Matane has one council seat for every 2,030 residents, more than 87% of municipalities in Quebec

Who to ask

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

Matane belongs to MRC La Matanie, the regional county municipality whose council of mayors adopts the land-use plan for its municipalities.

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   Matane councilelected November 2025
   Eddy Métivier
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   National Assembly of QuébecMatane-Matapédia
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   House of CommonsGaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj
   Alexis Deschênes

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

No candidate stood against Eddy Métivier, who became mayor by acclamation. The mayor answers to all of Matane; every councillor represents a district. No team or party won a seat on Matane council: every member ran on their own.

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

The open federal catalogue ends at 2021; the 2025 results sit on elections.ca under terms that bar commercial use. The next council election in Matane falls on 4 November 2029, the first Sunday in November every four years under the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities. 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

For the National Assembly of Québec, Matane votes in Matane-Matapédia, which has one MNA.

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

Alexis Deschênes sits with the Bloc Québécois, which has 22 of the 78 seats from Quebec, against 44 for the Liberal Party of Canada.

The MP’s record

Mapped onto today’s Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj, the 2021 vote gives the Bloc Québécois 44%; in 2025 Alexis Deschênes kept the seat in the same hands. The 2025 general election sent Alexis Deschênes to the Commons for the first time.

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

Kristina Michaud was the sitting MP, elected there in 2019 with 51%. The 2021 count in Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia put Kristina Michaud (Bloc Québécois) first at 60%, with Louis-Éric Savoie (Liberal Party of Canada) 12,681 votes back. At 57%, fewer of Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia voted in 2021 than Canada as a whole (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

Spending by Matane council reached $3,040 a resident in 2024, well over the $2,394 median of Québec’s local municipalities. Pay and benefits made up 28% of spending. Water, sewers and waste takes the biggest share, 28%, or $850 per resident. At 71%, property taxes count for more of the revenue than the 63% seen across the province. Matane council’s borrowing is on the heavy side: $59.9M long term, $4,188 a resident where the median is $2,461.

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

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

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