Photo: Skaarup.HA · CC BY-SA 4.0Mike Dawson (Conservative Party of Canada) holds Miramichi—Grand Lake, the riding that includes Chipman
Across New Brunswick, 6 of the 10 MPs sit with the Liberal Party of Canada. Statistics Canada lists Chipman as a village. No open list of councils exists in New Brunswick, so no mayor of Chipman is named here. No provincial riding is named for Chipman, as no open boundary file exists for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick that we could find.
Three governments, and who does what
Chipman, a village in New Brunswick, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
Schools, health care, highways, municipal law.
legnb.ca ↗Passports, pensions, EI, defence, immigration.
ourcommons.ca ↗Who to ask
Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.
New Brunswick groups its local governments into 12 regional service commissions; Chipman is a member of one.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Chipman, from the most recent elections.
- 1Chipman councilVillage
- 2Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick–
- 3House of CommonsMiramichi—Grand Lake
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada
When Chipman votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Chipman council | 11 May 2026 | 13 May 2030 |
| Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick | 21 October 2024 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
Why not 2025? Elections Canada publishes those counts under non-commercial terms, and its open data stop at the 2021 election. Elected on 11 May 2026, Chipman council is up again on 13 May 2030. It is the second Monday in May every four years, as the Municipal Elections Act provides. The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick was last elected on 21 October 2024, and the House of Commons on 28 April 2025.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick: riding not placed
Provinces and territories run schools, health care and municipal law; each riding elects one MLA.
Find your MLA on the legislature’s site
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Mike Dawson represents Miramichi—Grand Lake in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Miramichi—Grand Lake · Conservative Party of Canada
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada6
- Conservative Party of Canada4
As Wikidata records them.
The MP’s record
Mapped onto today’s Miramichi—Grand Lake, the 2021 vote gives the Conservative Party of Canada 45%; in 2025 Mike Dawson kept the seat in the same hands. Mike Dawson was elected to the Commons for the first time in April 2025.
MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026
A new party in Miramichi—Grand Lake in 2021: Jake Stewart (Conservative Party of Canada)
Counts for Miramichi—Grand Lake within its 2013 boundaries, used in 2019 and 2021; the 2025 election ran on a new map.
In 2021, 67% of electors cast a ballot in Miramichi—Grand Lake, more than the national 63%. Jake Stewart (Conservative Party of Canada) took Miramichi—Grand Lake in 2021 with 44% of the vote, 1,456 votes ahead of Lisa Harris (Liberal Party of Canada). Pat Finnigan (Liberal Party of Canada) had won it in 2019 with 37%.
All 5 candidates in Miramichi—Grand Lake, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Stewart | Conservative Party of Canada | 14,218 | 43.7% |
| Lisa Harris | Liberal Party of Canada | 12,762 | 39.3% |
| Bruce Potter | New Democratic Party | 2,291 | 7.1% |
| Ron Nowlan | People's Party of Canada | 1,839 | 5.7% |
| Patty Deitch | Green Party of Canada | 1,393 | 4.3% |
Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
Having a say in how Chipman is run
Check or update the federal list.
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electionsnb.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Election results. Elections Canada redrew the ridings in 2023 and re-tallied the 2021 ballots onto the new map from polling divisions; that estimate, and the official 2019 and 2021 counts on the old map, are what you see.
- Not on this page. Party control (Canadian councils are mostly elected without parties, and the open lists record none), council budgets, and band councils.
- Who holds each seat. Each MP’s name and party are Wikidata’s statements for the 45th Parliament, read in November 2026.
- Which riding. A place belongs to the riding where most of its 2021 Census residents live, plus any other with 5% or more.
Questions about how Chipman is run
Who is the MP for Chipman?
Mike Dawson of the Conservative Party of Canada is the MP for Miramichi—Grand Lake, which includes Chipman.
Which party won Chipman in the 2021 federal election?
Jake Stewart won Miramichi—Grand Lake for the Conservative Party of Canada in 2021; the riding is now Miramichi—Grand Lake, held by Mike Dawson.
Who is the MLA for Chipman?
This page can’t say which riding Chipman is in; the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick lists every MLA with theirs.
Who heads the council in Chipman?
The head of Chipman’s council isn’t named here; as a village, it publishes its council itself.
Sources: MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · Next municipal election: the province’s municipal election act · Municipality types: Statistics Canada census subdivisions · Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).