Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0John Williamson (Conservative Party of Canada) holds Saint John—St. Croix, the riding that includes Musquash
Musquash’s riding for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick isn’t shown: no open file of the province’s riding boundaries could be found. For local government, Musquash is a parish. This page names no head of council for Musquash, as no open list of councils exists in New Brunswick. Of the 10 Commons seats from New Brunswick, the Liberal Party of Canada holds 6.
Three governments, and who does what
Musquash, a parish 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; Musquash is a member of one.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Musquash, from the most recent elections.
- 1Musquash councilParish
- 2Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick–
- 3House of CommonsSaint John—St. Croix
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 Musquash votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Musquash council | 11 May 2026 | 13 May 2030 |
| Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick | 21 October 2024 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
Voters last chose Musquash council on 11 May 2026 and will again on 13 May 2030. It is the second Monday in May every four years, as the Municipal Elections Act provides. Parliament was last elected on 28 April 2025, and the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick on 21 October 2024. The 2025 results are left out because elections.ca’s terms forbid commercial reproduction; the open catalogue’s latest is 2021.
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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John Williamson represents Saint John—St. Croix in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Saint John—St. Croix · Conservative Party of Canada · first elected 2011
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada6
- Conservative Party of Canada4
As Wikidata records them.
The MP’s record
John Williamson first won a seat in 2011 and, after a spell away, came back to the Commons in 2019. On today’s boundaries, the 2021 vote in Saint John—St. Croix would have gone to the Conservative Party of Canada with 47%, and John Williamson kept it for them 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
John Williamson kept New Brunswick Southwest for the Conservative Party of Canada in 2021
Under the 2013 boundaries of the 2019 and 2021 elections, Musquash sat in New Brunswick Southwest; the 2025 election put it in Saint John—St. Croix.
In 2021, 67% of electors cast a ballot in New Brunswick Southwest, more than the national 63%. Back in 2019, John Williamson took the riding on 49%. John Williamson (Conservative Party of Canada) took New Brunswick Southwest in 2021 with 50% of the vote, 9,559 votes ahead of Jason Hickey (Liberal Party of Canada).
All 5 candidates in New Brunswick Southwest, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Williamson | Conservative Party of Canada | 18,309 | 50.0% |
| Jason Hickey | Liberal Party of Canada | 8,750 | 23.9% |
| Richard Trevor Warren | New Democratic Party | 4,893 | 13.4% |
| Meryl Sarty | People's Party of Canada | 3,090 | 8.4% |
| John Reist | Green Party of Canada | 1,587 | 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 Musquash is run
Check or update the federal list.
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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. Party control (Canadian councils are mostly elected without parties, and the open lists record none), council budgets, and band councils.
- 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.
Questions about how Musquash is run
Who is the MP for Musquash?
Musquash is in Saint John—St. Croix, represented by John Williamson (Conservative Party of Canada).
Which party won Musquash in the 2021 federal election?
The Conservative Party of Canada: John Williamson won New Brunswick Southwest in 2021 and is the MP for today’s Saint John—St. Croix.
Who is the MLA for Musquash?
Find the riding for Musquash on the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick’s site, which names the MLA for each.
Who heads the council in Musquash?
Musquash, a parish, lists its council on its own pages; no open list names the head here.
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).