Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Dalhousie sends Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault (Liberal Party of Canada) to the Commons from Madawaska—Restigouche
No provincial riding is named for Dalhousie, as no open boundary file exists for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick that we could find. Locally, Dalhousie is run as a town. This page names no head of council for Dalhousie, as no open list of councils exists in New Brunswick. The Liberal Party of Canada has 6 of the 10 MPs elected in New Brunswick.
Three governments, and who does what
Dalhousie, a town 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.
Like every local government in New Brunswick, Dalhousie sits on one of the province’s 12 regional service commissions, which plan services such as waste and emergency measures.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Dalhousie, from the most recent elections.
- 1Dalhousie councilTown
- 2Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick–
- 3House of CommonsMadawaska—Restigouche
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 Dalhousie votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Dalhousie council | 11 May 2026 | 13 May 2030 |
| Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick | 21 October 2024 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
After the 11 May 2026 election, Dalhousie council next goes to the polls on 13 May 2030. The Municipal Elections Act fixes that date: the second Monday in May every four years. Parliament was last elected on 28 April 2025, and the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick on 21 October 2024. This page stops at the 2021 vote: elections.ca keeps the 2025 counts under non-commercial terms.
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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Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault represents Madawaska—Restigouche in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Madawaska—Restigouche · Liberal 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 Madawaska—Restigouche, the 2021 vote gives the Liberal Party of Canada 52%; in 2025 Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault kept the seat in the same hands. April 2025 was Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault’s first election to the House of Commons.
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
René Arseneault kept Madawaska—Restigouche for the Liberal Party of Canada in 2021
Madawaska—Restigouche as it stood from 2013: the 2019 and 2021 counts, before the riding was redrawn for 2025.
Madawaska—Restigouche turned out at only 62% in 2021; the country managed 63%. Madawaska—Restigouche elected René Arseneault (Liberal Party of Canada) in 2021: 55% of the vote, a lead of 8,962 over Shawn Beaulieu (Conservative Party of Canada). 50% had elected René Arseneault there in 2019.
All 6 candidates in Madawaska—Restigouche, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| René Arseneault | Liberal Party of Canada | 16,854 | 55.2% |
| Shawn Beaulieu | Conservative Party of Canada | 7,892 | 25.8% |
| Nancy Mercier | People's Party of Canada | 1,889 | 6.2% |
| Elizabeth MacDonald | New Democratic Party | 1,848 | 6.1% |
| Louis Berube | Free Party Canada | 1,277 | 4.2% |
| Rebecca Blaevoet | Green Party of Canada | 786 | 2.6% |
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 Dalhousie is run
Check or update the federal list.
elections.ca ↗Every MP lists an office.
ourcommons.ca ↗Ridings, registration and voting dates.
electionsnb.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which riding. The 2021 Census homes of a place’s residents fix its ridings, and one is shown once it holds 5% of them.
- Who holds each seat. Each MP’s name and party are Wikidata’s statements for the 45th Parliament, read in November 2026.
- Not on this page. No council budgets, no band councils, and no party tally for the council, which the open lists don’t record.
- Election results. Official counts for 2019 and 2021 are by the 2013 ridings; Elections Canada also re-counted the 2021 ballots onto the 2023 ridings by polling division, and that estimate is what “today’s boundaries” means here.
Questions about how Dalhousie is run
Who is the MP for Dalhousie?
Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault of the Liberal Party of Canada is the MP for Madawaska—Restigouche, which includes Dalhousie.
Which party won Dalhousie in the 2021 federal election?
René Arseneault won Madawaska—Restigouche for the Liberal Party of Canada in 2021; the riding is now Madawaska—Restigouche, held by Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault.
Who is the MLA for Dalhousie?
Dalhousie’s riding isn’t placed on this page; the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick’s members page lists every MLA by riding.
Who heads the council in Dalhousie?
Dalhousie is a town; its own website or the province’s municipal directory names the head of council.
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).