Provincial by-election results will be coming in tonight for Miramichi West
Results to start coming in shortly after provincial polls close at 8 p.m.
A long-vacant seat in the New Brunswick legislature will be filled on Monday evening as the results of a provincial by-election come in.
The riding, Miramichi West, has been with an MLA since March 25, when Progressive Conservative MLA Mike Dawson resigned to become a Conservative candidate in the federal election.
He is now the MP for Miramichi–Grand Lake.
The sprawling riding includes Doaktown, Boiestown, Blackville, Renous and Sunny Corner. There are 9,956 eligible voters, according to Elections N.B.
Some residents of the riding have told CBC News that they were disappointed in how long it took Premier Susan Holt to call the by-election.
She had six months from when the vacancy was announced to call it, with a deadline of Sept. 25. Holt eventually called the election in early September.
Miramichi River Valley Mayor Kevin Russell took leave from that role to run for the Progressive Conservatives, while Liberal staffer Hannah Fulton Johnston ran for the governing party.
The Green Party is running Genevieve MacRae, the party's executive director.
The other candidates are Christopher Rosser for the Libertarian Party of New Brunswick and Independent candidate Richard (Hoss) Sutherland.
Election result can't change government
The results of voting don't have the power to change the balance of power in New Brunswick. As it stands now in the legislature, the governing Liberals have 31 seats, the PCs have 15, and the Greens have two.
In an interview on CBC Radio's Shift Monday afternoon, New Brunswick Chief Electoral Officer Kim Poffenroth said turnout was already at around 35 per cent as of 4 p.m. Monday.
Poffenroth said the Canada Post strike had not caused any issues, since all Voter Information Cards had been delivered before it began.
Results are expected to start coming in shortly after the polls close at 8 p.m, but Poffenroth said results might not be fully finalized right away.
"The riding is very large, and it's a relatively rural riding and there are some polling stations that don't have cell service, which is how the results are transmitted directly to head office," Poffenroth said.
In that case, polling station staff would have to drive the voting machines to the head polling office in Doaktown.
"If it's a rural location without good cell service, that's a good hour or hour and a half away from the returning office in Doaktown," Poffenroth said. "We could be looking a little bit later before we can finalize results."
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Miramichi West waits, and waits, to choose a new MLA
Premier Susan Holt has until Sept. 25 to call byelection to fill seat vacant since March
There's the cramped, old, worn-and-torn fire hall in Doaktown, and the Doak historical site down the road.
And there's health care and housing. And roads. And the fate of the old Anderson Bridge.
All of these provincial issues are priorities in communities on the Miramichi River, but there's been no elected representative here to raise them in the corridors of power in Fredericton for five months and counting.
This riding, Miramichi West, has been without an MLA since late March, when Progressive Conservative MLA Mike Dawson resigned to run in the federal election.
"I don't like it one little bit. It's not fair," 82-year-old Joan Wilson said outside the grocery store in Doaktown.
"If we wanted anything, who are we going to go to? There's no one in this constituency anymore. I don't like it personally."
Doaktown Mayor Art O'Donnell has a hefty to-do list that he'd like to push forward, starting with provincial support for the new $2.7 million fire hall the village plans to build.
The village also has submitted a proposal to take over running the Doak Provincial Heritage Site, which would involve provincial funding.
"None of those files have really moved because if we're not in the face of the ministers or the government in Fredericton, then they have another MLA from somewhere in the province that's taking them away from Doaktown," he said.
Premier Susan Holt must call the byelection within six months of Dawson's resignation, which gives her until Sept. 25.
On the Miramichi, voters are waiting to elect a new MLAMany expected the call shortly after New Brunswick Day, on Aug. 4, when her government chose to hold the official provincial celebration in Doaktown.
But that didn't happen.
If Holt waits until the last minute, it's possible a new MLA would not be seated in time for the legislature reconvening on Oct. 21.
"You should have somebody representing you at all times," Doaktown resident Joyce Peters told CBC News this week. "The people need a voice."
Liberal candidate Hannah Fulton Johnston, a Doaktown resident who works as a Liberal staffer in Fredericton, said she has not been part of the discussions about when to call the byelection.
Johnston pointed out that previous PC premier Blaine Higgs waited 10 months to call a byelection in the same area after MLA Jake Stewart resigned to run federally in 2021.
It was the Liberals in opposition who successfully pushed to tighten up the election law to prevent that kind of delay again.
"I think we're still within that window, so I look forward to when the premier decides to make that announcement, but I'm already up and running," she said.
Still, nothing in the newly tightened six-month rule prevented Holt from calling the byelection even earlier.
"That's not a question I can answer unfortunately," Fulton Johnston said. "That decision lies with the premier. I can't answer why."
A spokesperson for Holt said this week she had no updates to share on the timing.
PC candidate Kevin Russell, the mayor of Miramichi River Valley, another municipality in the riding, said he noticed the lack of provincial representation.
"I haven't had any returned messages or calls since our MLA went on to be an MP," said Russell, who is on a two-month leave from the mayor's position so he can campaign.
The decision is in Holt's hands, he said, but "I would prefer it be called sooner than later. … The only thing I can say is hopefully it gets called soon."
Russell has identified health care, affordability and housing as the top issues.
He is also trying to find out whether the Liberal government will respect a decision made by the previous Higgs government just before the last election about the Anderson Bridge.
Decision pending on Anderson Bridge
A new replacement bridge is due to be finished this year, and the PCs planned to leave the old bridge in place for all-terrain vehicles rather than demolish it.
Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Chuck Chiasson said in May that there had been no decision about that.
It's the kind of issue that an MLA could be pushing, Russell said.
Fulton Johnston is highlighting her experience in government as something she can use to get things done for the riding.
She also argues "the fantastic job" Holt is doing to reform health care will lead to better access, including at an expanded Blackville health centre.
"The idea is to have all of the services available locally, so it's a one-stop shop."
The Green Party has yet to identify its candidate for the byelection.
The PCs have won this area in every election since 2010, but O'Donnell — who as mayor won't endorse any party — said some voters want an MLA who can influence government decisions.
"People are talking about that," he said.
Another factor for some voters will be that two successive PC members "abandoned" the riding to run federally, he added.
Riding in perpetual election mode
Including general elections and byelections, the vote coming this fall will be the seventh time in six years that people here have gone to the polls to elect a federal or provincial member.
"If you're constantly in election mode, there's so much dissension within the community," O'Donnell said.
"I see that a lot: mean statements back and forth. Get over it, get somebody in place and keep them there for four years."
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PCs win Miramichi West byelection
Progressive Conservatives led Liberals by about 1,000 votes
Progressive Conservative candidate Kevin Russell is the winner in the Miramichi West byelection.
Russell led by about 1,000 votes as of 8:45 p.m., when Elections New Brunswick called the race in his favour. With all 15 polls reporting, he had 3,008 votes to Liberal candidate Hannah Fulton Johnston's 2,047. Three other candidates all had less than 100 votes each. Turnout was just over 52 per cent, according to Elections New Brunswick.
The riding has been without an MLA since March 25, when Progressive Conservative MLA Mike Dawson resigned to become a Conservative candidate in the federal election.
He is now the MP for Miramichi-Grand Lake.
The sprawling Miramichi West riding includes Doaktown, Boiestown, Blackville, Renous and Sunny Corner. There are 9,956 eligible voters, according to Elections N.B.
Some residents of the riding have told CBC News that they were disappointed in how long it took Premier Susan Holt to call the byelection.
She had six months from when the vacancy was announced to call it, with a deadline of Sept. 25. Holt eventually called the election in early September.
Russell took leave from his role as mayor of Miramichi River Valley to run for the Progressive Conservatives, and Fulton Johnston is a Liberal Party staffer.
CBC News reached out to Russell's campaign after his victory was announced and is awaiting a response.
The Green Party ran Genevieve MacRae, the party's executive director.
The other candidates were Christopher Rosser for the Libertarian Party of New Brunswick and Independent candidate Richard (Hoss) Sutherland.
The results of voting won't change the balance of power in New Brunswick. As it stands now in the legislature, the governing Liberals have 31 seats, the PCs have 15, and the Greens have two.
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| Candidate / Candidat(e) |
Votes | Elected / Élu(e) |
|---|---|---|
| Kevin E. RUSSELL (PC) | 3008 | E |
| Hannah FULTON JOHNSTON (L) | 2047 | |
| Genevieve MACRAE (PVNBGP) | 98 | |
| Richard (Hoss) SUTHERLAND (IND) | 62 | |
| Christopher ROSSER (LPNB / PAMB) | 25 |
Rosser running for Libertarian Party in byelection
Candidate hopes to see lower taxes, reduction in size and scope of government
MIRAMICHI • Christopher Rosser says voters in the Miramichi West provincial riding could benefit from more personal responsibility, reduced taxation, and less government involvement in their lives.
The Hampton resident, who works in the sales industry, said those are among the reasons he’s running for the Libertarian Party of New Brunswick in Monday’s byelection.
Rosser, a single father who ran in _ in last year’s provincial election, said his vision is for people to take more responsibility for their own lives while having less taxation and government intervention.
“Our ideas aren’t commonly adopted in politics today,” he said. “We believe in personal accountability and less government intervention in our lives and the market. Governments often seem to be after more power, not less.
“With the number of people employed by the government, its size and scope would need to be reduced gradually so that new jobs can be created as the public sector jobs are slowly phased out. The government being responsible for fewer things would allow the private sector to step in and fill those needs efficiently.”
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List of Candidates
Provincial By-Election (10/6/2025)
1 Provincial Electoral District has submitted candidate names.
| PED 11 - Miramichi West | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Party | Incumbent |
| Hannah Fulton Johnston | Liberal Party of New Brunswick | |
| Kevin E. Russell | Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick | |
| Christopher Rosser | Libertarian Party of New Brunswick | |
| Genevieve MacRae | Parti Vert N.B. Green Party | |
| Richard (Hoss) Sutherland | Indepen | |
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Premier's former spokesperson wants to run against Liberal Leader Susan Holt
Nicolle Carlin sets sights on Fredericton South-Silverwood
Nicolle Carlin, who has worked as spokesperson for Premier Blaine Higgs since 2018, has announced she is seeking the Progressive Conservative nomination in Fredericton South-Silverwood.
It's the same riding where Liberal Leader Susan Holt plans to run in the next election, which is scheduled for October.
Carlin said she resigned from her job as deputy minister of strategic initiatives and communications on Monday to campaign full time.
"I've been very fortunate. I do have a strong voice at the table and the premier's put a lot of faith in me and he's allowed me to be vocal," Carlin said in an interview with Radio-Canada.
"I loved serving in my job, but this is completely different. When you have people you are speaking for, when you are taking their issues to heart, when you're advocating for them, that's a completely different responsibility."
Carlin said she wasn't recruited by the PC Party and the decision to run was hers alone.
Stands with Higgs on Policy 713
Carlin has previously been a municipal councillor in Hanwell and worked as a reporter for both CTV Atlantic and CBC New Brunswick.
When asked, she said she stands with Higgs on the issue of Policy 713, the gender-identity school policy his government changed last summer.
The revised Policy 713 requires that school staff obtain parental consent before letting a student under 16 adopt a new name or pronoun that reflects their gender identity.
"I do stand with the premier on 713, and I don't think that there is a line between being progressive and supporting the role that parents play," Carlin said.
Liberal Leader Susan Holt, shown here at the recent Liberal nomination meeting for Hampton-Fundy-St. Martins, is running for a seat in Fredericton South-Silverwood. (Sam Farley/CBC News)
She said children should feel welcome in their schools and classrooms, but parents should be involved with elementary-aged kids transitioning and using a different name and pronouns.
"I'm very progressive. I'm a progressive in my views, I'm a Progressive Conservative and I stand with the premier on that issue, 100 per cent," Carlin said.
In an emailed statement, Liberal Leader Susan Holt said she welcomes Carlin to the race.
"Glad to see that PCs have found a candidate to make this a good race, which is critical to a strong democracy," Holt said.
"I look forward to seeing Nicolle at the doors and engaging in meaningful discussions about the most important issues to the people of Fredericton South-Silverwood."
Holt won a seat in a 2023 byelection in the riding of Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore, but has chosen to run in a Fredericton riding come October. The Liberal leader lives in the city of Fredericton.
Simon Ouellette is the Green Party candidate for the riding. (Radio-Canada)
The Green Party's candidate for the riding, Simon Ouellette, also welcomed Carlin to the race in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
"I'm looking forward to a fair and competitive race focused on good ideas and honest politics. I hope to see Nicolle at local debates, where we can share our different visions for the future of our province," Ouellette said.
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2004
All eyes turned, cameras were flashing, and Nicolle Carlin, budding reporter, just stood waiting to hear an answer from an MP in Ottawa. Only in Gr. 10, Carlin caught the MP off guard when she asked if her school could have some money back to fund their music program which had been cancelled. Reporters scrummed her afterwards and it is then, Carlin recounts, that she realized that she had an interest in journalism.
“Wow, I like asking questions…and I kind of like catching him off guard.” thought young Carlin at the time. Now 25 and a Videojournalist at ATV in Fredericton, there is no looking back. Carlin grew up in Saint John and chose to study Journalism at St. Thomas University.
Sherry and Mary Wilson are old school women that asks permission to go to the bathroom.
I like Margaret but she is old school too, but she fought for her bridge in Florenceville that will never happen. Higgs keeps dangling that carrot for her though so she’ll run again.
Andrea Anderson Mason and Arlene Dunn…Dorothy Shepherd too stood up to Higgs for years.
Jill Green is fascinated by Higgs when she doesn’t need the money.
Good luck Nicole. Higgs will put you in a woman’s role soon if you are elected as MLA.
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale
"Carlin said she wasn't recruited by the PC Party and the decision to run was hers alone."
Hmmmm, do I believe Higgs's spokescritter on this or any issue at this point?
Le Wier
Reply to G. Timothy Walton
I see Carlin’s father In law was high up in the former NBTel and a prominent family in Quispamsis and her mother was affiliated with the UPC.
Bobby Richards
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Jake Stewart is the father of Nicole’s baby. That happened 2 terms ago
Bobby Richards
Reply to Le Wier
There used to be a vetting process
David Amos
Reply to G. Timothy Walton
IMHO Never believe anything until Higgy's spokescritter officially denies it
David Amos
Reply to Le Wier
Bingo
David Amos
Reply to Bobby Richards
Wow
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Reply to Le Wier
Notice anything missing?
Reply to David Amos
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More than that is missing
Keep trying.
Higgs has several women that he would boot out if that was the case.
Jill Green is fascinated by Higgs when she doesn’t need the money.
I think the baby Daddy is now in Ottawa.
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Reply to Bobby Richards
They spent many evenings together in the hotel
Reply to SarahRose Werner
I would suggest it’s more about being both humble and acknowledging the privilege she was afforded from the position……
Reply to SarahRose Werner
She will get treated very differently if she is elected and Higgs makes government. Higgs uses everyone for his own gain. Right now she feels on top but Higgs will put her on bottom if she dares speak up for her riding.
Perhaps I should ask you the obvious question
Reply to David Amos
Is that your real name?
Reply to David Amos
That is particularly true with my family name But everybody in the Conservative Party knows who my Father and Mother were particularly today
A lot of Canadians visited my Mother's favourite Brother's grave today
Kyle Woodman
She fits the mold of right wing yes woman.
Reply to Kyle Woodman
Indeed
Kyle Woodman
If she supports Higgs she is not Progressive no matter how many times she says it.
Reply to Kyle Woodman
Grits or tories, same old stories.
Reply to Howard Higgs
I don't believe that is the case in this election.
Reply to Howard Higgs
Agreed. But only since 2003, starting first at the Federal and having spread progressively to the provinces since.
C'est Vrai
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Robert Brannen
One is a matter of creating fantasy; the other, a matter of dealing with the harsh reality of the lives lived by the New Brunswick population.
Reply to Robert Brannen
You are right. She understands the mechanics of NB government but has had the privilege of being shielded by being on the inside.
It's nice to see young people engaged in the future of their province.
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The last thing we need is a 'mouthpiece' who only knows how to mimic and echo Higgs. Puppets are the worst kind of politician.
Reply to Bobby Richards
Did she work for Jake?
Only at the hotel
Yes outside of business hours
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it sure wasnt to check his riding........i dont think Dawson goes around neither..........
They checked each other out in the evenings after dark
Art McCarthy
"I am a progressive." I work for a leader who is old-fashioned, old-school, reactionary, and stogy, who brooks no dissention from his views, yet I am progressive?
Something does not align here.
Everything Higgs is tainted. If she wants to run for the conservatives (I have long since dropped the word 'progressive') then have at it boss. All it means to us voters is that she is perfectly OK with the 'pronoun war distraction' over real issues.
Amen
Crafting Higgs Irvings messages must have been hard on her conscience OR perhaps not!
Reply to Doug McBride
I doubt it.
Reply to Doug McBride
For her......not at all.
" resigned from her job as deputy minister of strategic initiatives and communications on Monday to campaign full time."
There are strategic initiatives in NB? Might they include contract nurses or actually improving the health care system. Based on what people deal with day to day, clearly nothing viable occurring.
There really has been nothing progressive in the Higgs government in the last 5 years. Why think anything will change
Well this should be an easy seat for the Liberals to take. As spokesperson for Higgs she has to carry the burden of his misinformation on 713, illegal firings that cost millions, travel nurse contracts, Union lawsuits and preferential tax treatment to his former employer and so much more.
She will no doubt be a strong competitor to go against Holt
Reply to Daniel Henwell
Not a chance. She has to check everything she does with Higgy first.
Reply to Deborah Reddon
This is all Steve Outhouse’s idea.
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I see the name Outhouse, I automatically assume they are full of you-know-what...
Reply to Bobby Richards
Of course thats his job
Miramichi MP Jake Stewart faces party turmoil ahead of election
Financial agent quits, office closes, House of Commons sends warning to ex-staffer
Jake
Stewart, the Conservative MP for Miramichi-Grand Lake, has been
nominated as the party candidate for the federal election expected this
spring. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)A New Brunswick Conservative MP running for re-election this year is losing some of his supporters after a falling out with former staffers and resignations from the local party organization.
Jake Stewart, the MP for Miramichi-Grand Lake, recently had a House of Commons lawyer send a cease-and-desist letter to Shawn Morrison, a longtime Conservative who used to work in his office.
The letter, dated Jan. 30 and obtained by CBC News, was sent to Morrison after an exchange of fiery and sometimes personal social media posts between him and Stewart.
That came a few days after the financial agent for the Conservative riding association in Miramichi-Grand Lake resigned in an email to members of the association board.
Miramichi MP Jake Stewart faces turmoil with former supporters"My decision stems from a profound distrust in the current board and staff within MP Stewart's office," Denver Brennan wrote in a Jan. 24 email obtained by CBC News.
He also said the atmosphere at Stewart's office was "toxic and manipulative" and eight other people had left jobs with the MP over three years, though one of them, Aiden Ingersoll, appeared in a Feb. 11 social media photo with Stewart.
Stewart, a first-term Conservative MP and former provincial cabinet minister in the Blaine Higgs government, has been nominated as the party candidate for the federal election expected this spring.
He has not responded to text messages or to phone calls or an email to his office requesting an interview.
In one Facebook post in January responding to Morrison, the MP appeared to challenge him to a physical confrontation.
"My address hasn't changed," Stewart wrote, daring him to "bring it" and using a profanity to describe Morrision.
Morrison and Brennan would not do interviews with CBC News.
Kelly Wilson, the president of the Conservative riding association board, did not respond to requests for comment.
Meanwhile, Stewart's office on the King George Highway in Miramichi was closed for several weeks after the Christmas break, with a sign in the window citing "security reasons."
Stewart's office was 'toxic and manipulative,' according to a resignation email from a party volunteer. (CBC)
Stewart posted two photos on his social media accounts on Feb. 11 showing him greeting constituents at the office, and when CBC News photographed the office the next day, the sign was gone.
But Brunswick News reported the sign was back later in the day.
When CBC News visited the office again on Feb. 20, there was no such sign in the window, but the door was locked and no one responded to repeated rings on a buzzer.
Stewart took part in a community event in Miramichi the same day.
The cease-and-desist letter to Morrison was signed by Aleksandra Pisarek, a lawyer in the office of the House of Commons law clerk.
It says Morrison has engaged in "unwelcome, malicious and vindictive behaviour," including unwelcome contact with Stewart's staff and his spouse.
It asks him to "immediately cease and desist" and warns him that if he continues, "all possible legal recourses will be considered."
Two spokespeople for Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre did not respond to a request for comment. Kevin Price, the New Brunswick representative on the party's national council, did not respond either.
Stewart was first elected to the New Brunswick legislature in 2010 and was re-elected in 2014, 2018 and 2020.
He ran for the provincial Progressive Conservative Party leadership in 2016, placing fifth in the first round of voting.
Premier Blaine Higgs appointed Stewart minister of aboriginal affairs when the PCs formed a minority government in 2018, but dropped him from cabinet after winning a majority in 2020.
Stewart resigned as an MLA the following year to run federally and was elected MP for Miramichi-Grand Lake in the September 2021 election.
He was among the first MPs to endorse Poilievre for leader of the federal Conservative Party after MPs pushed Erin O'Toole out of the position in early 2022.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Provincial Affairs reporter
Jacques Poitras has been CBC's provincial affairs reporter in New Brunswick since 2000. He grew up in Moncton and covered Parliament in Ottawa for the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal. He has reported on every New Brunswick election since 1995 and won awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association, the National Newspaper Awards and Amnesty International. He is also the author of five non-fiction books about New Brunswick politics and history.
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