Photo: Harfang · CC BY-SA 3.0Steve Berthiaume heads the council of Ragueneau as mayor
Federally, Ragueneau sits in Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP), held by Marilène Gill of the Bloc Québécois. Provincially, Ragueneau votes in René-Lévesque; the open record doesn’t name its MNA (Member of the National Assembly, Québec’s legislature) in the National Assembly of Québec, so the legislature’s own list is linked below. The Liberal Party of Canada has 44 of the 78 MPs elected in Quebec. Beside the head of council, 6 councillors sit on the parish municipality’s council.
Three governments, and who does what
Ragueneau, a parish municipality in Quebec, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
municipalite.ragueneau.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.
Ragueneau belongs to MRC Manicouagan, 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 Ragueneau, from the most recent elections.
- 1Ragueneau councilelected November 2025Steve Berthiaume
- 2National Assembly of QuébecRené-Lévesque
- 3House of CommonsCôte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan
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 Ragueneau council
Everyone elected in 2025, seat by seat, with their team and votes.
- Steve Berthiaume
- Jean-Luc Desbiens
- Claude Lavoie
- Frédéric Caron
- Kevin Jean
- Pierre Gagné
- Gildor Gagné
7 members and how they were elected
| Name | Seat | Team | Votes | Share | On the last council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Berthiaume | Mayor | Independent | 327 | 52% | No |
| Jean-Luc Desbiens | Rivière-à-la-Truite district | Independent | 85 | 77% | No |
| Claude Lavoie | Ruisseau-Vert district | Independent | 63 | 60% | Yes |
| Frédéric Caron | Rivière-aux-Vases district | Independent | 75 | 68% | No |
| Kevin Jean | Rivière-aux-Rosiers district | Independent | 43 | 36% | No |
| Pierre Gagné | Ruisseau-à-l'Anguille district | Independent | 65 | 58% | No |
| Gildor Gagné | Rivière-Ragueneau district | Independent | 45 | 58% | No |
No team or party won a seat on Ragueneau council: every member ran on their own. Ragueneau is split into districts for council seats, while the mayor faces every voter.
Every other candidate (10)
| Seat | Candidate | Team | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor | Jean-Charles Girard | Independent | 174 | 28% |
| Mayor | Jean-Denis St-Gelais | Independent | 126 | 20% |
| Rivière-à-la-Truite district | Henri Guillemette | Independent | 26 | 23% |
| Ruisseau-Vert district | Lillie Labelle | Independent | 42 | 40% |
| Rivière-aux-Vases district | Yvon Gauthier | Independent | 35 | 32% |
| Rivière-aux-Rosiers district | Stéphanie Cassista Thibault | Independent | 41 | 35% |
| Rivière-aux-Rosiers district | Huguette Tremblay | Independent | 28 | 24% |
| Rivière-aux-Rosiers district | Nataly Ruel | Independent | 7 | 6% |
| Ruisseau-à-l'Anguille district | Romain Bergeron | Independent | 48 | 43% |
| Rivière-Ragueneau district | Yves Boulianne | Independent | 32 | 42% |
Councils and results: Résultats des élections municipales générales de 2025, MAMH (CC BY 4.0)
The 2025 race for mayor of Ragueneau
Votes for each candidate for mayor in 2025.
Steve Berthiaume won the race for mayor with 52% of the votes, 153 ahead of Jean-Charles Girard. Turnout for mayor reached 58%, more than the 51% typical of a contested race for mayor in Québec.
How Ragueneau voted: same source as Councillors, above.
When Ragueneau votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Ragueneau council | 2 November 2025 | 4 November 2029 |
| National Assembly of Québec | 5 October 2026 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
Counts from April 2025 can’t appear here, since Elections Canada allows only non-commercial reuse of them. The last general elections came on 5 October 2026 for the National Assembly of Québec and on 28 April 2025 for Parliament. Ragueneau votes next on 4 November 2029: the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities sets municipal elections on the first Sunday in November every four years.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
Ragueneau votes in René-Lévesque 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 ↗Ragueneau is in René-Lévesque, 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)
Marilène Gill represents Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan · Bloc Québécois · first elected 2015
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada44
- Bloc Québécois22
- Conservative Party of Canada11
- New Democratic Party1
As Wikidata records them.
The MP’s record
Marilène Gill has sat in the Commons since 2015, now for the 4th Parliament. Elections Canada’s transposition of the 2021 vote onto today’s Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan puts the Bloc Québécois first at 53%; Marilène Gill 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
Marilène Gill kept Manicouagan for the Bloc Québécois in 2021
Before the 2023 redistribution, Ragueneau voted in Manicouagan; these are its 2019 and 2021 results, and Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan is its riding today.
50% of electors in Manicouagan voted in 2021, below the 63% turnout across Canada. The 2019 result had favoured Marilène Gill as well, at 54%. Manicouagan elected Marilène Gill (Bloc Québécois) in 2021: 53% of the vote, a lead of 10,779 over Rodrigue Vigneault (Conservative Party of Canada).
All 5 candidates in Manicouagan, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marilène Gill | Bloc Québécois | 18,419 | 52.6% |
| Rodrigue Vigneault | Conservative Party of Canada | 7,640 | 21.8% |
| Thomas Gagné | Liberal Party of Canada | 6,545 | 18.7% |
| Nichola St-Jean | New Democratic Party | 1,509 | 4.3% |
| Bianca Girard | Free Party Canada | 887 | 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
One seat for every 180 residents
Residents (2021 Census) per council seat, head of council included, beside nearby municipalities; the tick is the provincial median.
At 180 residents a seat, Ragueneau council is more closely spread than 84% of Quebec municipalities.
Residents: 2021 Census; seats: the province’s council list
Having a say in how Ragueneau 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.
municipalite.ragueneau.qc.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Not on this page. The open lists stop short of party labels, council budgets and band councils, so those are missing here.
- Which riding. Ridings are assigned from the 2021 Census: the one with most residents first, then any holding 5% or more.
- Who holds each seat. Wikidata, edited by volunteers, is the source for each MP, and it can trail a change of seat by a little.
- 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.
- 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 Ragueneau is run
Who is the MP for Ragueneau?
For Ragueneau, it’s Marilène Gill (Bloc Québécois), who holds Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan.
Which party won Ragueneau in the 2021 federal election?
In 2021 it was Marilène Gill (Bloc Québécois), in Manicouagan; Marilène Gill represents Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan today.
Who is the MNA for Ragueneau?
Look up René-Lévesque on the National Assembly of Québec’s site: that riding, which takes in Ragueneau, has one MNA.
Who heads the council in Ragueneau?
The mayor is Steve Berthiaume, who chairs Ragueneau council.
Which regional body is Ragueneau part of?
Ragueneau’s mayor takes a seat on the council of MRC Manicouagan, the regional county municipality.
How is Ragueneau council elected?
One councillor a district, and a mayor chosen by everyone, on Ragueneau council.
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) · 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).