2021 New Brunswick municipal elections

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Municipal elections were held in the Canadian province of New Brunswick on May 10, 2021. They were originally supposed to be held May 11, 2020, but were postponed one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New Brunswick. [1] Furthermore, elections in some municipalities in Northwestern New Brunswick will be held on May 25 [2] due to those areas being under lockdown. [3] Elections will also be held for district education councils and regional health authorities (Horizon Health Network and Vitalité Health Network), plus there are two plebiscites (annexation of the town and parish of Saint-Quentin [4] and allowing people to own hens for non-commercial purposes in Blacks Harbour). [5]

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Here is a summary of the mayoral races in the largest municipalities in the province and the council races for the three largest cities. Election results will be released on May 25, following the postponed elections in Northwest New Brunswick. [2]

Bathurst

The candidates for mayor are as follows: [6]

Mayoral CandidateVote %
Kim Chamberlain2,82566.31
Richard Barbeau97722.93
Greg Bossé45810.75

Beaubassin East

The candidates for mayor are as follows: [7]

Mayoral CandidateVote %
Louise Landry1,10545.89
Susan Cormier83234.55
Ronnie Duguay (X)38916.15
Justin A. Guignard823.41

Campbellton

The candidates for mayor are as follows: [8]

Mayoral CandidateVote %
Ian Comeau1,89566.00
Joey Goulette52018.11
Gilles Roy45615.88

Dieppe

The candidates for mayor are as follows: [9]

Mayoral CandidateVote %
Yvon Lapierre (X)Acclaimed

Edmundston

The race in Edmundston will be held on May 25 [2] due to a lockdown in Northwestern New Brunswick. [3]

The candidates for mayor are as follows: [10]

Mayoral CandidateVote %
Eric Marquis4,45363.52
Lise Ouellette2,55736.48

Fredericton

The candidates are as follows: [11]

Mayor

Candidates
Results
Mayoral CandidateVote %
Kate Rogers 9,05654.37
Mike O'Brien (X)5,04530.29
Corinne Hersey2,25213.52
Drew Brown3021.81

Fredericton City Council

Ward 1
CandidateVote %
Margo Sheppard68553.60
Karen Grant45435.52
Dennis Atchison13910.88
Ward 2
CandidateVote %
Mark Peters (X)71259.88
Sean Winslow47740.12
Ward 3
CandidateVote %
Bruce Grandy (X)60443.11
Anthea Plummer39928.48
Troy Haines39828.41
Ward 4
CandidateVote %
Jocelyn Pike47851.01
Sheldon Currie30532.55
Eric Price (X)15416.44
Ward 5
CandidateVote %
Steve Hicks (X)78959.91
Denver Boreland52840.09
Ward 6
CandidateVote %
Eric MeGarity (X)61443.89
Maegen Black40629.02
Sharon Levesque30822.02
Ian LeTourneau715.08
Ward 7
CandidateVote %
Kevin Darrah (X)61352.26
Gail Costello56047.74
Ward 8
CandidateVote %
Greg Ericson (X)63248.77
Scott Smith35027.01
Joshua Paul31424.23
Ward 9
CandidateVote %
Ruth Breen88855.71
Stephen A. Chase (X)64740.59
Jeff Shanks593.70
Ward 10
CandidateVote %
Cassandra M. Blackmore92848.61
Kelly L. Murray64233.63
Alan J. Atkins33917.76
Ward 11
CandidateVote %
Jason LeJeune68959.04
Louie Youssef38232.73
David Wells968.23
Ward 12
CandidateVote %
Henri Mallet (X)70338.44
Janet Moser68037.18
Kandise Brown44624.38

Grand Falls

The candidates for mayor are as follows: [16]

Mayoral CandidateVote %
Marcel Yvon Deschênes (X)Acclaimed

Miramichi

The candidates for mayor are as follows: [17]

Mayoral CandidateVote %
Adam Lordon (X)Acclaimed

Moncton

The candidates are as follows: [18]

Mayor

Candidates
Mayoral CandidateVote %
Dawn Arnold (X)9,99858.76
Erik Gingles7,01641.24

Moncton City Council

At large (2 to be elected)
CandidateVote %
Monique LeBlanc6,68621.96
Marty Kingston6,64521.83
Yves Belliveau4,67315.35
Krysta Cowling4,42714.54
Isabelle Forest3,37211.08
Craig McCluskey2,7188.93
Hafsah Ayub Mohammad1,9206.31
Ward 1 (2 to be elected)
CandidateVote %
Shawn Crossman (X)2,53133.76
Paulette Thériualt (X)1,53220.43
Patrick Richard1,45119.35
Réal Allain1,11514.87
Dan Ross86911.59
Ward 2 (2 to be elected)
CandidateVote %
Charles Léger (X)1,47220.19
Daniel Bourgeois1,33918.36
Bettina Moores1,33118.25
Blair Lawrence (X)1,32318.14
Jeff Wallace1,02214.02
Peter Colwell80511.04
Ward 3 (2 to be elected)
CandidateVote %
Bryan D. Butler (X)2,44730.69
Dave Steeves2,13126.73
Tamara Nichol2,08126.10
Diani Blanco1,31316.47
Ward 4 (2 to be elected)
CandidateVote %
Paul Richard2,77940.83
Susan F. Edgett (X)2,24933.65
Paul Pellerin (X)1,70625.52

Oromocto

The candidates for mayor are as follows: [20]

Mayoral CandidateVote %
Robert Edward Powell (X)Acclaimed

Quispamsis

The candidates for mayor are as follows: [21]

Mayoral CandidateVote %
Libby O'Hara3,79084.39
Gary D. Clark (X)70115.61

Riverview

The candidates for mayor are as follows: [22]

Mayoral CandidateVote %
Andrew J. LeBlanc3,23553.79
Tammy L. Rampersaud2,77946.21

Rothesay

The candidates for mayor are as follows: [23]

Mayoral CandidateVote %
Nancy E. Grant (X)3,02092.19
Elizabeth Kramer2567.81

Sackville

The candidates for mayor are as follows: [24]

Mayoral CandidateVote %
Shawn Mesheau1,06755.43
Ron Aiken85844.57

Saint John

The candidates are as follows: [25]

Mayor

Candidates
Results
Mayoral CandidateVote %
Donna E. Reardon 10,08960.19
Mel A. W. Vincent5,89535.17
Darrell Bastarache4672.79
Howard A. Yeomans3121.86

Saint John City Council

At large (2 to be elected)
CandidateVote %
Brent Harris8,48731.93
H. Gary Sullivan (X)6,96326.20
Dean M. Secord3,46113.02
Neil S. Clements2,93511.04
Arty Watson1,9097.18
Steven Henderson1,4385.41
Anthony Capson9093.42
Guy Verna4791.80
Ward 1 (2 to be elected)
CandidateVote %
Greg Norton (X)2,86132.62
Joanna F. E. Killen1,94122.13
Blake Armstrong (X)1,56617.85
Richard Lee1,51917.32
Sean Patrick Crowley6307.18
Steven J. Woodin1351.54
Christopher R. Withers1201.37
Ward 2 (2 to be elected)
CandidateVote %
Barry Ogden1,76023.51
John MacKenzie (X)1,24916.69
Jocelyn M. Stevens90012.02
Patty Higgins6919.23
Jacob W. Stackhouse6368.50
Jason L. Alcorn4856.48
Deborah Dianne McCormack3734.98
Tamara L. Steele3364.49
Conor Vienneau2793.73
Jerald H. Kunitzky1962.62
Russell Wilson1942.59
Justin B. Tinker1421.90
Larry E. Harlow1331.78
Tim Little1111.48
Ward 3 (2 to be elected)
CandidateVote %
Gerry Lowe 1,54027.11
David Hickey (X)1,53226.97
Mariah A. Darling1,46025.70
Frank James4187.36
Barbara Ellemberg3095.44
Adam J. C. Salesse2023.56
Peter Duncan1182.08
Jordan R. Hollingsworth1011.78
Ward 4 (2 to be elected)
CandidateVote %
Greg R. Stewart1,14115.19
Paula Radwan1,12815.02
Gina E. Hooley1,12014.91
Ray Stowbridge (X)1,02213.60
Bruce P. Court6208.25
Dan O'Connor6007.99
Daryl Ronald Bishop5387.16
Kimberley Mary Hughes5337.10
Lynaya L. Astephen4055.39
Christopher C. Daigle4055.39

Shediac

The candidates for mayor are as follows: [30]

Mayoral CandidateVote %
Roger Caissie (X)1,71659.85
Léo Doiron1,15140.15

Tracadie

The candidates for mayor are as follows: [31]

Mayoral CandidateVote %
Denis Losier (X)5,63769.22
Jean-Yves McGraw2,50730.78

Woodstock

The candidates for mayor are as follows: [32]

Mayoral CandidateVote %
Arthur L. Slipp (X)Acclaimed

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