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Bulletin: Situational Briefing on COVID-19
UMNB participates in provincial and national situational briefings multiple time per week. Send us your questions & we’ll get you answers. Our latest notes include: Financial briefing on NB economic impacts of COVID-19 Provincial updates Answers to municipal...
Bulletin: Closures, Guidelines, and Best Practices for COVID-19
Thank you to our municipal workers who are putting your safety on the line to keep our communities running. Thank you to our administrators for your long hours, and to the mayors & councillors making tough decisions to keep people safe. All of the latest...
Bulletin: Getting Answers on COVID-19 for Municipalities
Our latest bulletin includes COVID-19 questions and answers for municipalities: https://umnb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2020_03_30-UMNB-Bulletin.pdf Past issues of the Bulletin can be found on our Communications page.
Guide: Council’s Role in Communicating COVID-19
Communication with the public and municipal employees is important right now. Good communication keeps people safe and healthy, keeps your municipality functioning well, and keeps your community calm and confident in your abilities. We have a new tip sheet with best...
Bulletin: Our Response to COVID-19
In response to COVID-19 we have been : pushing out regular updates through email and social media. Read our email blasts here: https://us3.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=35bd72955d43547de682e456f&id=ea136339ae gathering templates and resources shared by...
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
Campbellton • Edmundston • Grand Falls • Heron Bay • Saint-Quentin
B – Acadie-Chaleur
Bathurst • Belledune
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
Arcadia • Carleton North • Central York • Fredericton • Fredericton Junction • Hanwell • Hartland • Harvey • Grand Lake • Lakeland Ridges • Nackawic-Millville • Nashwaak • New Maryland • Oromocto • Southern Victoria • Tobique Valley • Woodstock
Latest News
PRESS RELEASE: Union of Municipalities Launches Provincial Election Priorities Campaign
August 13, 2024 Moncton, NB – Municipalities in New Brunswick are calling on all political parties to commit to working with local governments to implement a new fiscal framework after the upcoming provincial election. “Municipalities in New Brunswick have been...
Q&A-Municipal Reform
On Feb 15th, UMNB submitted a series of questions on municipal reform to Minister Daniel Allain on behalf of our members. Below, you will find a link to the written responses to the questions we received. UMNB continues to dialogue with Minister Allain and his team in...
#109 Board Meeting Run Down
This weeks bulletin is a board meeting bonanza. There are updates from UMNB's board meeting, updates from FCM's board week and the AMANB has opened registration for their conference! All that and more in the bulletin....
Bulletin #108 Reform updates
This week's bulletin includes new guidance on CAO hiring, UMNB's letter regarding reform and the federal riding redistribution is beginning: https://umnb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2022_02_22-UMNB-Bulletin.pdf Past issues of the Bulletin can be found on...