A 937-vote margin made Berthier—Maskinongé closer in 2021 than 96% of Canada’s ridings

Who to ask

Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.

MRC Maskinongé is Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc’s regional county municipality, which sets the land-use plan the municipalities follow.

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   Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc councilelected November 2025
   Éric Gilbert
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   National Assembly of QuébecMaskinongé
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   House of CommonsBerthier—Maskinongé
   Yves Perron

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

7 members and how they were elected

For one seat a single candidate came forward and was acclaimed. Every seat on Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc council, the mayor’s included, is chosen by the whole municipality. Action citoyenne Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc is the only team on council; the other members sit as independents.

Councils and results: Résultats des élections municipales générales de 2025, MAMH (CC BY 4.0)

More electors voted for mayor than in most of Québec: 60%, against a median of 51% where the race was contested. A lead of 88 votes over Diane Rivard gave Éric Gilbert the mayor’s seat, with 55% of the votes.

How Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc voted: same source as Councillors, above.

No open copy of the 2025 counts exists, and Elections Canada’s own terms rule out commercial reuse, so 2021 is the last vote shown. 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, Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc’s next municipal vote is on 4 November 2029, the first Sunday in November every four years.

Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH

The riding is Maskinongé: it sends one MNA to the National Assembly of Québec, and Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc votes in it.

Québec ridings: Répertoire des municipalités, MAMH (CC BY 4.0)

Yves Perron is one of 22 Bloc Québécois MPs from Quebec, where the Liberal Party of Canada has the most seats: 44 of 78.

The MP’s record

On today’s boundaries, the 2021 vote in Berthier—Maskinongé would have gone to the Bloc Québécois with 36%, and Yves Perron kept it for them in 2025. Yves Perron was first elected in 2019; the current Parliament is Yves Perron’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

At 65%, more of Berthier—Maskinongé voted in 2021 than Canada as a whole (63%). Yves Perron already held it after the 2019 election, won with 38%. Berthier—Maskinongé elected Yves Perron (Bloc Québécois) in 2021: 35% of the vote, a lead of 937 over Ruth Ellen Brosseau (New Democratic Party).

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

Property taxes and payments in lieu brought in 80% of revenue, against 63% across the province’s returns. Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc council carried $3.4M of long-term debt, $2,207 per resident against a typical $2,461. Of every dollar spent, 31% went on pay and benefits. In 2024 the median among Québec’s local municipalities was $2,394 a resident; Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc council spent $2,932. At 32% of spending ($925 a resident), roads and transit leads the budget.

Money: rapport financier and profil financier 2024, ministère des Affaires municipales et de l’Habitation (CC BY 4.0)

With 230 residents behind each seat, Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc council sits below 74% of Quebec municipalities.

Residents: 2021 Census; seats: the province’s council list