2004 New Brunswick municipal elections

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Municipal elections in the Canadian province of New Brunswick were held on May 10, 2004. All 104 municipalities in New Brunswick elected mayors and councillors. Also held on that day were elections for regional health boards and district education councils.

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These elections marked the end of three-year terms for elected municipal offices. Beginning in 2004, officials began to serve four-year terms, meaning the next elections will be held in 2008.

All municipal elections in New Brunswick are non-partisan.

Summary

In each of the province's three major cities, the mayoral races were won by non-incumbents:

Other cities and towns also elected new mayors:

A small number of major communities had mayors return to their positions:

Plebiscites

Three communities held plebiscites on election day:

Races in major centres

Below are the results of the mayoral races in selected cities and towns across the province:

Fredericton

Mayor

CandidateVote %
Brad Woodside 6,96741.1
Joel Richardson6,22136.7
Les Hull (inc.)3,41520.2
Darcy Russell3382.0

Elected to city council

Fredericton elects twelve councillors, each on the ward system.

ElectedWard
Dan KeenanWard 1
Bruce GrandyWard 2
Mike O'Brien* (inc.)Ward 3
Norah Davidson* (inc.)Ward 4
Walter Brown (inc.)Ward 5
Marilyn Kerton* (inc.)Ward 6
Scott McConaghy (inc.)Ward 7
Tony WhalenWard 8
Tommy Jellinek* (inc.)Ward 9
Stephen Kelly*Ward 10
Cathy MacLagganWard 11
David KellyWard 12

* acclaimed

Moncton

Mayor

CandidateVote %
Lorne Mitton 8,78049.8
George LeBlanc 8,14646.2
Craig McCluskey7034.0

Elected to City Council

Moncton elects two councillors at-large, and two from each of four wards.

ElectedWard
Kathryn Barnes (inc.)At large
Pierre BoudreauAt large
Norm Crossman (inc.)Ward 1
Stephen Boyce (inc.)Ward 1
Merrill Henderson* (inc.)Ward 2
Doug Robertson* (inc.)Ward 2
Brian Hicks (inc.)Ward 3
Steve MittonWard 3
Chris Collins* (inc.)Ward 4
Rene Landry*Ward 4

* acclaimed

Saint John

Mayor

CandidateVote %
Norm McFarlane 15,34260.2
Shirley McAlary (inc.)9,19936.1
Russell Duke5002.0
Charles Frees-Melvin4481.8

Elected to Common Council

Saint John elects 10 councillors at large. Elected candidates only are listed below.

ElectedVotes
Michelle Hooton13,192
Stephen Chase (inc.)9,336
Ivan Court (inc.)8,470
John Ferguson (inc.)7,603
Carl White (inc.)7,592
Glen Tait 7,032
Christopher Titus (inc.)6,857
Peter McGuire6,815
Jay-Young Chang6,544
Bill Farren6,188

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