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Bulletin: Municipal Reform Mailbag
We held ADM Ryan Donaghy in a Zoom and peppered him with your questions, and we won't hesitate to do it again. Send us your reform questions, and we'll try to get answers.Plus: more zone meetings on the...
Bulletin: Issue #100 All the Reforms
The long-awaited reform papers are here, and we want your feedback. In a special meeting, the UMNB board of directors elected a new 1st Vice-President, there are new zone meetings on the calendar, and much more in milestone issue #100: ...
Bulletin: While We Wait
As we all wait for two big reform papers to drop... recapping the weekend's board of directors meeting, sharing upcoming webinars and zone meetings in this week's bulletin: https://umnb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2021_11_15-UMNB-Bulletin.pdf Past issues of the...
Bulletin: Remembrance Day Guidance and More
Remembrance Day ceremony guidance, Zone 6 meeting details, and one very good boy are amongst the things you'll find in this week's bulletin: https://umnb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2021_11_08-UMNB-Bulletin.pdf Past issues of the Bulletin can be found on...
Bulletin: Municipal Reform Session Recap and More
UMNB2021 concluded with a roundtable discussion featuring Local Government and Local Governance Reform Minister Daniel Allain. Get a recap, learn about our upcoming webinars, and get FCM's tools for taking action on RCMP costs in this week's...
2026 MUNICIPAL ELECTION
New Brunswick Local Government Elections are Monday, May 11, 2026.
Key Dates:
| Friday, April 10, 2026 | Nominations close (2 p.m.) |
| Saturday, May 2, 2026 | Advance polls (10 a.m. to 8 p.m.) |
| Monday, May 4, 2026 | Advance polls (10 a.m. to 8 p.m.) |
| Monday, May 11, 2026 | ELECTION DAY – Final return of special ballots (8 p.m.) |
Additional information if you are interested in running for local government can be found on Elections NB.
MEMBERS
A – Northwest
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B – Acadie-Chaleur
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C – Miramichi-Kent
Alnwick • Beaurivage • Champdoré • Doaktown • Five Rivers • Grand Bouctouche • Miramichi • Miramichi River Valley
D – Southeast
Cap Acadie • Dieppe • Fundy Albert • Maple Hills • Memramcook • Moncton • Riverview • Salisbury • Shediac • Strait Shores • Tantramar • Three Rivers
E – Fundy-Southwest
Butternut Valley • Campobello • Eastern Charlotte • Fundy-St. Martins • Fundy Shores • Grand Bay-Westfield • Grand Manan • Hampton • McAdam • Quispamsis • Rothesay • St. Stephen • Saint Andrews • Saint John • Sussex • Valley Waters
F – Capital-Valley
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PRESS RELEASE: Municipal Association, Association of Fire Chiefs, and the Paramedic Association Call for the Reform of Paramedic Services in New Brunswick
Tuesday, February 18th, 2025 Fredericton, NB – The Union of Municipalities of New Brunswick (UMNB), the New Brunswick Association of Fire Chiefs (NBAFC) and the Paramedic Association of New Brunswick (PANB) say the timing is right for systemic changes to the...
BULLETIN #156
How is it already Wednesday? We are excited to welcome over 200 mayors, councillors and municipal staff to Fredericton this weekend for our Orientation Conference. Before we get into orientation reminders, this week we want to share new funding opportunities...
BULLETIN #155
How are we at January 31 already? This week we bring you information on the launch of the second intake for the Rural Transit Solutions Fund and a few reminders. Tonight (Jan 31), there is an in person Zone 5 meeting, on Wednesday (Feb 1) there is online Local...
BULLETIN #154
As most of the province digs out on this snowy Monday, this week we bring you dates for the upcoming Zone 5 and 6 meeting, the schedule for the Local Governance online Orientation and reminder of our Orientation on February 11-12, 2023. To read more, click the link...