A small constituency per seat: 150 residents in Lac-Drolet, fewer than in 95% of Quebec municipalities

Who to ask

Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.

Lac-Drolet belongs to MRC Le Granit, the regional county municipality whose council of mayors adopts the land-use plan for its municipalities.

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   Lac-Drolet councilelected November 2025
   Sylvio Therrien
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   National Assembly of QuébecMégantic
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   House of CommonsMégantic—L’Érable—Lotbinière
   Luc Berthold

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

7 members and how they were elected

All of Lac-Drolet council is elected at large, with each voter helping fill every seat, the mayor’s as well. Vision Lac-Drolet is the only team on council; the other members sit as independents.

Councils and results: Résultats des élections municipales générales de 2025, MAMH (CC BY 4.0)

Michel Ouellet, the sitting mayor, was beaten by Sylvio Therrien. Turnout for mayor reached 64%, more than the 51% typical of a contested race for mayor in Québec. A lead of 240 votes over Michel Ouellet gave Sylvio Therrien the mayor’s seat, with 67% of the votes.

How Lac-Drolet voted: same source as Councillors, above.

Elections Canada’s open records end with the 2021 election; its 2025 results are under terms that rule out commercial use. The next council election in Lac-Drolet falls on 4 November 2029, the first Sunday in November every four years under the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities. Provincially the last general election was on 5 October 2026, for the National Assembly of Québec; federally, on 28 April 2025.

Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH

Lac-Drolet is in Mégantic, one of the ridings that each elect a MNA to the National Assembly of Québec.

Québec ridings: Répertoire des municipalités, MAMH (CC BY 4.0)

In Quebec, Luc Berthold belongs to a minority: the Conservative Party of Canada has 11 of 78 seats, the Liberal Party of Canada 44.

The MP’s record

Elections Canada’s transposition of the 2021 vote onto today’s Mégantic—L’Érable—Lotbinière puts the Conservative Party of Canada first at 57%; Luc Berthold held it for the party in 2025. First elected in 2015, Luc Berthold is serving the 4th term of a Commons career.

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, Mégantic—L'Érable went to Luc Berthold (Conservative Party of Canada) on 56%; Éric Labonté (Bloc Québécois) finished 16,803 votes behind. Luc Berthold already held it after the 2019 election, won with 49%. In 2021, 65% of electors cast a ballot in Mégantic—L'Érable, more than the national 63%.

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

No service costs more than roads and transit, at $868 per resident and 31% of the total. Staff pay and benefits account for 29% of spending. At $2,829 for every resident in 2024, Lac-Drolet council sits above the $2,394 median of Québec’s local municipalities. At $2,435 per resident, Lac-Drolet council’s $2.6M of long-term debt is less than the $2,461 median. Property taxes and payments in lieu brought in 68% of revenue, against 63% across the province’s returns.

Money: rapport financier and profil financier 2024, ministère des Affaires municipales et de l’Habitation (CC BY 4.0)

Beside its neighbours, Lac-Drolet council is the bar in colour; the headline above has the comparison with the province.

Residents: 2021 Census; seats: the province’s council list