents per seat
Dolbeau-Mistassini council spreads its seats over a big population; the typical municipality in Quebec has one seat per 380 residents. Council size ↓
A safe federal seat
With 25 points between the winner and the runner-up (Conservative Party of Canada), Lac-Saint-Jean was safer in 2021 than 67% of the 338 ridings. How Dolbeau-Mistassini has voted ↓
Low federal turnout
Federal turnout in Lac-Saint-Jean trailed 69% of Canada’s ridings in 2021. 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
Dolbeau-Mistassini, a city in Quebec, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
ville.dolbeau-mistassini.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.
Dolbeau-Mistassini belongs to MRC Maria-Chapdelaine, 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 Dolbeau-Mistassini, from the most recent elections.
- 1Dolbeau-Mistassini councilelected November 2025Rémi Rousseau
- 2National Assembly of QuébecRoberval
- 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 Dolbeau-Mistassini council
Everyone elected in 2025, seat by seat, with their team and votes.
- Rémi Rousseau
- Caroline Labbé
- Alexandre Tremblay
- Stéphane Houde
- Marlène Gaudreault
- Stéphane Gagnon
- Marc Claveau
7 members and how they were elected
| Name | Seat | Team | Votes | Share | On the last council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rémi Rousseau | Mayor | Independent | 2,848 | 63% | Yes, another seat |
| Caroline Labbé | Councillor | Independent | – | acclaimed | Yes |
| Alexandre Tremblay | Councillor | Independent | 3,738 | 84% | Yes |
| Stéphane Houde | Councillor | Independent | – | acclaimed | Yes |
| Marlène Gaudreault | Councillor | Independent | 3,636 | 81% | No |
| Stéphane Gagnon | Councillor | Independent | – | acclaimed | Yes |
| Marc Claveau | Councillor | Independent | 2,978 | 66% | No |
Every seat on Dolbeau-Mistassini council, the mayor’s included, is chosen by the whole municipality. Every member of Dolbeau-Mistassini council ran without a team or party.
Every other candidate (4)
| Seat | Candidate | Team | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor | André Guy | Independent | 1,706 | 38% |
| Councillor | Romain Lavoie | Independent | 740 | 17% |
| Councillor | Karo-Lyne Dufour | Independent | 840 | 19% |
| Councillor | Claudine Pouliot | Independent | 1,546 | 34% |
Councils and results: Résultats des élections municipales générales de 2025, MAMH (CC BY 4.0)
The 2025 race for mayor of Dolbeau-Mistassini
Votes for each candidate for mayor in 2025.
The outgoing mayor, André Guy, lost the seat to Rémi Rousseau. Rémi Rousseau won the race for mayor with 63% of the votes, 1,142 ahead of André Guy. Turnout for mayor was 42%, under the 51% typical of a contested race for mayor in Québec.
How Dolbeau-Mistassini voted: same source as Councillors, above.
When Dolbeau-Mistassini votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Dolbeau-Mistassini council | 2 November 2025 | 4 November 2029 |
| National Assembly of Québec | 5 October 2026 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
The 2025 results are left out because elections.ca’s terms forbid commercial reproduction; the open catalogue’s latest is 2021. Under the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities, Dolbeau-Mistassini’s next municipal vote is on 4 November 2029, the first Sunday in November every four years. Voters last chose the National Assembly of Québec on 5 October 2026 and the House of Commons on 28 April 2025.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
Dolbeau-Mistassini votes in Roberval 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, Dolbeau-Mistassini votes in Roberval, 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
Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe has sat in the Commons since 2019, now for the 3rd Parliament. 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
Lac-Saint-Jean returned Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Bloc Québécois) in 2021
Counts for Lac-Saint-Jean within its 2013 boundaries, used in 2019 and 2021; the 2025 election ran on a new map.
Back in 2019, Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe took the riding on 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
Dolbeau-Mistassini 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 77%, property taxes count for more of the revenue than the 63% seen across the province. Debt Dolbeau-Mistassini council owes over the long term came to $38.4M, $2,803 a resident, higher than the median of $2,461. In 2024 the median among Québec’s local municipalities was $2,394 a resident; Dolbeau-Mistassini council spent $2,509. Pay and benefits made up 36% of spending. More goes to recreation and culture than to anything else: $555 a resident, 22% of all spending.
Spending per resident nearby
Every service line, 2024
| Service | 2024 | Per resident | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recreation and culture | $7.6M | $555 | 22% |
| Water, sewers and waste | $7.4M | $542 | 22% |
| Roads and transit | $7.1M | $518 | 21% |
| General government | $4.8M | $348 | 14% |
| Police, fire and protection | $4.4M | $324 | 13% |
| Planning and development | $1.8M | $129 | 5% |
| Financing costs | $1.2M | $86 | 3% |
| Social services and child care | $82K | $6 | 0% |
Money: rapport financier and profil financier 2024, ministère des Affaires municipales et de l’Habitation (CC BY 4.0)
Dolbeau-Mistassini council beside its neighbours
Residents (2021 Census) per council seat, head of council included, beside nearby municipalities; the tick is the provincial median.
The headline above gives the figure; the bars set Dolbeau-Mistassini council beside nearby councils, with the provincial median as the tick.
Residents: 2021 Census; seats: the province’s council list
Having a say in how Dolbeau-Mistassini 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.dolbeau-mistassini.qc.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. Who holds each seat is read from Wikidata, so a very recent change in the Commons may not appear yet.
- Not on this page. How councillors voted once in office, and band councils, are beyond the open record.
Questions about how Dolbeau-Mistassini is run
Who is the MP for Dolbeau-Mistassini?
Lac-Saint-Jean’s MP, Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe of the Bloc Québécois, represents Dolbeau-Mistassini.
Which party won Dolbeau-Mistassini in the 2021 federal election?
In 2021 it was Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Bloc Québécois), who represents Lac-Saint-Jean still.
Who is the MNA for Dolbeau-Mistassini?
Roberval is the riding; its sitting MNA is on the National Assembly of Québec’s own list of members for Dolbeau-Mistassini and its neighbours.
Who heads the council in Dolbeau-Mistassini?
Dolbeau-Mistassini council is led by Rémi Rousseau, its mayor.
How much does Dolbeau-Mistassini council spend?
Dolbeau-Mistassini council spent $34.4M in 2024 for about 13,717 residents; its largest service line was recreation and culture, at $7.6M.
Which regional body is Dolbeau-Mistassini part of?
The council of MRC Maria-Chapdelaine brings together the mayors of its municipalities, Dolbeau-Mistassini’s among them.
How is Dolbeau-Mistassini council elected?
Every seat on Dolbeau-Mistassini council, the mayor’s included, is filled by the whole municipality.
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).