Photo: Municipalitelapeche · CC BY-SA 4.01,340 residents per council seat in La Pêche, a higher ratio than 82% of Quebec municipalities
The riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP) covering La Pêche is Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi, and Sophie Chatel (Liberal Party of Canada) represents it in the House of Commons. Gatineau sends David Logue (Quebec Liberal Party) to the National Assembly of Québec as its MNA (Member of the National Assembly, Québec’s legislature), and La Pêche is part of it. La Pêche has 6 councillors and a mayor, Guillaume Lamoureux.
What stands out in how La Pêche is governed
Many residents per seat
The middle municipality in Quebec has a seat for every 380 residents; La Pêche council has far more people behind each. Council size ↓
High spending per resident
Spending per resident put La Pêche council above 74% of Québec’s local municipalities in 2024. 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
La Pêche, a municipality in Quebec, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
villelapeche.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.
La Pêche belongs to MRC Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais, 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 La Pêche, from the most recent elections.
- 1La Pêche councilelected November 2025Guillaume Lamoureux
- 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 La Pêche council
Everyone elected in 2025, seat by seat, with their team and votes.
- Guillaume Lamoureux
- Yan Bernier
- Daniel Meunier
- Pierre LeBel
- Shaughn McArthur
- Pamela Ross
- Benoit Hudon
7 members and how they were elected
| Name | Seat | Team | Votes | Share | On the last council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guillaume Lamoureux | Mayor | Independent | – | acclaimed | Yes |
| Yan Bernier | Councillor | Independent | – | acclaimed | No |
| Daniel Meunier | Councillor | Independent | 322 | 74% | Yes |
| Pierre LeBel | Councillor | Independent | – | acclaimed | Yes |
| Shaughn McArthur | Councillor | Independent | – | acclaimed | No |
| Pamela Ross | Councillor | Independent | – | acclaimed | Yes |
| Benoit Hudon | Councillor | Independent | – | acclaimed | No |
Voters elect a councillor for their own district and a mayor for the whole of La Pêche. No candidate stood against Guillaume Lamoureux, who became mayor by acclamation. Every member of La Pêche council ran without a team or party.
Every other candidate (1)
| Seat | Candidate | Team | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Councillor | Cindy Guilbeault | Independent | 113 | 26% |
Councils and results: Résultats des élections municipales générales de 2025, MAMH (CC BY 4.0)
When La Pêche votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| La Pêche council | 2 November 2025 | 4 November 2029 |
| National Assembly of Québec | 5 October 2026 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
This page stops at the 2021 vote: elections.ca keeps the 2025 counts under non-commercial terms. Voters last chose the National Assembly of Québec on 5 October 2026 and the House of Commons 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 La Pêche votes next on 4 November 2029.
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 ↗La Pêche is represented in the National Assembly of Québec by David Logue (Quebec Liberal Party), MNA for Gatineau.
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.
Sophie Chatel’s party, the Liberal Party of Canada, has 44 of the 78 seats from Quebec.
The MP’s record
First elected in 2021, Sophie Chatel is serving the 2nd term of a Commons career. Had the 2021 ballots been cast in today’s Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi, the Liberal Party of Canada would have led with 44%; Sophie Chatel held 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
The Liberal Party of Canada kept Pontiac in 2021 with Sophie Chatel
The 2019 and 2021 counts in Pontiac, La Pêche’s riding before the map was redrawn; it now votes in Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi.
At 65%, more of Pontiac voted in 2021 than Canada as a whole (63%). 14,095 votes separated Sophie Chatel (Liberal Party of Canada) from Michel Gauthier (Conservative Party of Canada) in Pontiac in 2021, when the winner took 43%. In 2019 William Amos had won it for the Liberal Party of Canada with 49%.
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
La Pêche 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.
Long-term debt at La Pêche council stood at $17.5M, or $1,922 a resident, below the $2,461 median. Local taxpayers carry a bigger share than elsewhere: 68% of revenue, where the province’s returns show 63%. No service costs more than roads and transit, at $931 per resident and 33% of the total. Salaries and benefits took 28% of the total. Each resident’s share of La Pêche council’s 2024 spending came to $2,830, where the middle of Québec’s local municipalities sat at $2,394.
Spending per resident nearby
Every service line, 2024
| Service | 2024 | Per resident | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roads and transit | $8.5M | $931 | 33% |
| Police, fire and protection | $4.7M | $511 | 18% |
| General government | $4.4M | $479 | 17% |
| Water, sewers and waste | $3.5M | $385 | 14% |
| Recreation and culture | $2.1M | $230 | 8% |
| Planning and development | $1.4M | $149 | 5% |
| Financing costs | $1.2M | $133 | 5% |
| Social services and child care | $96K | $10 | 0% |
Money: rapport financier and profil financier 2024, ministère des Affaires municipales et de l’Habitation (CC BY 4.0)
La Pêche 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, La Pêche 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 La Pêche 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.
villelapeche.qc.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which riding. The 2021 Census homes of a place’s residents fix its ridings, and one is shown once it holds 5% of them.
- 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.
- Not on this page. The open files end at election night: no council votes since, and no band councils.
- 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.
- Council money. Spending by service comes from MAMH’s consolidated 2024 financial report, revenue, debt and reserves from its financial profile, all per resident on MAMH’s population.
- Council size. Seats count the head of council and the councillors, and residents are the 2021 Census count; a neighbourhood shows its city’s.
Questions about how La Pêche is run
Who is the MP for La Pêche?
Sophie Chatel of the Liberal Party of Canada is the MP for Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi, which includes La Pêche.
Which party won La Pêche in the 2021 federal election?
In 2021 it was Sophie Chatel (Liberal Party of Canada), in Pontiac; Sophie Chatel represents Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi today.
Who is the MNA for La Pêche?
David Logue sits for Gatineau in the National Assembly of Québec as MNA, and La Pêche is part of that riding.
Who heads the council in La Pêche?
Guillaume Lamoureux is mayor, at the head of La Pêche council.
How much does La Pêche council spend?
The 2024 return of La Pêche council shows $25.8M of spending for roughly 9,100 residents, $8.5M of it on roads and transit.
Which regional body is La Pêche part of?
The council of MRC Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais brings together the mayors of its municipalities, La Pêche’s among them.
How is La Pêche council elected?
La Pêche 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).