Saint-Barnabé, Quebec

Saint-Barnabé, also known as Saint-Barnabé-Nord, is a parish municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada.

Saint-Barnabé
Location within Maskinongé RCM.
Location within Maskinongé RCM.
Saint-Barnabé is located in Central Quebec
Saint-Barnabé
Saint-Barnabé
Location in central Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°24′N 72°53′W / 46.400°N 72.883°W / 46.400; -72.883[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionMauricie
RCMMaskinongé
ConstitutedJuly 1, 1855
Government
 • MayorMichel Lemay
 • Federal ridingBerthier—Maskinongé
 • Prov. ridingMaskinongé
Area
 • Total59.20 km2 (22.86 sq mi)
 • Land59.07 km2 (22.81 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total1,179
 • Density20.0/km2 (52/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
Decrease 2.3%
 • Dwellings
549
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
Area code819
Highways R-153
R-351

Demographics

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Barnabé had a population of 1,186 living in 535 of its 562 total private dwellings, a change of -0.8% from its 2016 population of 1,196. With a land area of 58.94 km2 (22.76 sq mi), it had a population density of 20.1/km2 (52.1/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

Government

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The mayor is the municipality's highest elected official. Saint-Barnabé has had fifty mayors.[5]

#MayorTook officeLeft office
1Antoine Bournival18551858
2Raphaël Bourassa18581860
3Alexis Gélinas18601860
1Antoine Bournival18601862
4Thomas Gélinas18621866
5Antoine Gauthier18661872
6Jean-Baptiste Lemaître18721874
7Dr Félix Dydime Fontaine18741877
8Joseph Bellemare18771880
9Onésime Lesieur18801881
8Joseph Bellemare18811982
10Arthur Sévère Bald18821888
11Jules Lamy18881890
12Octave Gélinas18901892
13François Gélinas18921893
14Évariste L. Désaulniers18931894
15Louis Dollard Héroux18941895
16Hormidas Garceau18951897
17Maxime Grenier18971898
18Dr Élisée Bellemare18981900
19Adolphe Lamy19001901
20Narcisse Gélinas19011902
19Adolphe Lamy19021903
21Pierre Gélinas19031905
22Jules Lamy19031905
23Adélard Giguère19051907
24Joseph de Charette [6]19071910
25Amédée Boucher19101912
26Sinai Bournival19121913
27Cléophas Bussière19131915
28Adrien Gélinas19151916
29Évariste Gélinas19161917
30Charles Marcouiller19171920
31Odzaca Gélinas19201921
29Évariste Gélinas19211923
32Alexandre Désaulniers19231925
33Nestor Bourassa19251929
34Raoul Bellemare19291931
35Wilfrid Boucher19311933
36Sévère J. Lamy19331935
31Odzaca Gélinas19351936
37Caméric Lemay19361937
38Oscar Lemay19371939
39Origène Bourassa19391943
40Albé Diamond19431945
41Gérard Gélinas19451957
42Bérard Pellerin19571963
43Robert Lemay19631969
44Nathan Diamond19691981
45René Gélinas19811990
46Jean-Guy Gélinas19901994
47Nicole D. Gélinas19941995
48Julien Plouffe19952002
49Germain Lacombe20022005
50Michel Lemay20052009
51René Bourassa20092013
50Michel Lemay [7]2013Current

Officially, municipal elections in Saint-Barnabé are on a non-partisan basis.

References

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  1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 55708". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 51025". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. ^ a b "Saint-Barnabé, Quebec (Code 2451025) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
  4. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  5. ^ Sources: Denis Gélinas, Secrétaire-trésorier; Centenaire de l’église de Saint-Barnabé-Nord 1859-1959
  6. ^ De Charette served as Mayor of Charette from 1918 to 1927.
  7. ^ Martin Lafrenière, Saint-Barnabé: Bourassa concède la victoire à Lemay, La Presse, November 5, 2013