Photo: Timepages · CC0Miramichi—Grand Lake, which takes in Minto, is held by Mike Dawson (Conservative Party of Canada)
Across New Brunswick, 6 of the 10 MPs sit with the Liberal Party of Canada. Minto is a village by Statistics Canada’s count of municipalities. Who leads Minto’s council isn’t on an open record: there’s no open list of councils in New Brunswick. No provincial riding is named for Minto, as no open boundary file exists for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick that we could find.
Three governments, and who does what
Minto, 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; Minto is a member of one.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Minto, from the most recent elections.
- 1Minto 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 Minto votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Minto 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. The last general elections came on 21 October 2024 for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick and on 28 April 2025 for Parliament. After the 11 May 2026 election, Minto council next goes to the polls on 13 May 2030. The Municipal Elections Act sets the day: the second Monday in May every four years.
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
legnb.ca ↗Legislatures: their own member pages
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
Mike Dawson was elected to the Commons for the first time in April 2025. Elections Canada’s transposition of the 2021 vote onto today’s Miramichi—Grand Lake puts the Conservative Party of Canada first at 45%; Mike Dawson 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
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.
Turnout in Miramichi—Grand Lake reached 67% in 2021, against 63% nationally. It had changed hands since 2019, when Pat Finnigan (Liberal Party of Canada) won with 37%. 1,456 votes separated Jake Stewart (Conservative Party of Canada) from Lisa Harris (Liberal Party of Canada) in Miramichi—Grand Lake in 2021, when the winner took 44%.
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 Minto 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
- Election results. Two maps are in play: the 2013 ridings, on which 2019 and 2021 were counted, and the 2023 ridings, onto which Elections Canada transposed the 2021 vote poll by poll.
- Not on this page. Who controls the council by party (the open lists give none, and most Canadian councils sit without parties), budgets and band councils.
- Who holds each seat. Who holds each seat is read from Wikidata, so a very recent change in the Commons may not appear yet.
- Which riding. Each place is put in its ridings by where its 2021 Census residents live; a riding holding 5% or more of them is listed.
Questions about how Minto is run
Who is the MP for Minto?
Miramichi—Grand Lake’s MP, Mike Dawson of the Conservative Party of Canada, represents Minto.
Which party won Minto in the 2021 federal election?
In 2021 it was Jake Stewart (Conservative Party of Canada), in Miramichi—Grand Lake; Miramichi—Grand Lake has elected Mike Dawson since.
Who is the MLA for Minto?
Use the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick’s own list: every MLA is there by riding, though Minto isn’t placed in one here.
Who heads the council in Minto?
Ask the municipality itself: Minto, a village, isn’t on an open list of councils we can use.
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).