Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0At 61%, 2021 turnout in Lac-Saint-Jean trailed 69% of the country’s ridings
Saint-Gédéon is in Lac-Saint-Jean for the National Assembly of Québec, whose current MNA (Member of the National Assembly, Québec’s legislature) no open source we can use records yet. Saint-Gédéon is in Lac-Saint-Jean, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP), and the seat belongs to Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe of the Bloc Québécois. Jacob Coulombe is mayor of Saint-Gédéon, with 6 councillors on the council.
What stands out in how Saint-Gédéon is governed
A safe federal seat
The 2021 winner in Lac-Saint-Jean finished 25 points ahead of the runner-up (Conservative Party of Canada), a wider lead than in 67% of Canada’s 338 ridings. How Saint-Gédéon has voted ↓
Low federal turnout
More electors stayed home in Lac-Saint-Jean than in 69% of Canada’s ridings at the 2021 election. The 2021 turnout ↓
Compared with the province’s municipalities of 1,000+ residents (2021 Census; MAMH, MMAH and Statistics Canada).
Three governments, and who does what
Saint-Gédéon, a municipality in Quebec, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
st-gedeon.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.
With its neighbours, Saint-Gédéon forms MRC Lac-Saint-Jean-Est, 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 Saint-Gédéon, from the most recent elections.
- 1Saint-Gédéon councilelected November 2025Jacob Coulombe
- 2National Assembly of QuébecLac-Saint-Jean
- 3House of CommonsLac-Saint-Jean
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 Saint-Gédéon council
Everyone elected in 2025, seat by seat, with their team and votes.
- Jacob Coulombe
- Guylaine Thibeault
- André Gagnon
- Guillaume Coulombe
- Audrey Paradis
- Gabriel Fortin
- Jean Gauthier
7 members and how they were elected
| Name | Seat | Team | Votes | Share | On the last council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Coulombe | Mayor | Independent | 836 | 61% | No |
| Guylaine Thibeault | Councillor | Independent | 118 | 50% | No |
| André Gagnon | Councillor | Independent | – | acclaimed | Yes |
| Guillaume Coulombe | Councillor | Independent | 95 | 52% | No |
| Audrey Paradis | Councillor | Independent | 116 | 54% | No |
| Gabriel Fortin | Councillor | Independent | – | acclaimed | Yes |
| Jean Gauthier | Councillor | Independent | 134 | 54% | Yes |
Councillors come from districts, one each, and the whole of Saint-Gédéon elects the mayor. All the seats on Saint-Gédéon council went to candidates with no team.
Every other candidate (5)
| Seat | Candidate | Team | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor | Émile Hudon | Independent | 543 | 39% |
| Councillor | Jean-Sébastien Allard | Independent | 117 | 50% |
| Councillor | Michel Tremblay | Independent | 87 | 48% |
| Councillor | Pierre Boudreault | Independent | 101 | 47% |
| Councillor | Simon-Pierre Lavoie | Independent | 116 | 46% |
Councils and results: Résultats des élections municipales générales de 2025, MAMH (CC BY 4.0)
The 2025 race for mayor of Saint-Gédéon
Votes for each candidate for mayor in 2025.
With 69% of electors taking part, the vote for mayor beat the Québec median of 51% for contested mayoral races. The race for mayor went to Jacob Coulombe with 61%, a lead of 293 over Émile Hudon. Émile Hudon, the sitting mayor, was beaten by Jacob Coulombe.
How Saint-Gédéon voted: same source as Councillors, above.
When Saint-Gédéon votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Saint-Gédéon 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. Provincially the last general election was on 5 October 2026, for the National Assembly of Québec; federally, on 28 April 2025. 4 November 2029 is the next council election in Saint-Gédéon, fixed by the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities for the first Sunday in November every four years.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
Saint-Gédéon votes in Lac-Saint-Jean 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 ↗The riding is Lac-Saint-Jean: it sends one MNA to the National Assembly of Québec, and Saint-Gédéon votes in it.
Québec ridings: Répertoire des municipalités, MAMH (CC BY 4.0)
Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe represents Lac-Saint-Jean in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Lac-Saint-Jean · 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.
Of the 78 seats from Quebec, the Liberal Party of Canada holds 44, and Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe’s Bloc Québécois has 22.
The MP’s record
On today’s boundaries, the 2021 vote in Lac-Saint-Jean would have gone to the Bloc Québécois with 51%, and Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe kept it for them in 2025. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe was first elected in 2019; the current Parliament is Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe’s 3rd.
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
Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe kept Lac-Saint-Jean for the Bloc Québécois in 2021
Results in Lac-Saint-Jean as drawn in 2013, the boundaries of the 2019 and 2021 elections; the riding was redrawn for 2025.
In 2019, Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe had won the same riding with 44%. Lac-Saint-Jean elected Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Bloc Québécois) in 2021: 51% of the vote, a lead of 12,567 over Serge Bergeron (Conservative Party of Canada).
All 5 candidates in Lac-Saint-Jean, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe | Bloc Québécois | 25,466 | 50.7% |
| Serge Bergeron | Conservative Party of Canada | 12,899 | 25.7% |
| Marjolaine Étienne | Liberal Party of Canada | 9,371 | 18.7% |
| Mathieu Chambers | New Democratic Party | 1,637 | 3.3% |
| Annie Thibault | Green Party of Canada | 824 | 1.6% |
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
Saint-Gédéon council spends more 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.
Property taxes and payments in lieu brought in 81% of revenue, against 63% across the province’s returns. Saint-Gédéon council’s borrowing is light: $5.2M long term, $2,257 a resident where the median is $2,461. At $2,456 for every resident in 2024, Saint-Gédéon council sits above the $2,394 median of Québec’s local municipalities. Of every dollar spent, 26% went on pay and benefits. General government takes the biggest share, 21%, or $509 per resident.
Spending per resident nearby
Every service line, 2024
| Service | 2024 | Per resident | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| General government | $1.2M | $509 | 21% |
| Water, sewers and waste | $1.1M | $467 | 19% |
| Roads and transit | $1M | $448 | 18% |
| Recreation and culture | $963K | $415 | 17% |
| Police, fire and protection | $536K | $231 | 9% |
| Planning and development | $523K | $226 | 9% |
| Financing costs | $326K | $140 | 6% |
| Social services and child care | $45K | $20 | 1% |
Money: rapport financier and profil financier 2024, ministère des Affaires municipales et de l’Habitation (CC BY 4.0)
One seat for every 340 residents
Residents (2021 Census) per council seat, head of council included, beside nearby municipalities; the tick is the provincial median.
With 340 residents behind each seat, Saint-Gédéon council sits below 55% of Quebec municipalities.
Residents: 2021 Census; seats: the province’s council list
Having a say in how Saint-Gédéon 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.
st-gedeon.qc.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Not on this page. Band councils, and what members did once elected: the open record stops at the vote.
- Who holds each seat. A member who resigned or switched parties last week may still show here: the names are Wikidata’s.
- Which riding. A place belongs to the riding where most of its 2021 Census residents live, plus any other with 5% or more.
- Election results. Official counts for 2019 and 2021 are by the 2013 ridings; Elections Canada also re-counted the 2021 ballots onto the 2023 ridings by polling division, and that estimate is what “today’s boundaries” means here.
- Council size. Residents per seat divide the 2021 Census population by every council seat, the head of council’s included.
- 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 Saint-Gédéon is run
Who is the MP for Saint-Gédéon?
Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Bloc Québécois) sits for Lac-Saint-Jean, the riding Saint-Gédéon is in.
Which party won Saint-Gédéon in the 2021 federal election?
Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Bloc Québécois) took Lac-Saint-Jean in 2021 and is its MP today.
Who is the MNA for Saint-Gédéon?
The riding for Saint-Gédéon is Lac-Saint-Jean, and the National Assembly of Québec lists the MNA who holds it.
Who heads the council in Saint-Gédéon?
Jacob Coulombe chairs Saint-Gédéon council as mayor.
How much does Saint-Gédéon council spend?
The 2024 return of Saint-Gédéon council shows $5.7M of spending for roughly 2,320 residents, $1.2M of it on general government.
Which regional body is Saint-Gédéon part of?
Saint-Gédéon’s mayor takes a seat on the council of MRC Lac-Saint-Jean-Est, the regional county municipality.
How is Saint-Gédéon council elected?
One councillor a district, and a mayor chosen by everyone, on Saint-Gédéon 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) · 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).