Photo: Verne Equinox · CC BY 3.0Mike Dawson (Conservative Party of Canada) represents Richibucto 15 in Ottawa as MP for Miramichi—Grand Lake
From New Brunswick come 10 MPs, 6 of them with the Liberal Party of Canada. The First Nation’s council governs Richibucto 15, a reserve; the open municipal records don’t include band councils. Richibucto 15’s riding for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick isn’t shown: no open file of the province’s riding boundaries could be found.
Three governments, and who does what
Richibucto 15 is a First Nations reserve: its band council, Ottawa and New Brunswick share the work.
The First Nation’s own band council.
Schools, health care, highways, municipal law.
legnb.ca ↗Passports, pensions, EI, defence, immigration.
ourcommons.ca ↗From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Richibucto 15, from the most recent elections.
- 1Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick–
- 2House 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 Richibucto 15 votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick | 21 October 2024 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
This page stops at the 2021 vote: elections.ca keeps the 2025 counts under non-commercial terms. The last general elections came on 21 October 2024 for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick and on 28 April 2025 for Parliament.
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
Jake Stewart (Conservative Party of Canada) took Miramichi—Grand Lake in 2021
Results in Miramichi—Grand Lake as drawn in 2013, the boundaries of the 2019 and 2021 elections; the riding was redrawn for 2025.
Pat Finnigan (Liberal Party of Canada) had won it in 2019 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%. Turnout in Miramichi—Grand Lake reached 67% in 2021, against 63% nationally.
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 Richibucto 15 is run
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electionsnb.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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 Richibucto 15 is run
Who is the MP for Richibucto 15?
For Richibucto 15, it’s Mike Dawson (Conservative Party of Canada), who holds Miramichi—Grand Lake.
Which party won Richibucto 15 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 Richibucto 15?
Use the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick’s own list: every MLA is there by riding, though Richibucto 15 isn’t placed in one here.
Sources: MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · 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).