Nominations have closed on the first elections for a new town of Tantramar mayor and council.
There are five contests for Tantramar elections, and one ward with no contest. The candidates are as follows:
Mayor, Tantramar
- Andrew Black (incumbent Sackville deputy mayor)
- Shawn Mesheau (incumbent Sackville mayor)
- Bonnie Swift
Ward 1, Dorchester (one seat)
- Debbie Wiggins-Colwell (incumbent Dorchester mayor)
- Robert Corkerton (incumbent Dorchester deputy mayor)
Ward 2, West Sackville-Rockport (one seat)
- Natalie Donaher
- Barry Hicks
- Wendy Epworth
- Kevin J. Scott
Ward 3, Sackville (four seats)
- Allison Butcher (incumbent Sackville councillor)
- Alice Cotton
- Joshua Goguen
- Virgil Hammock
- Charles Arden Harvey
- Sana Mohamad
- Sahitya Pendurthi
- Mike Tower (incumbent Sackville councillor)
- Bruce Phinney (incumbent Sackville councillor)
Ward 4, Upper Sackville-Midgic (one seat)
- Sabine Dietz (incumbent Sackville councillor)
- Matt Estabrooks (incumbent Sackville councillor)
Ward 5, Point de Bute (one seat)
- Greg Martin (incumbent on advisory committee for Point de Bute Local Service District)
There are a total of 21 candidates for all positions, including nine women and twelve men. Ten of the candidates are incumbents, already holding seats on council or local service district advisory committees.
CHMA hopes to bring you interviews with all candidates, as well as coverage of the All-Candidates’ Forum being held at the Middle Sackville Baptist Church on November 12, 7pm-9pm. That forum will also be broadcast live on CHMA 106.9FM, and streamed at chmafm.com.
In the meantime, CHMA is looking to gauge which issues are important to residents this municipal election season. You can help the news team provide relevant coverage by sharing your thoughts and concerns in this simple, fast survey.
Not sure about your voting options?
All residents of the new town of Tantramar will have the chance to vote for mayor of the municipality, but councillors will be elected on a ward-by-ward basis. Elections NB has a PDF map showing the boundaries of the five wards, as well as an interactive map of the new municipality showing wards and polling divisions. Residents can also search for their ward and candidate information on the Elections NB website, using their home address.