Photo: Photographe inconnu - Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, Rimouski · Public domain240 residents per council seat in Price, a lower ratio than 71% of Quebec municipalities
Matane-Matapédia is the riding Price 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. For federal votes, Price belongs to Rimouski—La Matapédia, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP); Maxime Blanchette-Joncas (Bloc Québécois) holds it. Price has 6 councillors and a mayor, Bruno Paradis.
What stands out in how Price is governed
Few residents per seat
Price council has fewer people behind each seat than most of Quebec, where the middle figure is 380 residents a seat. Council size ↓
Low spending per resident
Most of Québec’s local municipalities spent more per resident in 2024 than Price council: 67% of them. 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
Price, a village in Quebec, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
municipaliteprice.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.
Its regional county municipality is MRC La Mitis: the mayors of its municipalities, Price’s among them, sit on its council.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Price, from the most recent elections.
- 1Price councilelected November 2025Bruno Paradis
- 2National Assembly of QuébecMatane-Matapédia
- 3House of CommonsRimouski—La Matapédia
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 Price council
Everyone elected in 2025, seat by seat, with their team and votes.
- Bruno Paradis
- Nancy Banville
- Marie-Renée Savard
- Jean-Philippe Marois
- Annick Pelletier
- René Roberge
- Lise Lévesque
7 members and how they were elected
| Name | Seat | Team | Votes | Share | On the last council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruno Paradis | Mayor | Independent | 422 | 90% | Yes |
| Nancy Banville | Councillor | Independent | – | acclaimed | Yes |
| Marie-Renée Savard | Councillor | Independent | – | acclaimed | Yes |
| Jean-Philippe Marois | Councillor | Independent | 199 | 43% | No |
| Annick Pelletier | Councillor | Independent | – | acclaimed | Yes |
| René Roberge | Councillor | Independent | – | acclaimed | Yes |
| Lise Lévesque | Councillor | Independent | – | acclaimed | Yes |
All of Price council is elected at large, with each voter helping fill every seat, the mayor’s as well. Every member of Price council ran without a team or party.
Every other candidate (3)
| Seat | Candidate | Team | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor | Michel Imbeault | Independent | 49 | 10% |
| Councillor | Vincent Tremblay | Independent | 142 | 30% |
| Councillor | Kevin Gagnon | Independent | 126 | 27% |
Councils and results: Résultats des élections municipales générales de 2025, MAMH (CC BY 4.0)
The 2025 race for mayor of Price
Votes for each candidate for mayor in 2025.
Bruno Paradis was already mayor and kept the seat. Bruno Paradis came first for mayor on 90% of the votes, 373 more than Michel Imbeault. Turnout for mayor was 36%, under the 51% typical of a contested race for mayor in Québec.
How Price voted: same source as Councillors, above.
When Price votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Price 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. The National Assembly of Québec was last elected on 5 October 2026, and the House of Commons on 28 April 2025. Under the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities, Price’s next municipal vote is on 4 November 2029, the first Sunday in November every four years.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
Price votes in Matane-Matapédia 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 ↗Price is in Matane-Matapédia, 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)
Maxime Blanchette-Joncas represents Rimouski—La Matapédia in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Rimouski—La Matapédia · Bloc Québécois · first elected 2019
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada44
- Bloc Québécois22
- Conservative Party of Canada11
- New Democratic Party1
As Wikidata records them.
Maxime Blanchette-Joncas 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
First elected in 2019, Maxime Blanchette-Joncas is serving the 3rd term of a Commons career. Elections Canada’s transposition of the 2021 vote onto today’s Rimouski—La Matapédia puts the Bloc Québécois first at 54%; Maxime Blanchette-Joncas 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
In 2021, Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia re-elected Kristina Michaud of the Bloc Québécois
The 2019 and 2021 counts in Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, Price’s riding before the map was redrawn; it now votes in Rimouski—La Matapédia.
51% had elected Kristina Michaud there in 2019. Kristina Michaud (Bloc Québécois) took Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia in 2021 with 60% of the vote, 12,681 votes ahead of Louis-Éric Savoie (Liberal Party of Canada). In 2021, 57% of electors cast a ballot in Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, under the national 63%.
All 6 candidates in Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kristina Michaud | Bloc Québécois | 19,776 | 59.8% |
| Louis-Éric Savoie | Liberal Party of Canada | 7,095 | 21.5% |
| Germain Dumas | Conservative Party of Canada | 2,912 | 8.8% |
| Christel Marchand | New Democratic Party | 1,501 | 4.5% |
| Eric Barnabé | People's Party of Canada | 965 | 2.9% |
| Mélanie Gendron | Free Party Canada | 826 | 2.5% |
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
Price 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.
In 2024 the median among Québec’s local municipalities was $2,394 a resident; Price council spent $2,126. Staff pay and benefits account for 33% of spending. At 29% of spending ($611 a resident), water, sewers and waste leads the budget. Taxes on property make up 47% of what comes in, less than the province-wide 63%. Price council’s borrowing is light: $2.4M long term, $1,393 a resident where the median is $2,461.
Spending per resident nearby
Every service line, 2024
| Service | 2024 | Per resident | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water, sewers and waste | $1M | $611 | 29% |
| Roads and transit | $737K | $430 | 20% |
| Police, fire and protection | $573K | $334 | 16% |
| General government | $526K | $307 | 14% |
| Recreation and culture | $495K | $289 | 14% |
| Planning and development | $112K | $65 | 3% |
| Financing costs | $109K | $64 | 3% |
| Social services and child care | $44K | $26 | 1% |
Money: rapport financier and profil financier 2024, ministère des Affaires municipales et de l’Habitation (CC BY 4.0)
Price council beside its neighbours
Residents (2021 Census) per council seat, head of council included, beside nearby municipalities; the tick is the provincial median.
How Price council compares is at the top of the page; here it stands beside its neighbours.
Residents: 2021 Census; seats: the province’s council list
Having a say in how Price 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.
municipaliteprice.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Band councils, and what members did once elected: the open record stops at the vote.
- Election results. Ridings changed in 2023: the 2019 and 2021 results are on the old map, and the 2021 vote on today’s map is Elections Canada’s own estimate from polling divisions.
- Which riding. The 2021 Census homes of a place’s residents fix its ridings, and one is shown once it holds 5% of them.
- Council size. The council size includes the head of council; the population is the 2021 Census, the whole city’s for a neighbourhood.
- 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.
Questions about how Price is run
Who is the MP for Price?
Price is in Rimouski—La Matapédia, represented by Maxime Blanchette-Joncas (Bloc Québécois).
Which party won Price in the 2021 federal election?
The Bloc Québécois, with Kristina Michaud in Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia; since 2025 Maxime Blanchette-Joncas represents Rimouski—La Matapédia.
Who is the MNA for Price?
Matane-Matapédia is the riding; its sitting MNA is on the National Assembly of Québec’s own list of members for Price and its neighbours.
Who heads the council in Price?
The mayor is Bruno Paradis, who chairs Price council.
How much does Price council spend?
Price council spent $3.6M in 2024 for about 1,714 residents; its largest service line was water, sewers and waste, at $1M.
Which regional body is Price part of?
Price’s mayor takes a seat on the council of MRC La Mitis, the regional county municipality.
How is Price council elected?
Every seat on Price 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).