Sainte-Julienne’s council spends less per resident than 93% of Québec’s local municipalities

Who to ask

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

MRC Montcalm is Sainte-Julienne’s regional county municipality, which sets the land-use plan the municipalities follow.

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   Sainte-Julienne councilelected November 2025
   Jean-Pierre Charron
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   National Assembly of QuébecRousseau
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   House of CommonsMontcalm
   Luc Thériault

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

Councillors come from districts, one each, and the whole of Sainte-Julienne elects the mayor. Équipe Jean-Pierre Charron - L'avenir de Sainte-Julienne has the largest group, and every member belongs to a team.

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

The outgoing mayor, Jean-Pierre Charron, was re-elected. A lead of 160 votes over Stéphane Breault gave Jean-Pierre Charron the mayor’s seat, with 43% of the votes. Fewer electors voted for mayor than in most of Québec: 42%, where the median contested race drew 51%.

How Sainte-Julienne 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. Under the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities, Sainte-Julienne’s next municipal vote is on 4 November 2029, the first Sunday in November every four years. The last general elections came on 5 October 2026 for the National Assembly of Québec and on 28 April 2025 for Parliament.

Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH

Sainte-Julienne is in Rousseau, 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)

Luc Thériault 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

The current Parliament is Luc Thériault’s 4th, counting from a first win in 2015. Elections Canada’s transposition of the 2021 vote onto today’s Montcalm puts the Bloc Québécois first at 53%; Luc Thériault 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

Back in 2019, Luc Thériault took the riding on 58%. Luc Thériault won the 2021 race in Montcalm for the Bloc Québécois, polling 53% and beating Javeria Qureshi (Liberal Party of Canada) by 17,182 votes.

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

Spending by Sainte-Julienne council came to $1,699 a resident in 2024, under the $2,394 median of Québec’s local municipalities. Staff pay and benefits account for 26% of spending. More goes to roads and transit than to anything else: $539 a resident, 32% of all spending. At 79%, property taxes count for more of the revenue than the 63% seen across the province. At $1,710 per resident, Sainte-Julienne council’s $20.5M of long-term debt is less than the $2,461 median.

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

A seat on Sainte-Julienne council covers 1,860 residents; 86% of Quebec municipalities have fewer per seat.

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