Photo: P199 · Public domainMathieu Caron leads Gracefield as mayor
44 of the 78 MPs from Quebec belong to the Liberal Party of Canada. Provincially, Gracefield votes in Gatineau; its MNA (Member of the National Assembly, Québec’s legislature) in the National Assembly of Québec is David Logue (Quebec Liberal Party). Federally, Gracefield sits in Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP), held by Sophie Chatel of the Liberal Party of Canada. 6 councillors complete the city’s council.
Three governments, and who does what
Gracefield, a city in Quebec, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
gracefield.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.
With its neighbours, Gracefield forms MRC La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau, a regional county municipality whose mayors draw up the regional land-use plan.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Gracefield, from the most recent elections.
- 1Gracefield councilelected November 2025Mathieu Caron
- 2National Assembly of QuébecGatineau
- 3House of CommonsPontiac—Kitigan Zibi
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 Gracefield council
Everyone elected in 2025, seat by seat, with their team and votes.
- Mathieu Caron
- Sandra Lauriault
- Jean-Marie Gauthier
- Daniel-Luc Tremblay
- Mélanie Lefebvre
- Hugo Guénette
- Suzie Gauthier
7 members and how they were elected
| Name | Seat | Team | Votes | Share | On the last council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathieu Caron | Mayor | Independent | 640 | 67% | Yes |
| Sandra Lauriault | Councillor | Independent | 497 | 53% | No |
| Jean-Marie Gauthier | Councillor | Independent | 359 | 38% | No |
| Daniel-Luc Tremblay | Councillor | Independent | 677 | 71% | Yes |
| Mélanie Lefebvre | Councillor | Independent | 593 | 63% | Yes |
| Hugo Guénette | Councillor | Independent | 511 | 54% | Yes |
| Suzie Gauthier | Councillor | Independent | 515 | 54% | No |
Every member of Gracefield council ran without a team or party. Every seat on Gracefield council, the mayor’s included, is chosen by the whole municipality.
Every other candidate (9)
| Seat | Candidate | Team | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor | Joanne Poulin | Independent | 314 | 33% |
| Councillor | Madeleine Caron | Independent | 446 | 47% |
| Councillor | Alain Labelle | Independent | 263 | 28% |
| Councillor | Michel Clément | Independent | 175 | 19% |
| Councillor | Vincent Robillard | Independent | 150 | 16% |
| Councillor | Bernard Duffy | Independent | 271 | 29% |
| Councillor | Mathieu Galarneau | Independent | 350 | 37% |
| Councillor | Patrick Pétrin-Blais | Independent | 435 | 46% |
| Councillor | Jean-Philippe Caron | Independent | 440 | 46% |
Councils and results: Résultats des élections municipales générales de 2025, MAMH (CC BY 4.0)
The 2025 race for mayor of Gracefield
Votes for each candidate for mayor in 2025.
The race for mayor went to Mathieu Caron with 67%, a lead of 326 over Joanne Poulin. Turnout for mayor was 39%, under the 51% typical of a contested race for mayor in Québec. Mathieu Caron was already mayor and kept the seat.
How Gracefield voted: same source as Councillors, above.
When Gracefield votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Gracefield council | 2 November 2025 | 4 November 2029 |
| National Assembly of Québec | 5 October 2026 | – |
| House of Commons | 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 Gracefield votes next on 4 November 2029. Provincially the last general election was on 5 October 2026, for the National Assembly of Québec; federally, on 28 April 2025. Counts from April 2025 can’t appear here, since Elections Canada allows only non-commercial reuse of them.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
David Logue holds Gatineau in the National Assembly of Québec
Provinces and territories run schools, health care and municipal law; each riding elects one MNA.
David Logue · Quebec Liberal Party
assnat.qc.ca ↗David Logue (Quebec Liberal Party) has held Gatineau for the National Assembly of Québec since its last election, as Gracefield’s MNA.
Québec ridings: Répertoire des municipalités, MAMH (CC BY 4.0)
Sophie Chatel represents Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi · Liberal Party of Canada · first elected 2021
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada44
- Bloc Québécois22
- Conservative Party of Canada11
- New Democratic Party1
As Wikidata records them.
The MP’s record
Sophie Chatel has sat in the Commons since 2021, now for the 2nd Parliament. Elections Canada’s transposition of the 2021 vote onto today’s Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi puts the Liberal Party of Canada first at 44%; Sophie Chatel held it for the party 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
The Liberal Party of Canada kept Pontiac in 2021 with Sophie Chatel
Under the 2013 boundaries of the 2019 and 2021 elections, Gracefield sat in Pontiac; the 2025 election put it in Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi.
The 2019 vote had elected William Amos of the Liberal Party of Canada, with 49%. In 2021, Pontiac went to Sophie Chatel (Liberal Party of Canada) on 43%; Michel Gauthier (Conservative Party of Canada) finished 14,095 votes behind. In 2021, 65% of electors cast a ballot in Pontiac, more than the national 63%.
All 8 candidates in Pontiac, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sophie Chatel | Liberal Party of Canada | 26,899 | 43.4% |
| Michel Gauthier | Conservative Party of Canada | 12,804 | 20.7% |
| Gabrielle Desjardins | Bloc Québécois | 10,424 | 16.8% |
| Denise Giroux | New Democratic Party | 6,824 | 11.0% |
| David Bruce Gottfred | People's Party of Canada | 2,813 | 4.5% |
| Shaughn McArthur | Green Party of Canada | 1,711 | 2.8% |
| Geneviève Labonté-Chartrand | Free Party Canada | 480 | 0.8% |
| James McNair | Canada's Fourth Front | 52 | 0.1% |
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
Gracefield 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.
Gracefield council spent $5,275 per resident in 2024, against a median of $2,394 among Québec’s local municipalities. Staff pay and benefits account for 23% of spending. Social services and child care takes the biggest share, 30%, or $1,603 per resident. Local taxpayers carry a smaller share than elsewhere: 56% of revenue, where the province’s returns show 63%. Gracefield council’s borrowing is light: $2.5M long term, $1,034 a resident where the median is $2,461.
Spending per resident nearby
Every service line, 2024
| Service | 2024 | Per resident | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social services and child care | $3.9M | $1,603 | 30% |
| Roads and transit | $3.6M | $1,469 | 28% |
| Water, sewers and waste | $1.8M | $713 | 14% |
| General government | $1.6M | $663 | 13% |
| Police, fire and protection | $864K | $352 | 7% |
| Recreation and culture | $720K | $294 | 6% |
| Planning and development | $313K | $128 | 2% |
| Financing costs | $132K | $54 | 1% |
Money: rapport financier and profil financier 2024, ministère des Affaires municipales et de l’Habitation (CC BY 4.0)
One seat for every 360 residents
Residents (2021 Census) per council seat, head of council included, beside nearby municipalities; the tick is the provincial median.
At 360 residents a seat, Gracefield council is more closely spread than 52% of Quebec municipalities.
Residents: 2021 Census; seats: the province’s council list
Having a say in how Gracefield 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.
gracefield.ca ↗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. MAMH’s 2024 financial report, consolidated: charges by service, with revenue, debt and reserves from the financial profile, per resident with MAMH’s own population.
- Not on this page. Band councils, and what members did once elected: the open record stops at the vote.
- 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 riding is listed when 5% or more of the place’s 2021 Census residents live in it; the largest share comes first.
- 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.
Questions about how Gracefield is run
Who is the MP for Gracefield?
Gracefield is in Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi, represented by Sophie Chatel (Liberal Party of Canada).
Which party won Gracefield in the 2021 federal election?
Sophie Chatel (Liberal Party of Canada) took Pontiac in 2021, and still holds the seat, now Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi.
Who is the MNA for Gracefield?
David Logue sits for Gatineau in the National Assembly of Québec as MNA, and Gracefield is part of that riding.
Who heads the council in Gracefield?
The mayor is Mathieu Caron, who chairs Gracefield council.
How much does Gracefield council spend?
Gracefield council spent $12.9M in 2024 for about 2,454 residents; its largest service line was social services and child care, at $3.9M.
Which regional body is Gracefield part of?
The council of MRC La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau brings together the mayors of its municipalities, Gracefield’s among them.
How is Gracefield council elected?
Every seat on Gracefield 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).