Photo: P199 · Public domainRivière-Héva’s council spends less per resident than 82% of Québec’s local municipalities
Provincially, Rivière-Héva votes in Abitibi-Est; 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. Rivière-Héva sends one MP to Ottawa from Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP): Mandy Gull-Masty (Liberal Party of Canada). Rivière-Héva’s council has 6 councillors and is led by Yvon Charette, the mayor.
What stands out in how Rivière-Héva is governed
Few residents per seat
Rivière-Héva 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
Rivière-Héva council spent less per resident in 2024 than 82% of Québec’s local municipalities. 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
Rivière-Héva, a municipality in Quebec, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
riviere-heva.com ↗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, Rivière-Héva forms MRC La Vallée-de-l'Or, 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 Rivière-Héva, from the most recent elections.
- 1Rivière-Héva councilelected November 2025Yvon Charette
- 2National Assembly of QuébecAbitibi-Est
- 3House of CommonsAbitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou
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-Héva council
Everyone elected in 2025, seat by seat, with their team and votes.
- Yvon Charette
- Denis Juteau
- Hugo Blanchette
- Marie Pier Beaudoin
- Luc Richard
- Jean-Guy Ricard
- Marie-Lise Lecompte
7 members and how they were elected
| Name | Seat | Team | Votes | Share | On the last council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yvon Charette | Mayor | Independent | 383 | 58% | Yes, another seat |
| Denis Juteau | Councillor | Independent | 414 | 63% | No |
| Hugo Blanchette | Councillor | Independent | 411 | 63% | No |
| Marie Pier Beaudoin | Councillor | Independent | 305 | 46% | No |
| Luc Richard | Councillor | Independent | 369 | 56% | Yes |
| Jean-Guy Ricard | Councillor | Independent | 321 | 49% | No |
| Marie-Lise Lecompte | Councillor | Independent | 434 | 65% | No |
All of Rivière-Héva council is elected at large, with each voter helping fill every seat, the mayor’s as well. Rivière-Héva council sits without party lines: none of its members ran for a team.
Every other candidate (9)
| Seat | Candidate | Team | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor | Réjean Guay | Independent | 277 | 42% |
| Councillor | Ginette Noël | Independent | 243 | 37% |
| Councillor | Stéphane Guay | Independent | 247 | 38% |
| Councillor | Davy Bour | Independent | 281 | 43% |
| Councillor | Sylvie Lanouette | Independent | 71 | 11% |
| Councillor | Philippe Authier | Independent | 287 | 44% |
| Councillor | Charles Desrochers | Independent | 236 | 36% |
| Councillor | Jonathan Dupras Pilote | Independent | 100 | 15% |
| Councillor | Roger Trudel | Independent | 230 | 35% |
Councils and results: Résultats des élections municipales générales de 2025, MAMH (CC BY 4.0)
The 2025 race for mayor of Rivière-Héva
Votes for each candidate for mayor in 2025.
More electors voted for mayor than in most of Québec: 52%, against a median of 51% where the race was contested. Yvon Charette came first for mayor on 58% of the votes, 106 more than Réjean Guay.
How Rivière-Héva voted: same source as Councillors, above.
When Rivière-Héva votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Rivière-Héva council | 2 November 2025 | 4 November 2029 |
| National Assembly of Québec | 5 October 2026 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
Voters last chose the National Assembly of Québec on 5 October 2026 and the House of Commons on 28 April 2025. The next council election in Rivière-Héva falls on 4 November 2029, the first Sunday in November every four years under the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities. There are no 2025 counts here: Elections Canada’s terms bar their commercial reuse, so 2021 is the latest open result.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
Rivière-Héva votes in Abitibi-Est 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-Héva is in Abitibi-Est, 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)
Mandy Gull-Masty represents Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou · Liberal Party of Canada
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada44
- Bloc Québécois22
- Conservative Party of Canada11
- New Democratic Party1
As Wikidata records them.
With Mandy Gull-Masty, the Liberal Party of Canada counts 44 of the 78 MPs elected in Quebec.
The MP’s record
Mapped onto today’s Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, the 2021 vote favoured the Bloc Québécois with 38%, which makes Mandy Gull-Masty’s 2025 win a gain. April 2025 was Mandy Gull-Masty’s first election to the House of Commons.
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
Sylvie Bérubé kept Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou for the Bloc Québécois in 2021
Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou as it stood from 2013: the 2019 and 2021 counts, before the riding was redrawn for 2025.
Turnout in Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou was 45% in 2021, against 63% nationally. In 2021, Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou went to Sylvie Bérubé (Bloc Québécois) on 38%; Lise Kistabish (Liberal Party of Canada) finished 3,400 votes behind. Sylvie Bérubé was the sitting MP, elected there in 2019 with 36%.
All 8 candidates in Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvie Bérubé | Bloc Québécois | 10,784 | 37.9% |
| Lise Kistabish | Liberal Party of Canada | 7,384 | 26.0% |
| Steve Corriveau | Conservative Party of Canada | 4,508 | 15.9% |
| Pauline Lameboy | New Democratic Party | 3,323 | 11.7% |
| Michaël Cloutier | People's Party of Canada | 1,072 | 3.8% |
| Cédric Brazeau | Free Party Canada | 594 | 2.1% |
| Didier Pilon | Green Party of Canada | 442 | 1.6% |
| Jimmy Levesque | Marijuana Party | 329 | 1.2% |
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-Héva 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.
Long-term debt at Rivière-Héva council stood at $693K, or $451 a resident, below the $2,461 median. Taxes on property make up 79% of what comes in, more than the province-wide 63%. At 31% of spending ($593 a resident), roads and transit leads the budget. In 2024 the median among Québec’s local municipalities was $2,394 a resident; Rivière-Héva council spent $1,914. Staff pay and benefits account for 27% of spending.
Spending per resident nearby
Every service line, 2024
| Service | 2024 | Per resident | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roads and transit | $911K | $593 | 31% |
| General government | $846K | $551 | 29% |
| Water, sewers and waste | $398K | $259 | 14% |
| Police, fire and protection | $316K | $206 | 11% |
| Recreation and culture | $302K | $196 | 10% |
| Planning and development | $119K | $78 | 4% |
| Financing costs | $51K | $33 | 2% |
Money: rapport financier and profil financier 2024, ministère des Affaires municipales et de l’Habitation (CC BY 4.0)
One seat for every 220 residents
Residents (2021 Census) per council seat, head of council included, beside nearby municipalities; the tick is the provincial median.
Rivière-Héva has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 7–46 km out. At 220 residents a seat, Rivière-Héva council is more closely spread than 75% of Quebec municipalities.
Residents: 2021 Census; seats: the province’s council list
Having a say in how Rivière-Héva 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.
riviere-heva.com ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Who holds each seat. MPs come from Wikidata’s records of the 45th Parliament, which can lag a resignation or a by-election by some days.
- Not on this page. The open files end at election night: no council votes since, and no band councils.
- Election results. Elections Canada redrew the ridings in 2023 and re-tallied the 2021 ballots onto the new map from polling divisions; that estimate, and the official 2019 and 2021 counts on the old map, are what you see.
- Which riding. Ridings are assigned from the 2021 Census: the one with most residents first, then any holding 5% or more.
- Council size. The 2021 Census population is shared over all council seats, including the head of council’s, for this ratio.
- 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.
Questions about how Rivière-Héva is run
Who is the MP for Rivière-Héva?
Rivière-Héva is in Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, represented by Mandy Gull-Masty (Liberal Party of Canada).
Which party won Rivière-Héva in the 2021 federal election?
In 2021 it was Sylvie Bérubé (Bloc Québécois), in Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou; Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou has elected Mandy Gull-Masty since.
Who is the MNA for Rivière-Héva?
Rivière-Héva votes in Abitibi-Est; the National Assembly of Québec’s members page gives its current MNA.
Who heads the council in Rivière-Héva?
The mayor is Yvon Charette, who chairs Rivière-Héva council.
How much does Rivière-Héva council spend?
The 2024 return of Rivière-Héva council shows $2.9M of spending for roughly 1,537 residents, $911K of it on roads and transit.
Which regional body is Rivière-Héva part of?
Rivière-Héva’s mayor takes a seat on the council of MRC La Vallée-de-l'Or, the regional county municipality.
How is Rivière-Héva council elected?
At large: every voter helps fill all of Rivière-Héva 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).