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Election 2018: People’s Alliance of NB platform on municipal issues
The People’s Alliance election 2018 platform includes promises that would affect municipalities, including tax reform and reviewing "equal opportunity" payments to municipalities to ensure they are fair and efficient. PANB has said “assessments would fall to each...
Election 2018: NB NDP election platform on municipal issues
The NB NDP election 2018 platform includes promises on municipal priorities, including property taxes and housing. According to the platform, the NB NDP would create a Property Tax Commission with a series of questions, including how property taxes should be...
UMNB surveys provincial candidates: How will you help New Brunswick’s municipalities?
How will you help New Brunswick’s municipalities meet today’s challenges and build the communities we love? That’s the question the Union of Municipalities of New Brunswick is asking candidates in the September 24thelection. "We’re asking mayors and councilors to ask...
Election 2018: Progressive Conservative Platform on municipal issues
UMNB applauds the Progressive Conservative’s acknowledgement that municipalities should get a share of revenues from legalized cannabis, and election commitment to give municipalities more authority and power over taxation. In their municipal platform for Election...
Election 2018: Green Party of NB platform on municipal issues
UMNB applauds the NB Green Party’s position that New Brunswick’s communities need the power to shape their futures, and that good governance begins at the local level. The Green Party 2018 election platform, released on August 27, includes a promise to increase the...
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.
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PRESS RELEASE: UMNB and AFMNB Sign MOU to advocate together on new fiscal framework for municipalities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: June 24, 2024 DIEPPE, NB – The Union of Municipalities of New Brunswick (UMNB) and the Association francophone des municipalités du Nouveau-Brunswick (AFMNB) are proud to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on...
Bulletin: Election Day! Again!
It's Election Day, and if you don't know who to vote for, FCM's Policy Tracker tool can help. Plus we have all the latest COVID mandate updates, and are looking forward to this week's #UMNB2021 panel session on...
Bulletin: #UMNB2021 – Growing Communities
#UMNB2021 is officially underway! Thanks to everyone who joined in our very informative session on Navigating Social Media last week. We look forward to seeing you again on Thursday as we tackle Growing Communities. Plus, more on municipal reform in this week's...
Bulletin: #UMNB2021 – Navigating Social Media
#UMNB2021 gets going this week with our Navigating Social Media panel. We have a ton of office updates, new resources, new funding opportunities, a stacked events calendar, and more in this week's...