Municipal elections 2025: Bryson one of three municipalities down to four councillors

Municipal elections 2025: Bryson one of three municipalities down to four councillors

The Bryson Municipal Council has decided to reduce the number of elected officials at the council table, a decision that will take effect after the November 2 municipal elections. This change, resulting from the Quebec government’s Bill 57, which allows municipalities with fewer than 2,000 residents to reduce the size of their council, will result in Bryson being represented by one elected mayor and four municipal councillors.

Contacted by CHIP 101.9, Mayor Alain Gagnon explained that this decision stems from extensive deliberation by the council, as reducing the number of elected officials had been discussed several times in the past. Gagnon confirmed that recruiting candidates was sometimes difficult in this municipality of fewer than 700 residents.

In the 2021 municipal elections, nearly 60% of Pontiac’s municipal officials (73) ran unopposed, with the councils of Chichester, Campbell’s Bay and Waltham elected entirely by acclamation.

The Municipality of Fort-Coulonge also made the decision to reduce their council size last year, making three Pontiac municipalities that will have four councillors rather than six in November. Rapides-des-Joachims made this decision before the 2013 municipal election