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Bulletin: Municipal Orientation Committee
UMNB Executive Director Margot Cragg and Past President Art Slipp represented members on the Municipal Orientation Steering Committee. Plus new funding from Environment and Climate Change Canada, and...
Bulletin: Happy New Year!
We're back in the office and ready to get to work on a new year of advocacy. A full report on the recent Provincial-Municipal Council meeting and more in this week's UMNB Bulletin: https://umnb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2019_12_02-UMNB-Bulletin-1.pdf Past issues...
Bulletin: Happy Holidays!
Happy holidays! We've attended a framework session on Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging and Printer Paper and more in this week's bulletin: https://umnb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2019_12_16-UMNB-Bulletin-1.pdf Past issues of the Bulletin can be found...
Bulletin: Advocacy Priorities for 2020
UMNB’s advocacy priorities have been updated based on new member resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting. Read those priorities and more in this week's UMNB Bulletin: https://umnb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2019_12_02-UMNB-Bulletin-1.pdf Past issues of...
Bulletin: Speech from the Throne
The provincial government presented the Speech from the Throne and UMNB had a board of directors meeting. Our note and more are in this week's UMNB Bulletin: https://umnb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2019_11_25-UMNB-Bulletin.pdf Past issues of the Bulletin can be...
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
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PRESS RELEASE: UMNB & AFMNB partner to host Municipal Forum
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 25 2024 Fredericton, N.B. – The Union of Municipalities of New Brunswick (UMNB) and l’Association Francophone des Municipalités du Nouveau-Brunswick (AFMNB) are collaborating to host a leaders forum focused on municipal priorities on...
Bulletin : Happy New Year!
Happy new year! Getting caught up on all that happened over the holidays in this week's UMNB Bulletin: https://umnb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022_01_04-UMNB-Bulletin.pdf Past issues of the Bulletin can be found on our Communications page.
Bulletin: We’re Done with 2021!
We have arrived at the final regular bulletin of 2021, and it is packed: including answers to your municipal reform questions, and Sackville councillor Dietz offering to facilitate informal amalgamation discussion...
UMNB Responds to White Paper on Local Governance Reform
Members pleased with reform but have questions about implementation FREDERICTON – The Union of the Municipalities of New Brunswick (UMNB) welcomes the Government of New Brunswick’s white paper on local governance reform, “Working together for vibrant and...