2016 New Brunswick municipal elections explained

Municipal elections were held in the Canadian province of New Brunswick on May 9, 2016. Here is a summary of the mayoral results in the major communities in the province and the council results for the three largest cities.

Bathurst

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Paolo Fongemie 3,064 54.00
Richard Barbeau 1,831 32.27
Hugh L. Comeau 525 9.25
Anne-Marie Gammon 254 4.48

Beaubassin East

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Ronnie Duguay 1,246 48.15
Jean-Albert Cormier (X) 761 29.40
Marcel Doiron 581 22.45

Campbellton

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Stephanie M. Anglehart-Paulin 1,118 34.67
Ian Comeau 1,090 33.80
Bruce N. MacIntosh (X) 1,017 31.53

Dieppe

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Yvon Lapierre (X) 6,184 83.60
Fred Pellerin 1,213 16.40

Edmundston

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Cyrille Simard (X) 4,753 62.75
Jacques P. Martin 2,821 37.25

Fredericton

Mayoral CandidateVote%
8,192 53.85
Brad Woodside (X) 7,022 46.15
Fredericton City Council
Ward 1
CandidateVote%
Dan Keenan (X) Acclaimed
Ward 2
CandidateVote%
Mark A. Peters 536 42.30
Jamie Cummings 261 20.60
Dana Scott 249 19.65
Joseph D. Fisher 221 17.44
Ward 3
CandidateVote%
Bruce Grandy (X) 781 49.12
Kevin Brewer 472 29.69
Kent Fox 337 21.19
Ward 4
CandidateVote%
Eric D. PriceAcclaimed
Ward 5
CandidateVote%
Steven M. Hicks (X)Acclaimed
Ward 6
CandidateVote%
Eric Megarity (X) 782 56.67
Marilyn K. Kerton (X) 598 43.33
Ward 7
CandidateVote%
Kevin Darrah 788 69.00
Tony Whalen 354 31.00
Ward 8
CandidateVote%
Greg K. Ericson (X) 887 82.90
Brennen J. de Carufel 183 17.10
Ward 9
CandidateVote%
Stephen A. Chase (X) 1,060 81.41
Cassia Sanzida Baten 242 18.59
Ward 10
CandidateVote%
John MacDermid (X) 740 56.19
Stephen T. Kelly 577 43.81
Ward 11
CandidateVote%
Kate Rogers (X) 693 68.55
Louie Youssef 228 22.55
William Blake 53 5.24
Ryan Cobb 27 3.66
Ward 12
CandidateVote%
Henri Mallet 675 36.87
Jonathan Richardson 517 28.24
Gerry Maher 399 21.79
Roger Michaud 127 6.94
David A. Bowen 113 6.17

Grand Bay–Westfield

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Grace Losier (X) 1,038 51.18
Adrian Webb 990 48.82

Grand Falls

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Marcel Deschenes 1,639 55.06
Richard Keeley (X) 1,338 44.94

Miramichi

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Gerry Cormier (X) 4,151 53.97
Peggy M. McLean 1,537 19.98
John Winston Foran 1,342 17.45
René J. R. Smith 538 7.00
Keith E. Kenny 123 1.60

November 16, 2016 mayoral by-election

Mayoral CandidateVote[1] %
Adam Lordon 4,216 58.22
Larry Lynch 1,961 27.08
Peggy M. McLean 1,064 14.69

Moncton

Mayoral CandidateVote%
9,789 52.65
Brian Hicks 8,805 47.35
Moncton City Council
At large (2 to be elected)
CandidateVote%
Greg Turner 7,604 22.74
Pierre A. Boudreau (X) 6,616 19.79
Doug Pond 6,198 18.54
Phylomène Zangio 4,535 13.56
Darren Robertson 2,665 7.97
Jean-Marie Martial Nadeau 2,586 7.73
Leo Doiron 2,108 6.31
Peter Surette 1,121 3.35
Ward 1 (2 to be elected)
CandidateVote%
Shawn Crossman (X) 3,241 41.63
Paulette Thériualt (X) 2,561 32.90
Dan Ross 1,325 17.02
Christopher M. Palmer 658 8.45
Ward 2 (2 to be elected)
CandidateVote%
Blair Lawrence (X) 2,815 39.27
Charles Léger (X) 2,679 37.37
Todd Hansen 1,674 23.35
Ward 3 (2 to be elected)
CandidateVote%
Rob McKee 3,759 41.32
Bryan David Butler 2,365 26.00
Tamara Nichol 2,082 22.89
Craig A. McCluskey 891 9.79
Ward 4 (2 to be elected)
CandidateVote%
René Landry (X) 2,985 39.71
Paul Pellerin (X) 2,868 38.15
Andrew J. Williams 1,664 22.14

November 16, 2016 Ward 4 by-election

CandidateVote[2] %
Susan F. Edgett 1,080 41.13
Paul Richard 1,060 40.37
Roy MacMullin 418 15.92
Michael Campbell 68 2.59

Oromocto

Plebiscite
Do you want the Town of Oromocto to provide bi-weekly curbside collection of recyclable paper, plastics and metal cans, which will require a forty dollar ($40) per year increase to the eighty dollar ($80) per year fee currently charged to each residential unit for garbage collection?
OptionVote%
No 728 78.11
Yes 204 21.89

Quispamsis

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Gary Clark 2,411 47.40
Murray Driscoll (X) 2,150 42.26
Beth A. Fitzpatrick 526 10.34

Riverview

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Ann Seamans (X) 5,124 85.61
Scott Bulman 861 14.39

Rothesay

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Nancy Grant 2,424 62.73
Pat Gallagher Jette 1,440 37.27

Sackville

Mayoral CandidateVote%
John Higham 1,624 81.00
Virgil Hammock 381 19.00

Saint John

Mayoral CandidateVote%
8,139 42.95
Shelley Rinehart 6,812 35.94
Bill Farren 3,184 16.80
Patty Higgins 604 3.19
Howard Arthur Yeomans 213 1.12
Saint John City Council
At large (2 to be elected)
CandidateVote%
Shirley McAlary (X) 11,265 36.25
H. Gary Sullivan 5,743 18.48
Phil J. Comeau 5,526 17.78
John Campbell 4,273 13.75
Albert A. Vincent 2,356 7.58
Glenn Patrick Griffin 1,914 6.16
Ward 1 (2 to be elected)
CandidateVote%
Greg Norton (X) 4,107 41.36
Blake Armstrong 2,832 28.52
1,984 19.98
Alec R. J. Montgomery 548 5.52
John Peter Brown 460 4.63
Ward 2 (2 to be elected)
CandidateVote%
John MacKenzie (X) 3,316 54.67
Sean Casey 1,624 26.78
Larry E. Harlow 1,125 18.55
Ward 3 (2 to be elected)
CandidateVote%
Gerry Lowe (X) 2,488 43.04
Donna Reardon (X) 2,107 36.45
Alex White 633 10.95
Allen Leslie 552 9.55
Ward 4 (2 to be elected)
CandidateVote%
Ray Stowbridge (X) 2,659 31.59
David Merrithew (X) 2,657 31.56
Daryl R. Bishop 1,282 15.23
Bruce Court 1,026 12.19
David Connell 794 9.43

May 6, 2019 Ward 3 by-election

CandidateVote[3] %
David Hickey 758 33.81
Andrew Costin 370 16.50
Brad Mitchell 318 14.18
Katelin R. Dean 312 13.92
Frank James 299 13.34
Adam J. C. Salesse 110 4.91
Anthony Capson 75 3.35

Tracadie

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Denis Losier 4,656 58.17
Aldéoda Losier (X) 3,348 41.83

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Election Results . 2016-11-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161117063003/http://www.gnb.ca/elections/results-resultats/2016-11-14/results-resultats.html#at/8e82a812-cee3-4811-8de8-6987a4c99a71/ar/71/ . 2016-11-17 . dead .
  2. Web site: Election Results . 2016-11-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161117063003/http://www.gnb.ca/elections/results-resultats/2016-11-14/results-resultats.html#at/8e82a812-cee3-4811-8de8-6987a4c99a71/ar/180/ . 2016-11-17 . dead .
  3. https://www.gnb.ca/elections/results-resultats/2019-05-06/results-resultats.html#at/8176f944-8969-4927-825e-1bc40d7a4a5c/ar/199/ Election results