Photo: essede · CC BY-SA 3.0Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis turned out at 67% in 2021, higher than 79% of Canada’s ridings
Lac-Etchemin has 6 councillors and a mayor, Joan Gagnon. Lac-Etchemin sends one MP to Ottawa from Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP): Dominique Vien (Conservative Party of Canada). Bellechasse is the riding Lac-Etchemin votes in for the National Assembly of Québec, and its MNA (Member of the National Assembly, Québec’s legislature) isn’t named here because no open list records the members.
What stands out in how Lac-Etchemin is governed
Many residents per seat
Lac-Etchemin council has more people behind each seat than most of Quebec, where the middle figure is 380 residents a seat. Council size ↓
Low spending per resident
Lac-Etchemin council spent less per resident in 2024 than 75% of Québec’s local municipalities. Council money ↓
A safe federal seat
In 2021 the winner in Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis led the runner-up (Bloc Québécois) by 27.8 points, a wider gap than in 74% of Canada’s 338 ridings. How Lac-Etchemin has voted ↓
High federal turnout
Fewer electors stayed home in Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis than in 79% of Canada’s ridings at the 2021 election. 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
Lac-Etchemin, a municipality in Quebec, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
lac-etchemin.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, Lac-Etchemin forms MRC Les Etchemins, 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 Lac-Etchemin, from the most recent elections.
- 1Lac-Etchemin councilelected November 2025Joan Gagnon
- 2National Assembly of QuébecBellechasse
- 3House of CommonsBellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis
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 Lac-Etchemin council
Everyone elected in 2025, seat by seat, with their team and votes.
- Joan Gagnon
- Guyda Deblois
- Normand Poulin
- Nathalie Côté
- Jean-François Lacroix
- Daniel Gagnon
- Yannick Dion
7 members and how they were elected
| Name | Seat | Team | Votes | Share | On the last council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joan Gagnon | Mayor | Independent | 1,277 | 69% | Yes, another seat |
| Guyda Deblois | Councillor | Independent | 1,525 | 84% | Yes |
| Normand Poulin | Councillor | Independent | 1,235 | 69% | Yes |
| Nathalie Côté | Councillor | Independent | 934 | 52% | No |
| Jean-François Lacroix | Councillor | Independent | 1,305 | 73% | No |
| Daniel Gagnon | Councillor | Independent | 1,567 | 88% | No |
| Yannick Dion | Councillor | Independent | 1,545 | 86% | Yes |
All the seats on Lac-Etchemin council went to candidates with no team. Voters across the municipality choose the mayor and every councillor on Lac-Etchemin council alike.
Every other candidate (11)
| Seat | Candidate | Team | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor | Harold Gagnon | Independent | 447 | 24% |
| Mayor | Johanne Plourde Têtu | Équipe du Renouveau | 117 | 6% |
| Councillor | Gérald Gourde | Équipe du Renouveau | 288 | 16% |
| Councillor | Olivier Pouliot-Audet | Independent | 422 | 23% |
| Councillor | Donald Van Draanen | Équipe du Renouveau | 143 | 8% |
| Councillor | Fabien Lacorre | Independent | 724 | 40% |
| Councillor | Thérèse Fortier | Équipe du Renouveau | 143 | 8% |
| Councillor | Yves Vallières | Independent | 361 | 20% |
| Councillor | Réjean Pageau | Équipe du Renouveau | 129 | 7% |
| Councillor | Gilles Neault | Équipe du Renouveau | 220 | 12% |
| Councillor | Josette Fortin | Équipe du Renouveau | 255 | 14% |
Councils and results: Résultats des élections municipales générales de 2025, MAMH (CC BY 4.0)
The 2025 race for mayor of Lac-Etchemin
Votes for each candidate for mayor in 2025.
A lead of 830 votes over Harold Gagnon gave Joan Gagnon the mayor’s seat, with 69% of the votes. With 53% of electors taking part, the vote for mayor beat the Québec median of 51% for contested mayoral races.
How Lac-Etchemin voted: same source as Councillors, above.
When Lac-Etchemin votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Lac-Etchemin council | 2 November 2025 | 4 November 2029 |
| National Assembly of Québec | 5 October 2026 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
The last general elections came on 5 October 2026 for the National Assembly of Québec and on 28 April 2025 for Parliament. The next council election in Lac-Etchemin falls on 4 November 2029, the first Sunday in November every four years under the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities. 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
Lac-Etchemin votes in Bellechasse 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 ↗Bellechasse takes in Lac-Etchemin and elects its MNA to the National Assembly of Québec.
Québec ridings: Répertoire des municipalités, MAMH (CC BY 4.0)
Dominique Vien represents Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis · Conservative 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.
From Quebec come 78 MPs: 44 for the Liberal Party of Canada, 11 for the Conservative Party of Canada, Dominique Vien’s party.
The MP’s record
Earlier, Dominique Vien held a seat in the National Assembly of Québec. Dominique Vien has sat in the Commons since 2021, now for the 2nd Parliament. Had the 2021 ballots been cast in today’s Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, the Conservative Party of Canada would have led with 52%; Dominique Vien 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
In 2021 Dominique Vien won Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, as the Conservative Party of Canada had in 2019
These are the 2019 and 2021 results on the 2013 map of Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis; its boundaries changed for the 2025 election.
The 2021 count in Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis put Dominique Vien (Conservative Party of Canada) first at 51%, with Marie-Christine Richard (Bloc Québécois) 17,569 votes back. Back in 2019 the seat went to Steven Blaney (Conservative Party of Canada), on 50%.
All 7 candidates in Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dominique Vien | Conservative Party of Canada | 32,238 | 51.0% |
| Marie-Christine Richard | Bloc Québécois | 14,669 | 23.2% |
| Daniel Vaillancourt | Liberal Party of Canada | 10,074 | 15.9% |
| Marie-Philippe Gagnon Gauthier | New Democratic Party | 3,184 | 5.0% |
| Raymond Arcand | Free Party Canada | 1,793 | 2.8% |
| Hélène Lefebvre | Green Party of Canada | 918 | 1.5% |
| Chamroeun Khuon | Independent | 306 | 0.5% |
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
Lac-Etchemin council spends less 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.
More goes to water, sewers and waste than to anything else: $509 a resident, 25% of all spending. At $2,030 for every resident in 2024, Lac-Etchemin council sits below the $2,394 median of Québec’s local municipalities. Salaries and benefits took 29% of the total. Long-term debt at Lac-Etchemin council stood at $6.5M, or $1,594 a resident, below the $2,461 median. Local taxpayers carry a bigger share than elsewhere: 71% of revenue, where the province’s returns show 63%.
Spending per resident nearby
Every service line, 2024
| Service | 2024 | Per resident | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water, sewers and waste | $2.1M | $509 | 25% |
| Roads and transit | $1.7M | $420 | 21% |
| General government | $1.4M | $333 | 16% |
| Recreation and culture | $1.3M | $329 | 16% |
| Police, fire and protection | $1M | $252 | 12% |
| Planning and development | $457K | $112 | 6% |
| Financing costs | $242K | $59 | 3% |
| Social services and child care | $60K | $15 | 1% |
Money: rapport financier and profil financier 2024, ministère des Affaires municipales et de l’Habitation (CC BY 4.0)
One seat for every 580 residents
Residents (2021 Census) per council seat, head of council included, beside nearby municipalities; the tick is the provincial median.
A seat on Lac-Etchemin council covers 580 residents; 67% of Quebec municipalities have fewer per seat.
Residents: 2021 Census; seats: the province’s council list
Having a say in how Lac-Etchemin 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.
lac-etchemin.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Council size. The 2021 Census population is shared over all council seats, including the head of council’s, for this ratio.
- 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. A place belongs to the riding where most of its 2021 Census residents live, plus any other with 5% or more.
- 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. The open files end at election night: no council votes since, and no band councils.
Questions about how Lac-Etchemin is run
Who is the MP for Lac-Etchemin?
Lac-Etchemin is in Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, represented by Dominique Vien (Conservative Party of Canada).
Which party won Lac-Etchemin in the 2021 federal election?
Dominique Vien (Conservative Party of Canada) took Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis in 2021 and is its MP today.
Who is the MNA for Lac-Etchemin?
The riding for Lac-Etchemin is Bellechasse, and the National Assembly of Québec lists the MNA who holds it.
Who heads the council in Lac-Etchemin?
Joan Gagnon is mayor, at the head of Lac-Etchemin council.
How much does Lac-Etchemin council spend?
The 2024 return of Lac-Etchemin council shows $8.3M of spending for roughly 4,076 residents, $2.1M of it on water, sewers and waste.
Which regional body is Lac-Etchemin part of?
Lac-Etchemin belongs to MRC Les Etchemins, a regional county municipality whose council is made up of its municipalities’ mayors.
How is Lac-Etchemin council elected?
At large: every voter helps fill all of Lac-Etchemin 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).