Photo: Dr Wilson · CC BY-SA 3.0Madawaska—Restigouche, which takes in Edmundston, is held by Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault (Liberal Party of Canada)
No provincial riding is named for Edmundston, as no open boundary file exists for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick that we could find. In the census’s list of municipalities, Edmundston is a city. In New Brunswick, councils aren’t on any open list we can use, so Edmundston’s mayor isn’t named. From New Brunswick come 10 MPs, 6 of them with the Liberal Party of Canada.
Three governments, and who does what
Edmundston, a city 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.
Edmundston also works through a regional service commission, one of 12 that cover New Brunswick.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Edmundston, from the most recent elections.
- 1Edmundston councilCity
- 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 Edmundston votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Edmundston council | 11 May 2026 | 13 May 2030 |
| Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick | 21 October 2024 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
The 2025 results are left out because elections.ca’s terms forbid commercial reproduction; the open catalogue’s latest is 2021. Voters last chose Edmundston council on 11 May 2026 and will again on 13 May 2030. That date comes from the Municipal Elections Act, which sets 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.
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
Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault is new to Parliament, first elected in the April 2025 vote. Elections Canada’s transposition of the 2021 vote onto today’s Madawaska—Restigouche puts the Liberal Party of Canada first at 52%; Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault held it for the party in 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
In 2021, Madawaska—Restigouche re-elected René Arseneault of the Liberal Party of Canada
These are the 2019 and 2021 results on the 2013 map of Madawaska—Restigouche; its boundaries changed for the 2025 election.
8,962 votes separated René Arseneault (Liberal Party of Canada) from Shawn Beaulieu (Conservative Party of Canada) in Madawaska—Restigouche in 2021, when the winner took 55%. 50% had elected René Arseneault there in 2019. Turnout in Madawaska—Restigouche was 62% in 2021, against 63% nationally.
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 Edmundston is run
Check or update the federal list.
elections.ca ↗Every MP lists an office.
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electionsnb.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which riding. Where residents of the 2021 Census live decides the riding; any riding with 5% of them or more is named.
- Who holds each seat. MPs come from Wikidata’s records of the 45th Parliament, which can lag a resignation or a by-election by some days.
- 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. The 2019 and 2021 figures are Elections Canada’s official counts on the ridings drawn in 2013; the “today’s boundaries” figures are its transposition of the 2021 vote onto the 2023 ridings, an estimate built from polling divisions.
Questions about how Edmundston is run
Who is the MP for Edmundston?
Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault of the Liberal Party of Canada is the MP for Madawaska—Restigouche, which includes Edmundston.
Which party won Edmundston in the 2021 federal election?
Madawaska—Restigouche went to René Arseneault (Liberal Party of Canada) in 2021. Since 2025, Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault has been the MP for Madawaska—Restigouche.
Who is the MLA for Edmundston?
Find the riding for Edmundston on the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick’s site, which names the MLA for each.
Who heads the council in Edmundston?
The head of Edmundston’s council isn’t named here; as a city, 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).