Candidate profile
Sébastien D’Astous
Parti québécois — Abitibi-Ouest
- Party
- Parti québécois
- Riding
- Abitibi-Ouest
- Status
- accepted_elections_quebec
- Incumbent
- No
- Profession
- Materials and metallurgical engineer and municipal manager
- Education
- Training in materials engineering and metallurgy; Certified Municipal Manager (DMA) training.
- Political experience
- Municipal councillor in Amos from 2009 to 2014; mayor of Amos since 2014; warden of the MRC d'Abitibi since 2017; Parti Québécois candidate in Abitibi-Ouest in 2026.
- Community involvement
- Board member of the Union des municipalités du Québec; treasurer of the CLD Abitibi; board member of the CISSS de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue.
An engineer and municipal manager by training, he has extensive experience in regional governance. He has been mayor of Amos since 2014 and warden of the MRC d'Abitibi since 2017.