Photo: William Brymner · Public domainPatrick Bousez leads Rivière-Beaudette as mayor
The Liberal Party of Canada has 44 of the 78 MPs elected in Quebec. Provincially, Rivière-Beaudette votes in Soulanges; 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 riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP) covering Rivière-Beaudette is Beauharnois—Salaberry—Soulanges—Huntingdon, and Claude DeBellefeuille (Bloc Québécois) represents it in the House of Commons. The council of the municipality also counts 6 councillors.
Three governments, and who does what
Rivière-Beaudette, a municipality in Quebec, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
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.
MRC Vaudreuil-Soulanges is Rivière-Beaudette’s regional county municipality, which sets the land-use plan the municipalities follow.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Rivière-Beaudette, from the most recent elections.
- 1Rivière-Beaudette councilelected November 2025Patrick Bousez
- 2National Assembly of QuébecSoulanges
- 3House of CommonsBeauharnois—Salaberry—Soulanges—Huntingdon
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 Rivière-Beaudette council
Everyone elected in 2025, seat by seat, with their team and votes.
- Patrick Bousez
- Maylina Sévigny-Gagné
- Milissa Major
- David Desrochers
- Daniel Laflèche
- Julie Cyr
- Ghyslain Maheu
7 members and how they were elected
| Name | Seat | Team | Votes | Share | On the last council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Bousez | Mayor | Independent | 631 | 64% | Yes |
| Maylina Sévigny-Gagné | Councillor | Independent | – | acclaimed | No |
| Milissa Major | Councillor | Independent | 494 | 52% | No |
| David Desrochers | Councillor | Independent | 550 | 58% | No |
| Daniel Laflèche | Councillor | Independent | – | acclaimed | Yes |
| Julie Cyr | Councillor | Independent | 547 | 57% | Yes |
| Ghyslain Maheu | Councillor | Independent | – | acclaimed | Yes |
No seat on Rivière-Beaudette council belongs to a ward; the mayor and every councillor face the whole municipality. No team or party won a seat on Rivière-Beaudette council: every member ran on their own.
Every other candidate (4)
| Seat | Candidate | Team | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor | Patrick Authier | Independent | 359 | 36% |
| Councillor | Cédric Lecompte Laberge | Independent | 461 | 48% |
| Councillor | Réjean Fournier | Independent | 403 | 42% |
| Councillor | Stéphanie Sigouin | Independent | 407 | 43% |
Councils and results: Résultats des élections municipales générales de 2025, MAMH (CC BY 4.0)
The 2025 race for mayor of Rivière-Beaudette
Votes for each candidate for mayor in 2025.
48% of electors voted for mayor, below the 51% median of Québec’s contested mayoral races. A lead of 272 votes over Patrick Authier gave Patrick Bousez the mayor’s seat, with 64% of the votes. Patrick Bousez held on to the mayor’s seat.
How Rivière-Beaudette voted: same source as Councillors, above.
When Rivière-Beaudette votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Rivière-Beaudette 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. Under the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities, Rivière-Beaudette’s next municipal vote is on 4 November 2029, the first Sunday in November every four years. The open federal catalogue ends at 2021; the 2025 results sit on elections.ca under terms that bar commercial use.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
Rivière-Beaudette votes in Soulanges 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 ↗Rivière-Beaudette is in Soulanges, 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)
Claude DeBellefeuille represents Beauharnois—Salaberry—Soulanges—Huntingdon in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Beauharnois—Salaberry—Soulanges—Huntingdon · Bloc Québécois · first elected 2006
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada44
- Bloc Québécois22
- Conservative Party of Canada11
- New Democratic Party1
As Wikidata records them.
The MP’s record
Elections Canada’s transposition of the 2021 vote onto today’s Beauharnois—Salaberry—Soulanges—Huntingdon puts the Bloc Québécois first at 48%; Claude DeBellefeuille held it for the party in 2025. Claude DeBellefeuille first won a seat in 2006 and, after a spell away, came back to the Commons in 2019.
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
Claude Debellefeuille kept Salaberry—Suroît for the Bloc Québécois in 2021
Before the 2023 redistribution, Rivière-Beaudette voted in Salaberry—Suroît; these are its 2019 and 2021 results, and Beauharnois—Salaberry—Soulanges—Huntingdon is its riding today.
Claude Debellefeuille (Bloc Québécois) took Salaberry—Suroît in 2021 with 48% of the vote, 12,543 votes ahead of Linda Gallant (Liberal Party of Canada). The 2019 result had favoured Claude Debellefeuille as well, at 48%.
All 7 candidates in Salaberry—Suroît, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Debellefeuille | Bloc Québécois | 29,093 | 47.8% |
| Linda Gallant | Liberal Party of Canada | 16,550 | 27.2% |
| Jean Collette | Conservative Party of Canada | 7,476 | 12.3% |
| Joan Gottman | New Democratic Party | 4,529 | 7.4% |
| Nicolas Thivierge | People's Party of Canada | 2,207 | 3.6% |
| Marcel Goyette | Free Party Canada | 561 | 0.9% |
| Luc Bertrand | Parti pour l'Indépendance du Québec | 449 | 0.7% |
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
Rivière-Beaudette 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.
Roads and transit takes the biggest share, 24%, or $373 per resident. Staff pay and benefits account for 23% of spending. In 2024 the median among Québec’s local municipalities was $2,394 a resident; Rivière-Beaudette council spent $1,555. Rivière-Beaudette council carried $2.8M of long-term debt, $1,056 per resident against a typical $2,461. Taxes on property make up 75% of what comes in, more than the province-wide 63%.
Spending per resident nearby
Every service line, 2024
| Service | 2024 | Per resident | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roads and transit | $989K | $373 | 24% |
| Water, sewers and waste | $857K | $323 | 21% |
| General government | $713K | $269 | 17% |
| Police, fire and protection | $707K | $267 | 17% |
| Recreation and culture | $440K | $166 | 11% |
| Planning and development | $329K | $124 | 8% |
| Financing costs | $74K | $28 | 2% |
| Social services and child care | $14K | $5 | 0% |
Money: rapport financier and profil financier 2024, ministère des Affaires municipales et de l’Habitation (CC BY 4.0)
One seat for every 400 residents
Residents (2021 Census) per council seat, head of council included, beside nearby municipalities; the tick is the provincial median.
Only 52% of municipalities in Quebec have fewer seats for their size than Rivière-Beaudette council, at 400 residents each.
Residents: 2021 Census; seats: the province’s council list
Having a say in how Rivière-Beaudette 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 ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Not on this page. Band councils, and what members did once elected: the open record stops at the vote.
- Who holds each seat. The members named here are Wikidata’s, kept up by volunteers; a by-election or a floor crossing may take a few days to show.
- Which riding. Where residents of the 2021 Census live decides the riding; any riding with 5% of them or more is named.
- Election results. Where the page says “today’s boundaries”, it means Elections Canada’s estimate of the 2021 vote on the 2023 ridings; every other count is official and on the 2013 map.
Questions about how Rivière-Beaudette is run
Who is the MP for Rivière-Beaudette?
Beauharnois—Salaberry—Soulanges—Huntingdon’s MP, Claude DeBellefeuille of the Bloc Québécois, represents Rivière-Beaudette.
Which party won Rivière-Beaudette in the 2021 federal election?
The Bloc Québécois, with Claude Debellefeuille in Salaberry—Suroît; since 2025 Claude DeBellefeuille represents Beauharnois—Salaberry—Soulanges—Huntingdon.
Who is the MNA for Rivière-Beaudette?
Look up Soulanges on the National Assembly of Québec’s site: that riding, which takes in Rivière-Beaudette, has one MNA.
Who heads the council in Rivière-Beaudette?
The mayor is Patrick Bousez, who chairs Rivière-Beaudette council.
How much does Rivière-Beaudette council spend?
Rivière-Beaudette council spent $4.1M in 2024 for about 2,651 residents; its largest service line was roads and transit, at $989K.
Which regional body is Rivière-Beaudette part of?
Its regional county municipality: MRC Vaudreuil-Soulanges, where Rivière-Beaudette’s mayor sits with the other mayors.
How is Rivière-Beaudette council elected?
Every seat on Rivière-Beaudette 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).