Each seat on Val-David’s council stands for 850 residents, more than in 74% of Quebec municipalities

Who to ask

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

Val-David belongs to MRC Les Laurentides, the regional county municipality whose council of mayors adopts the land-use plan for its municipalities.

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   Val-David councilelected November 2025
   Jean-Claude Rocheleau
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   National Assembly of QuébecBertrand
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   House of CommonsLaurentides—Labelle
   Marie-Hélène Gaudreau

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

Each electoral district elects one councillor; the mayor is chosen by all of Val-David. Action Val-David - Équipe Jean-Claude Rocheleau leads the teams on council, which also seats independents.

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

The outgoing mayor, Dominique Forget, lost the seat to Jean-Claude Rocheleau. More electors voted for mayor than in most of Québec: 59%, against a median of 51% where the race was contested. Dominique Forget finished 66 votes behind Jean-Claude Rocheleau, who took 51% in the race for mayor.

How Val-David voted: same source as Councillors, above.

Val-David votes next on 4 November 2029: the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities sets municipal elections on the first Sunday in November every four years. Parliament was last elected on 28 April 2025, and the National Assembly of Québec on 5 October 2026. 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

Val-David is in Bertrand, 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)

The Bloc Québécois, Marie-Hélène Gaudreau’s party, takes 22 of the 78 seats from Quebec; the Liberal Party of Canada takes 44.

The MP’s record

Elections Canada’s transposition of the 2021 vote onto today’s Laurentides—Labelle puts the Bloc Québécois first at 52%; Marie-Hélène Gaudreau held it for the party in 2025. First elected in 2019, Marie-Hélène Gaudreau is serving the 3rd term of a Commons career.

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

The 2021 count in Laurentides—Labelle put Marie-Hélène Gaudreau (Bloc Québécois) first at 50%, with Antoine Menassa (Liberal Party of Canada) 16,167 votes back. Marie-Hélène Gaudreau already held it after the 2019 election, won with 47%. Laurentides—Labelle turned out at only 62% in 2021; the country managed 63%.

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

No service costs more than roads and transit, at $553 per resident and 23% of the total. Staff pay and benefits account for 39% of spending. In 2024 the median among Québec’s local municipalities was $2,394 a resident; Val-David council spent $2,423. Debt Val-David council owes over the long term came to $31.4M, $5,484 a resident, higher than the median of $2,461. Taxes on property make up 77% of what comes in, more than the province-wide 63%.

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

The headline above gives the figure; the bars set Val-David council beside nearby councils, with the provincial median as the tick.

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