News Release

FREDERICTON (GNB) - Municipal byelections will be held on Monday, Dec. 8, in 14 communities:

• Beaubassin East (mayor and councillor for Ward 3);
• Campbellton (one councillor at large);
• Doaktown (one councillor at large);
• Hampton (one councillor at large);
• Hillsborough (one councillor at large);
• Le Goulet (mayor and one councilor at large);
• Meductic (one councillor at large);
• Miramichi (one councillor at large);
• Saint Andrews (two councillors at large);
• Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël (one councillor at large);
• St. George (one councillor at large);
• St. Stephen (one councillor at large);
• Sussex (one councillor at large); and
• Upper Miramichi (councilor for Ward 3).

Six candidates were elected by acclamation in:

• Neguac (Councillor at large Émile Basque);
• Pointe-Verte (Mayor Normand Doiron);    
• Sainte-Anne-de- Madawaska (Councillor at large Vicky Levesque);
• Saint-Léonard (Councillor at large Serge Sirois);
• Shippagan (Mayor Anita Savoie Robichaud); and
• Tracy (Councillor at large Dale Golding).

No candidates filed nomination papers for the vacancies in:

• Clair (one councillor at large);
• Hanwell (councilor for Ward 4);
• Nigadoo (one councillor at large); and
• Saint-Quentin (one councillor at large).

If a candidate wishes to withdraw his or her name, he or she has until 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 17 to do so.