Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0St. Stephen sends John Williamson (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Saint John—St. Croix
St. Stephen is a town by Statistics Canada’s count of municipalities. No open list of councils exists in New Brunswick, so no mayor of St. Stephen is named here. The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick’s ridings aren’t published as open data we could find, so St. Stephen isn’t placed in one. From New Brunswick come 10 MPs, 6 of them with the Liberal Party of Canada.
Three governments, and who does what
St. Stephen, 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.
St. Stephen 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 St. Stephen, from the most recent elections.
- 1St. Stephen councilTown
- 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 St. Stephen votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| St. Stephen council | 11 May 2026 | 13 May 2030 |
| Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick | 21 October 2024 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
Voters last chose St. Stephen council on 11 May 2026 and will again 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
legnb.ca ↗Legislatures: their own member pages
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 was first elected in 2011, spent time out of the House and returned in 2019. Mapped onto today’s Saint John—St. Croix, the 2021 vote gives the Conservative Party of Canada 47%; in 2025 John Williamson kept the seat in the same hands.
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
New Brunswick Southwest returned John Williamson (Conservative Party of Canada) in 2021
The 2019 and 2021 counts in New Brunswick Southwest, St. Stephen’s riding before the map was redrawn; it now votes in Saint John—St. Croix.
Turnout in New Brunswick Southwest reached 67% in 2021, against 63% nationally. 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). 49% had elected John Williamson there in 2019.
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 St. Stephen 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
- Who holds each seat. Wikidata, edited by volunteers, is the source for each MP, and it can trail a change of seat by a little.
- Which riding. Ridings are assigned from the 2021 Census: the one with most residents first, then any holding 5% or more.
- 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.
- Not on this page. Band councils, municipal budgets and party control are left out; most councils sit without parties anyway.
Questions about how St. Stephen is run
Who is the MP for St. Stephen?
Saint John—St. Croix’s MP, John Williamson of the Conservative Party of Canada, represents St. Stephen.
Which party won St. Stephen 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 St. Stephen?
The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick lists each MLA with the riding they hold; this page can’t place St. Stephen in one.
Who heads the council in St. Stephen?
The head of St. Stephen’s council isn’t named here; as a town, 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).