Updated at 10am Wednesday, October 26, 2022 to reflect new candidates
New candidates have put their names forward for Tantramar municipal elections to be held on November 28, 2022. Nominations close on Friday at 2pm.
Barry Hicks and Wendy Epworth have both declared their candidacy for Ward 2, which includes parts of the old town of Sackville such as Frosty Hollow, as well as Westcock, British Settlement and the Rockport peninsula.
Incumbent Sackville councillor Bruce Phinney has also put his name in the hat for central Sackville, Ward 3. And on Tuesday, a new candidate, Charles Arden Harvey, entered the race in Ward 3, central Sackville.
That means the four seats in Ward 3 will be up for competition between at least five candidates.
Ward 5 Point de Bute is the one remaining ward with no contest. Candidate Greg Martin is in line to win the council seat by acclamation unless other candidates come forward before this Friday at 2pm.
So far, there are five contests for Tantramar elections:
- Mayor, Tantramar: Current Sackville mayor Shawn Mesheau and Deputy Mayor Andrew Black compete for the top job.
- Ward 1, Dorchester: Current Dorchester mayor Debbie Wiggins Colwell is running against her deputy mayor Robert Corkerton.
- Ward 2, West Sackville-Rockport: Two competing newcomers: Barry Hicks and Wendy Epworth.
- Ward 3, Sackville: Three incumbents (Mike Tower, Allison Butcher, and Bruce Phinney) and two newcomers, (Josh Goguen and Charles Arden Harvey) are candidates for four seats.
- Ward 4, Upper Sackville-Midgic: Two Sackville councillors first elected just last year, Sabine Dietz and Matt Estabrooks, are competing for the same seat.
And there is one ward with no contest, as of yet:
- Ward 5, Point de Bute: Greg Martin is the only candidate, and is currently on the advisory committee for the Point de Bute Local Service District, as well as on the elected officials advisory committee for Tantramar.
Nominations can be made up to 2pm this Friday, with information available at electionsNB.ca
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.
